The swimming pool is in place at Dudley’s new £18 million leisure centre – as latest pictures today show the ambitious project is taking shape. Construction crews on site have been filling the pool with water to test it over the last couple of weeks. The shell of the new swimming pool is in place Attention is now turning to the sports hall, while it is hoped the roof will be completed early next year. The £18.2 million project – funded by Dudley Council and delivered by Alliance Leisure – will provide a vibrant, modern hub for people to exercise,…
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Families and individuals in Wolverhampton are being encouraged to become ‘hosts’ for a service which aims to give a safe and loving temporary home for young people leaving care. The City of Wolverhampton Council’s Supported Lodgings Service provides accommodation for vulnerable children and young people aged 16 to 21 who are leaving care but are not quite ready to live independently. Councillor John Reynolds, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said: “We are really pleased to be introducing the Supported Lodgings Service which provides yet another accommodation option for young people in Wolverhampton who…
Johanna Le Pape ( Instagram A/c :- johanna.le.pape ) is a Pastry Chef; who specializes in high – end healthy Pâtisserie, she comes from Ploemeur, a beautiful city in Britain, France. After having been trained in the largest Parisian palaces, she decided to open her own consulting company in 2015.This activity allows her to travel around the world to support start-ups or major brands to develop their pastry concept. This vocation of transmission has developed more and more in her, which is why she decided to open her own culinary workshop for individuals and companies in 2019 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Q.) Share…
Wolverhampton Arts and Culture and Wolverhampton Library service are looking for volunteers to take part in a community project to coincide with Wolverhampton Literature Festival and British Art Show 9. Volunteers, in Whitmore Reans, will participate in a work of art that celebrates community and reading with Abigail Reynolds, a contemporary artist from Cornwall, who is one of 47 artists selected for British Art Show 9 (BAS9) touring 2021-22. For the project we are looking for readers, who are available at a set time every week, from mid February to mid April, to gather at Whitmore Reans Library to read…
One of the UK’s leading build to rent developers has submitted a planning application for 370 new homes in the heart of Wolverhampton’s historic Canalside Quarter. The £65 million proposal directed by North West based Placefirst is for a transformational residential scheme, to be located close to Wolverhampton’s new £150 million transport Interchange on land off Lower Horseley Fields in the city centre. The ambitious scheme, which will include the sensitive restoration of heritage canal side properties, is designed by award-winning architecture practice jmarchitects. The development will deliver the first phase of a canal side community as part of a…
A major £1.1 million regeneration and safety scheme which has revitalised the Carters Green area in West Bromwich has been shortlisted for a prestigious Planning Excellence award. The modernisation and improvement programme – which saw new paving, seating, and street lighting along with more trees and the creation of a new public space – has been recognised in the Royal Town Planning Institute’s West Midlands Regional Awards. Other elements of the upgrade for the area included enhanced on-street parking, better and safer crossing points for pedestrians, and realigning the road to slow down vehicles but also improve the flow of…
City of Wolverhampton Council has confirmed details of how city businesses affected by the Coronavirus local restrictions and national lockdown can access new Government support grants. The Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) will support businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail sector who were forced to close from 4 November, 2020. Business will receive monthly grants with the amount based on their rateable value as set out in the table below: Rateable value Grant sum paid every 4 weeks £14,999 and below £1,334 £15,000 to £50,999 £2,000 £51,000 and above £3,000 An Additional Restriction Grant (ARG) is also available to…
City of Wolverhampton Council has announced a new ‘Relight Business Programme’ to support up to 200 micro and small businesses in the city. It will provide financial management advice and digital guidance and is being run in conjunction with the Black Country Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Small Businesses. Each business will receive at least £750 worth of professional support in the form of financial health checks, analysis of funding and cashflow, reviews of products and services, and ways to improve market awareness, with the aim to rapidly build their capacity to survive and grow in the Covid-19 hit…
A new virtual exhibition has been created to showcase proposed improvements to Birchley Island in Oldbury which links Sandwell to the M5 motorway. The major highway scheme plans to widen each arm of Birchley Island, widen both roundabouts and the link road between them. Coordinated traffic signals linked to queue monitoring on all approaches will efficiently manage traffic through the increased road space and improve capacity. In addition to this, the signal controls will link improved routes for cyclists and pedestrians. The major scheme at Birchley Island will improve road safety for all who use the route and will reduce…
City of Wolverhampton Council has awarded more than 1,000 ‘Covid Compliant’ green ticks to businesses which are following the rules to keep customers and staff safe. The authority launched the scheme 4 weeks ago, alongside a team of 17 Covid support advisors to carry out inspections, as part of efforts to boost customer confidence and acknowledge businesses which are doing the right thing. So far, 1,118 businesses, including shops, restaurants, pubs and hairdressers across the city have passed inspections. They have all been awarded green tick ‘Covid Compliant’ signs to display in their windows. The council has been working closely…