Help us stop loan sharks
 Loan sharks trap and manipulate their borrowers, making them think it is their fault they are in this situation.
 The truth is the illegal lender is at fault. No borrower should feel any blame or shame for being entrapped by a loan shark. Stop Loan Sharks England will help and support anyone in the grasp of a loan shark.
 We are supporting Stop Loan Sharks Week 2024 and the No Blame, No Shame message.
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 Come and join us for our under 5s day as we celebrate National Teddy Bears' Picnic Day at Sandwell Valley Visitor Centre.
 Sunday 26 - Monday 27 May
 Family arts and crafts  Sensory activities  Teddy bear trail  Courtyard games
 Soft play sessions in our study centre (pre-booked 45-minute sessions including tea/coffee)
 Picnic boxes and sweet treats from our tea room
Spaces are limited, so please book a ticket to guarantee entry by going to TicketSource.
Much Ado About Nothing at Lightwoods House
Lightwoods House and Park, Bearwood, B67 5DP – 12-16 June
Experience graduating students from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire perform Much Ado About Nothing in the Lightwoods House Shakespeare Gardens.
Please note that this is an all-weather performance and will only be cancelled in the event of severe weather. Guests are advised to wear sunscreen and suitable clothing.
Book your tickets NOW for Much Ado About Nothing at TicketSource.
Cases of whooping cough continue to rise across the UK
If you’re pregnant, it's important to get the whooping cough vaccine to protect your newborn baby, as they are at greatest risk.
Pregnant women can get the vaccine from their midwives, antenatal clinics and local GP from 16 weeks of pregnancy.
Check the NHS website for signs and symptoms of whooping cough.
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Street racers beware!
We’ve successfully now taken four drivers to court for breaching the Black Country-wide street racing injunction in Kenrick Way, West Bromwich – all four received a suspended prison sentence.
  The latest street racing court case involved a driver who raced another vehicle and drove at a speed of around 80mph in March. As well as the suspended prison sentence, the driver has to pay more than £3,000 in court costs.
 And Sandwell Police caught and arrested another street racer in Kenrick Way last Saturday night. Police are also now informing drivers’ insurers of street racing offences.
 We’ll continue to work closely with Sandwell Police and other councils to tackle dangerous and anti-social street racing.
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 We have launched a public consultation on the Wednesbury Town Centre Masterplan, giving all residents the opportunity to shape the future of Wednesbury.
 The consultation is your chance to take part in the planning and development of the town centre that will guide how the town centre changes over the next 10 years.
 By sharing your ideas and aspirations, people who live and work in Wednesbury will play a crucial role in creating a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable town centre for generations to come.
Your opinion matters! This is an opportunity for to shape the future of Sandwell.
Get involved and share your thoughts by Tuesday 11 June.
Take part in the Wednesbury survey by visiting the council's Consultation Hub or drop into Wednesbury Library during usual opening hours.
 Or come to the next consultation event at Morrisons in Wednesbury on Saturday 1 June between 10am and 12 noon.
Four new organisations have recently joined the Sandwell Hate Crime Third Party Reporting Centre Network with over 40 centres now in operation.
The centres are spaces in the local community where people can report a hate crime, if they do not wish to directly report this to the police, with the centres then passing the information onto the police themselves.
Staff at Abrahamic Foundation and West Smethwick Park Pavilion, both in Smethwick, Bangladeshi Women’s Association in Tipton and South Staffs Water Community Hub in Wednesbury have received training and can now forward reports of hate crime on behalf of victims to the police.
The centres can also help victims of hate crime in Sandwell to access victim support services dedicated to hate crime.
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