 Apprenticeships Make Sandwell!👏
We’re proud to be recognised among the UK’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers! To celebrate, we’re launching our 100 Apprentice Programme. Come along to the Careers in Sandwell event and find out how you can make it in Sandwell.
Apprenticeships available under the new 100 Apprentices programme will include Customer Service, Business Administration, Carpentry, IT, Early Years, Marketing, Horticulture, Housing/Property, Adult Social Care, Human Resources, Plumbing and Gas Central Heating, Painting and Motor Vehicle.
🎥 Hear from Danielle to find out what making it in Sandwell as an apprentice electrician means to her.
📅 Careers in Sandwell event on Tuesday 19 August
📍 Sandwell Council House, Council Chamber, Oldbury 🕜 1.30pm – 4.30pm (All roles)
📅 Careers in Sandwell event on Tuesday 19 August
📍 Sandwell Council, Roway Lane, Oldbury 🕜 10am – 12 noon (Trades Apprenticeships)
👉 Find out more about our apprenticeships.
⚠️ Top tips to stay cool in the hot weather ☀️
❗A yellow heat-health alert has been issued from 12 noon on Monday (11 August) to 6pm on Wednesday (13 August) in the West Midlands.❗
🌡 This alert means that we can expect increasing temperatures and humidity. Keep an eye on anyone who is isolated, ill, vulnerable or very young and make sure they can keep cool too. 💦
Beat the heat – visit our website for tips and advice.
It may be tempting to cool down in hot weather, but cold water shock kills and has hidden dangers that can trap even the strongest swimmers.
Never swim in any form of open water, including lakes, pools, ponds, canals and rivers. Don't allow children to play near water without an adult present. Please read our water safety tips.
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Free Big Family Theatre Weekend coming soon (16 & 17 August) 🎭
Black Country Touring is partnering with Sandwell Museums to present a jam-packed weekend festival featuring outdoor theatre shows, puppetry, street performers, interactive games, hands-on circus workshops and more.
Join us on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August, from 12 noon until 4pm each day, at Haden Hill House Museum and Park, Cradley Heath, B64 7JU (entrance via Barrs Road).
🎟️ The festival is FREE to attend, with donations welcome. No tickets or bookings required – just turn up and join in!
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📢 Take part in our survey: Improvements in Wednesbury
Tell us what you think about the public realm improvements in Wednesbury town centre.
👉 There's more time to fill in our survey – which now closes on 31 August.
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 To find out what’s happening and get involved, check out our online Summer of Fun guide and Sandwell Holiday Activities, plus our libraries, museums, leisure centres and Sandwell Valley all have lots on too.
Our Just Youth Sandwell team is running activity days for young people aged 11-19 (up to 25 for those with SEND) in each of our six towns, including Red House Park, Great Barr, on Wednesday (13 August) and Thursday (14 August), 4pm to 8pm.
Go Play Sandwell are running free activities for children aged 5-12 at various locations, plus the National Play Day Summer Tour which will be at Haden Hill Park, Cradley Heath, on Wednesday (13 August) from 12 noon to 4pm.
See all upcoming events by their location below:
📍 Sandwell Museums 📍 Forge Mill Farm 📍 Sandwell Valley Visitor Centre
📍 West Smethwick Park 📍 Lightwoods House and Park 📍 Sandwell Libraries
📍 Malthouse Outdoor Activity Centre
🌐 Or view Visit Sandwell for all events across the borough.
🎉 Bromwich Hall has been awarded a £200,000 heritage grant for essential repairs 🔨
This will help preserve the historic Grade I listed building – one of our fabulous Sandwell Museums sites which hosts a wide range of activities and events – for future generations.
The money will help us to complete urgent conservation and repair work on the building, including the roof, drainage, timber frame and panels. It paves the way for the hall to be removed from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register once the works are completed.
The timber-framed hall in Hall Green Road is one of only three Grade I listed sites in Sandwell, the others being Galton Bridge in Smethwick and Oak House in West Bromwich.
The main hall was built in around 1270, with the current grouping of buildings largely complete by the early 17th century. Following significant restoration work in the mid-20th century, the building was run as the Manor House public house and restaurant until 2009.
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 Calling all Sandwell Council tenants and leaseholders: We want to meet you! 🤝
The council's Tenant Engagement team is touring Sandwell over the coming months, and we want to talk to you.
Whether you drop by for an informal chat or to find out more about what we do and how you can get involved, we hope to see you at one of our drop-in sessions this summer. Sandwell tenants and leaseholders can attend any of the events, you don’t need to wait for the one in your town.
📅 Our next event is in Oldbury on Tuesday (12 August) at Lancaster House TRA, Oldbury Road, Rowley Regis B65 0QE, from 5pm to 7pm.
Businesses open as usual during Blackheath Interchange works
The next phase of traffic management is due to start on Tuesday 2 September, as part of the £2.9million regeneration project creating a new bus interchange around Market Place in Blackheath.
Businesses including Blackheath Market remain open as usual throughout the works.
Funded by the Government’s Towns Fund programme, the project will also see a new landscaped public space, which will replace the existing traffic island and create a safer pedestrian environment.
The current traffic management involves three-way temporary signals and means vehicles cannot access Birmingham Road from Oldbury Road, however, the Acorns car park and the on-street parking in Oldbury Road is still open as usual.
What's changing?
Starting on Tuesday 2 September, the next phase is due to last for three weeks and will include the existing three-way temporary signals, where vehicles cannot access Birmingham Road from Oldbury Road. In addition, there will be weekday, daytime (Monday-Friday 7am-5pm) closures on Halesowen Street.
Road users are asked to find alternate routes wherever possible and Blackheath town centre customers are encouraged to use public car parks which will remain open during the construction works.
👉 Read more in our news release about the latest works.
👉 Go to our Regenerating Sandwell website for more information on how the project will benefit Blackheath town centre.
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 🌱 Green Roots on the Meadow
Everyone is invited to this free, family-friendly celebration on Saturday 16 August, 12 noon to 2pm, behind Primark in New Square, West Bromwich (accessed on the corner of Walsall Street, opposite Tiny Tots Academy).
Green Roots on the Meadow is a community event that celebrates the growing wildflower meadow Multistory planted in September 2023, that highlights the importance of environmental awareness and collective action in looking after green spaces in your neighbourhood.
The celebration event includes:
- Creative workshops and family activities
- Live music and performances
- New outdoor art commission by Juneau Projects
- Meadow cutting demonstration
It's all part of our Towns Fund Urban Greening project in West Bromwich town centre.
💚 Visit Green Roots on the Meadow's Facebook event page for more information.
Need some school uniform for the new school year?
 We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated their pre-loved uniform.
Come along to see what school uniform is available and take what you need, free of charge.
 Friday 15 August, 10am to 1pm at Jubilee Park Community Centre, Powis Avenue, Tipton, DY4 0RJ. Please bring your own bag.
Call 0121 520 0234 for more information.
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 Foster Sandwell – Help us to spread the word💙
Not everyone can foster – we get that. But even if you don’t have the room to invite someone into your family, you can still help.
Whether it’s a conversation with friends, colleagues or family to remind people to talk to us if they want to know about fostering – rather than assuming they can’t. Because often that’s not the case.
The more we can spread the word, and dispel the myths about fostering, the better the chances are that we can give Sandwell’s most vulnerable children a second chance.
💚 If you know someone who’s thinking about fostering, tell them to visit Foster Sandwell's website and ’like’ ‘share’ and ‘follow’ our Facebook page ‘Foster Sandwell’.
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Main stage 
Rising Stars Stage 
Creative workshops 
Fashion show 
Smile Fest 
Activ8 
Kayes Funfairs 
More to be announced! 
