• Drop-in session will give dementia support

  By Walsall Advertiser at 05:00 on 23/05/13

  

  PEOPLE living with dementia and their families will be able to get information and advice over a cuppa at two drop-in sessions taking place in Walsall this week. Fully-qualified advisers from Pathways for Life, a partnership between the Accord Group and Age UK Walsall, will be stationed at various venues. Advisers will provide information and advice about dementia, which affects 3,300 people in Walsall. The drop-in sessions will...

• Cycling to work via scenic route may be on if bid successful

  By Walsall Advertiser at 05:00 on 23/05/13

  

  MORE than four miles of towpaths through Walsall could be used to upgrade commuter routes if a £1.5 million improvement plan gets the nod. Walsall Council has unveiled its idea to turn the towpaths into cycle routes. The enhanced paths, which run between Darlaston to the New Art Gallery in Gallery Square, Walsall, could get better lighting and added routes from roads and footpaths if the bid is a success with a decision...

• Residents fear future of Common if planned felling happens

  By Walsall Advertiser at 09:20 on 09/05/13

  

  CONTROVERSIAL plans to fell as much as 60 per cent of woodland on Brownhills Common will come under the spotlight at a special scrutiny meeting next week. Heathland management at the popular site will be examined when Walsall Council's Community Services and Environment Scrutiny and Performance Panel meets on Monday (May 13) after a petition of more than 1,400 names lobbying the scheme was presented to full council last month. ...

• Volunteers needed to clean canal

  By Walsall Advertiser at 09:20 on 09/05/13

  

  GOSCOTE Greenacres is hoping to reel in volunteers to help clear the canal side to enable a fishing club and walkway to be developed at the popular site. Volunteers are being asked to roll up their sleeves and lend a hand at the scheme in Goscote Lane on Saturday, May 11, from 11.30am until 3pm. Goscote Greenacres is based at the Goscote Centre for adults with disabilities and is being driven by them, their carers and the wider...

• Volunteers are urged to dig in to spruce up beauty spot

  By Walsall Advertiser at 09:20 on 25/04/13

  

  VOLUNTEERS are being invited to roll up their sleeves and dig in to help spruce up an award-winning Walsall nature reserve next week. The Friends of Merrions Wood have organised a litter-pick at the popular beauty spot, which forms part of the Great Barr Conservation Area and is well-known for its carpet of bluebells, on Monday, April 29. Merrions Wood retained its Green Flag status, recognising it as one of the best green spaces in...

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