DESIGNS for a new £3m health centre for Pensnett have been submitted to Dudley Council. The new two-storey building is to built on the site of a former petrol station in High Oak and will offer a range of treatments and services as well as physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and midwifery. Doctors from the [...]
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Love a Job – The Engagement! Copthorne Hotel, 27th March
We have bright, talented, young unemployed adults looking for Apprenticeship opportunities across a wide range of sectors including: · Business Administration · Care · IT · Customer Service · Construction – all trades · Warehousing · Hospitality · Retail & Sales · Engineering and Manufacturing Stourbridge College has linked arms with Jobcentre Plus by putting [...]
Former Lloyd’s site, Hawbush–Planning consultation–Mon19th March, Brierley Hill library
I thought you might like to know that I have been notified about a drop in session at Brierley Hill Library on the19th March from a company called Cerda Planning. They are handling the public consultation work for Taylor Wimpey who are looking to go ahead with the development of the former Lloyds site on [...]
Carers’ group in DIY SOS call–From Express and Star
A Brierley Hill-based carers group is hoping for help in a DIY SOS-style makeover of its new premises. INSIGHT for Carers has relocated to the former Labour Club on Pearson Street, from The Brierley Hill Project and plans to transform the boarded-up venue into a thriving community cafe and support centre for some of the [...]
Applications for Community First match funding due in by April 10th
At its meeting on 13th March the Community First panel for Brierley Hill ward decided to invite applications from community groups for match funding by April 10th for consideration at its meeting on 17th April. Community groups which meet the criteria for match funding can apply for between £250 and £2,500. Details of how to [...]
Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership, meeting Thursday 22nd March 2012
The next meeting of the Town Centre Partnership is taking place on Thursday 22nd March at 5.30pm. Topics on the agenda include: Portas Review and Pilot Applications for Funding Improving Walking and Cycling in Brierley Hill The Crossways Centre Community Matters The meeting will be held in the new Stourbridge College Art and Design Centre [...]
Opportunity for young poets from the West Midlands
We’re IdeasTap: an online platform that helps young people break into the creative industries. We offer advice, a space to network, funding and workshops to enable emerging artists to develop their talent. We’re also a charity – so we offer all this for free. We wanted to let you know about a rather special opportunity [...]
Dinner is a doddle with Sunday roast takeaway
Curries and pizzas may be staple takeaway dishes – but you can now get roast dinners with all the trimmings delivered to your door thanks to a new culinary venture in the Black Country. Ring4Roast has been set up by friends Rachael Smith and Sarah Cummons in their bid to save people the mess and [...]
Sun’ll come out for Annie show in Brierley Hill
THE Tab Operatic Society is getting set to stage much-loved musical Annie in Brierley Hill. The popular show about a plucky, flame-haired orphan will run at Brierley Hill Civic Hall from March 27 to March 31. Amber Hughes, aged 12, from Halesowen, stars in the title role; while Stourbridge actor John Leeming will be [...]
Shaun Cooper’s camp have company–Express and Star
Monday 12th March 2012, 6:00AM GMT. Shaun Cooper’s gym in Dudley has welcomed its latest illustrious guests as the trainer looks to show his fighters the ‘lighter side’ of boxing. ‘Coops Boxing Camp’ in Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, opened its doors for former world champion Tim Witherspoon and actor Vas Blackwood. Their visit was a way [...]
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