Students from a Sandwell school are planning a ‘Pounds for PJs’ day on Friday 17 April to raise money for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Emergency COVID-19 Appeal. Will you take part?

One of the biggest issues of being in lockdown is making sure the most vulnerable in our society don’t go without food, and Sandwell businesses have been doing their best to help.

An award-winning engineering company based in Smethwick is helping combat the spread of coronavirus as part of the Ventilator Challenge UK supply chain.

Three projects in the West Midlands have secured £3m in government funding for projects aimed at reducing energy use.

At this strange and tough time, we think it’s more important than ever to share our good news as well as our challenges. How is your Sandwell business faring? Tell us.

Sandwell community project Brushstrokes has won an award at the 2020 Thrive Awards for the important work it does supporting the mental health and wellbeing of new arrivals to the region.

At times like these it’s good to look back on happy memories, so while crowds and group celebrations are off the schedule for now, we’re cheering ourselves reminiscing about festivals in our diverse and vibrant borough. Read about Maslenitsa, one of the oldest surviving Slavic holidays.

Calling tattoo parlours, nail and beauty salons and manufacturers who use gloves/aprons/masks! Do you have any personal protective equipment (PPE) you are not using? Sandwell needs your donations.

Hungry? You will be after reading this. Today #madeinsandwell Monday is celebrating Robinson’s Bakery, a company that works hard to keep Sandwell well fed.