Supporting asylum seekers through football

A 12-week football programme, alongside English lessons, has supported asylum seekers new to Walsall with their mental health and wellbeing, as well as helping them to make connections in the local community. The sessions were set up by Walsall Together, in partnership with Walsall FC Foundation, the Refugees and Migrants’ Centre (RMC) and Active Black […]

TV show radiogram repair is fitting Windrush tribute

Windrush community champion and Walsall Together Chair Patrick Vernon has appeared on BBC TV’s The Repair Shop where a happy ending for a special gift proved music to his ears. Patrick, who has worked in the NHS for many years, appeared on the popular show to mark 75 years of the NHS and the HMT […]

Meet the couple connecting their community

Lunch clubs, activity classes, financial support, peer support and food banks (to name a few) – meet Sharon and Paul Felton from Darlaston who are bringing people together and really improving the lives of the people in their community. “It all started when our son was eight, “ said Sharon. “He was being bullied at […]

Walsall Together’s new Director of Transformation and Place Development

Michelle McManus has been appointed as the Director of Transformation and Place Development for Walsall Together. Michelle has been carrying out this role on an interim basis since November 2021, helping the partnership to develop and work together to reduce health inequalities, improve outcomes for the people of Walsall and achieve its vision of ‘collaborating […]

We’re going on a rock hunt – want to come?

Around 1,000 rocks have been hand painted by children, young people and adults across Walsall this week, ready to be hidden around local parks, as part of a Kindness Rocks Hunt organised by the Walsall Together Partnership. The Kindness Rocks Hunt, which will take place from Saturday 11 June to Sunday 19 June, has been […]

Welcoming two new members to the Walsall Together Partnership

Walsall Together is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Patrick Vernon as the new Chair of the Walsall Together Partnership Board and Dr Anand Rischie as the new Medical Director of Primary Care for the partnership. Professor Patrick Vernon OBE, who began his role on Friday 1 April 2022, has a wealth of experience […]