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Solihull Council is supporting the recovery of the cultural economy with a jam-packed programme of activities and events for residents and visitors to enjoy.
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day – a day when we encourage people to help prevent suicide.
Can you spot a good story when you hear one? Are you a good listener? Maybe you could write your own chapter of Solihull’s COVID story.
Solihull Community Housing (SCH) have confirmed a £10m sprinkler investment programme to their high rise residential buildings.
This week there have been 742 new cases of COVID and over the last month we have seen a similar number of new cases each week. So we continue to have COVID circulating locally in quite high numbers.
The Council is encouraging people to make use of a free collection service to return unwanted items of care and support equipment so they can be reused.
With World Suicide Prevention Day coming up this Friday 10 September, Solihull Council is encouraging residents to take free online suicide awareness training to help save lives.
I would like to start by reflecting on Solihull’s response to the repatriation of people from Afghanistan through Birmingham Airport, which quite frankly has been truly amazing.
During September we are planning to gradually increase the opening hours of Solihull libraries.
Solihull Council is advising motorists that the town centre roundabout (near to the train station) will be closed to carry out essential road resurfacing.
Message from Solihull's Director of Public Health, Ruth Tennant
As I write, the events in Afghanistan are still unfolding and my heartfelt thoughts go out to all those affected by the dreadful situation there. As a local authority we have been doing all we can to support those in need.
Message from Solihull's Director of Public Health, Ruth Tennant
Solihull Council is working with organisations across the borough to help provide immediate support to those who are being repatriated from Afghanistan before they move to other parts of the UK.
A share of £263,000 is available to groups in Dorridge, Knowle, Shirley East, Shirley South, Silhill and St Alphege to improve their local neighbourhoods. The funds are from Solihull’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
Solihull Council is refreshing its strategy for adult day opportunities (formerly called day services) and has launched a survey to find out what people who use services and their carers want over the next five years.
As the UK gears up to host the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in November, Solihull Council has unveiled its draft Action Plan for tackling the borough’s CO2 emissions.
Despite how well we are doing with the vaccination programme in Solihull, our infections rate has increased this week to 375 cases per 100,000 people (week 6 to 12 August). That equates to another 816 people becoming infected with COVID.
Stepping beams, balance logs and boardwalks are among the works starting next month at Hope Coppice – the new woodland that is being created in remembrance of those affected by Covid-19.
Following several weeks of gradually falling infection rates, it seems they have plateaued at around 350-370 per 100,000 people. Frustratingly, they remain the highest in the West Midlands.
Free school meal vouchers and Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF)
The tide of infection rates are beginning to fall, but we still remain the highest in the West Midlands, so I remain an advocate for wearing face coverings, keeping a distance in places like shops ......
Tanworth Court, a 60-bed dementia care home designed and funded by Solihull Council and run by Prime Life, has been rated Good in its first inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
During the lockdown Solihull Libraries took the decision to remove fines for overdue items and earlier this year library fines were permanently removed. It's still important to return books on time and there are lots of ways to get reminders.
The team at ‘Visit Solihull’ would like photographs that highlight the Best of the Borough – and need your help.
As we come to the end of a second week of living with the easing of Covid restrictions, we are still seeing infection rates in Solihull at the highest in the West Midlands, and the 17th highest nationally. This is clearly not where we want to be.
Solihull Council has started a public consultation about the introduction of a new Housing Assistance Policy.
In exactly 12 months’ time Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will begin.
To celebrate, Perry - the Commonwealth Games mascot – is visiting Solihull Town Centre at lunchtime today and Chelmsley Wood this afternoon as we mark one year to go!
To celebrate, Perry - the Commonwealth Games mascot – is visiting Solihull Town Centre at lunchtime today and Chelmsley Wood this afternoon as we mark one year to go!
The CSW COVID Business Pledge is being relaunched to help businesses & venues demonstrate that they will operate in a COVID-safe way despite legal COVID restrictions coming to an end, especially with Solihull’s infection rate hitting a pandemic high.
We are looking at very high figures this week - our latest rate (7 days to 18 July) is 869.3 per 100k with 1794 cases in the last week, a significantly higher peak than in Jan.
Solihull has the 12th highest rate nationally in the 7 days to 15 July.
Solihull has the 12th highest rate nationally in the 7 days to 15 July.
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