Sandwell celebrates landmark judgement and progress for children and young people

Dec 2, 2025 | Sandwell

A major milestone has been achieved in the delivery of services for children and families in Sandwell. For over a decade Children’s Services in Sandwell were rated inadequate. Today, for the first time, they have been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted – a transformation...

Young Carers Action Day 2025

Mar 12, 2025 | Events

Today (Wednesday 12 March) is Young Carers Action Day, an annual event which is organised and led by Carers Trust. The day aims to encourage organisations, communities and individuals raise awareness of young carers. A young carer is someone aged under 18 who cares...

Inspection report published

Dec 18, 2024 | Fostering News

Following the Ofsted inspection of our Fostering services in October, we are pleased to inform that the report has now been published on the Ofsted website. Overall, the independent fostering agency provides effective services and the overall judgements was GOOD. This...

2024 FIYA Awards

Oct 30, 2024 | Events

We held our annual FIYA Awards on Wednesday evening at Tipton Sports Academy. Young people and staff were joined by the Mayoress of Sandwell, Cllr Sayeda Khatun along with the Leader of the Council, Kerrie Carmichael; Lead Member for Children, Cllr Jalal Uddin; DCS,...

Foster Carer Celebration

Oct 25, 2024 | Events

We held our annual Foster Carers Celebration at The Hawthorns yesterday and it was lovely to see many of our mainstream and connected carers there. The theme for the day was ‘wellbeing’ and we were joined by 3 speakers who provided some very insightful...