Parents and Child News & Updates
- 27th November 2025
Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity is celebrating the support of Tilly’s Tubes – a small UK company creating colourful, gentle and child-friendly accessories for children and adults who need to be tube fed.
Grandparents given expert advice to ensure contact with grandchildren after marriage breakdowns
- 18th November 2025
Walsall’s Neonatal Unit (NNU) has been marking World Prematurity Day with celebrations and fundraising activities for families currently receiving care.
In a study carried out in collaboration with the World Health Organization, two Aston University academics have found that while access to antiseizure medication in low- and middle-income countries is growing
- 5th November 2025
People who are caring for someone else’s child – or know someone who is – are reminded to inform the City of Wolverhampton Council about the arrangement.
Women across Walsall are being encouraged to visit their local pharmacy for the morning after pill (emergency contraception), making it quicker and easier to access the care they need without booking a GP or clinic appointment.
- 19th October 2025
Walsall Council is proud to support over 200 kinship families in the borough.
A new children’s wellbeing booklet has been produced to inspire Walsall families to reflect on how they can look after their mental wellbeing.
- 12th October 2025
The Fostering for Wolverhampton team hosted a special tea party to mark Kinship Care Week 2025 and honour the incredible role kinship foster parents play in the lives of children across the city.
- 11th October 2025
A memorial service for those who have experienced pregnancy and baby loss is being held to mark a national campaign.