Media Releases

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Councillor Ruth Buttery

Parents and pupils urged to participate in testing programme

As children prepare for the return to school next week, education and public health chiefs are urging people in Dudley borough to participate in NHS rapid testing for Covid-19.

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Dudley Youth Council mental health training

The new intake of Dudley Youth Council has announced that young people’s mental health is one of their priorities for 2021.

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Reassurance for pupils returning to school

Education and health chiefs are reassuring parents and students of their safety in the run-up to schools re-opening next week with increased testing and safety measures.

Councillor Ruth Buttery

Find out more about fostering

Dudley Council’s fostering team continues their online search for new foster carers.

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Council praises half-term heroes

Council bosses are praising faith and community groups for the ongoing support they are giving to families and vulnerable people in the run up to and over half-term.

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Online sessions for young people with SEND

Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can benefit from a series of online events that are being organised by Dudley SENDIASS.

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Creative ways for home learning

As parents support children with home schooling due to the lockdown, there may be one useful tool they have overlooked – the Xbox or PlayStation.

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School raises thousands for hospice

Kindhearted pupils and staff from St Margaret’s at Hasbury Primary School have raised more than £2,100 for Mary Stevens Hospice with a sponsored Reindeer Run.

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Vaccinate our teachers before schools re-open – council boss

The borough’s education chief today called for all teachers and school staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before schools re-open.

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School admissions reminder

Parents are being reminded that there’s still time to apply for their child’s place at primary school or to make a late application for secondary.

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Hundreds of presents for vulnerable children through council initiative

Kind-hearted councillors and council staff have clubbed together to buy nearly 500 presents for care leavers in the borough in a bid to give them a Christmas to remember.

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Winter grant set to help families

Families struggling to put food on the table this Christmas “will not be forgotten in Dudley borough” the leader of Dudley Council has pledged today.