West Midlands Green News

A neglected area of Reedswood Park in Walsall will be transformed into a thriving haven for amphibians and other wildlife thanks to a £70,000 Community Green Grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Latest update from West Midlands Combined Authority Newsroom: The WMCA grant to the Froglife Trust, a national charity working to conserve the UK’s […]

Over £400,000 has been handed to 16 projects that are improving residents access to nature since the West Midlands Combined Authority launched its Community Green Grants scheme last year. Latest update from West Midlands Combined Authority Newsroom: In the latest round of successful applications, three community-led projects in Dudley and Sandwell have shared £70,000. Community […]

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has appointed leading UK shared transport operator Beryl to deliver the region’s brand new e-scooter hire scheme. Latest update from West Midlands Combined Authority Newsroom: The first phase of the scheme will see e-scooters hit the streets of Birmingham in June, with further phases to be rolled out during the […]

A sensory garden for veterans and an inner-city wildlife and wellbeing haven are among the winners of the first West Midlands Natural Environment Awards. Latest update from West Midlands Combined Authority Newsroom: Set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), the awards showcase and celebrate the community organisations, educational institutions, public sector bodies and […]

Teach A Trade have partnered with Telford College to offer West Midlands and Shropshire based engineers a chance to become qualified air source heat pump engineer. Through the delivery of a 5 day training programme engineers will learn the principles of air source heat pumps, and how to safely install, test, commission, service and repair […]

Severn Trent has announced a Get River Positive Plan: five pledges to transform river water quality across their region.     “The commitments are a clear and actionable response to calls for a revival of rivers in England.  Central to the pledges is a commitment that work carried out by the company will ensure storm overflows […]