Bilston Magazine

23/06/2024

12/06/2024

If you don't have much on this Thursday, come and support this great charity event at the Cleveland Arms. You'll get an insight into the world of refereeing from two of the games top ex-refs (love them or hate them, the game doesn't exist without them). Its only £15! and all proceeds go to the Good Shepherd, Wolverhampton. See you there.

23/05/2024

The Wolves 1877 Trust is outraged by the size of the increase for Season Ticket renewals announced by the Club today.

The increases are way above the rate of inflation and increased costs associated with running a football match. It's clear the club is putting profit before it's loyal fan base.

The increase is a front to loyal match going fans who have seen year on year increases since we returned to the Premier League in 2018. This also does not bode well for Match Day Prices.

This increase is at a time when the club is experiencing record revenues through TV money and sponsorship.

The Club in their engagement meetings with the Trust have been proud to promote having the cheapest prices for Children in the league. The above 100% increase is a devastating blow to families who attend games and ends the reasonable prices for the future fans of the club.

We have been happy to support the club on stances such as VAR and we felt they have listened to fans views on this but it's clear they haven't listened to our views on ticketing. The club's senior management only listens when the narrative suits them.

We are unhappy that fans are expected to pay more when the facilities at Molineux have not improved and there are no plans to redevelop the stadium.

We are calling on season ticket holders to take the unprecedented stance and send a message to the club by boycotting the renewal process. This sadly is the only way we can see the Club changing course.

We will be asking for an urgent meeting with Jeff Shi, Matt Wild and Russell Jones to discuss our concerns. It's time to back the Trust. If you're unhappy about the ticket increases join the Trust on the link in the comments.

21/05/2024

There's (just!) still time to get your nominations in for this year's Wolverhampton Young Citizen of the Year. If you know anyone who deserves recognition, put them forward. It only takes a few minutes. Not much to ask, in return for what they've done for others! visit: www.wolverhamptonyoungcitizen.org.uk

29/04/2024

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Rediscover yourself this Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week by West Midlands Magazines | Apr 29, 2024 | Bilston, Council, Health, Wednesfield, West Midlands, Wolverhampton Today marks the start of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week – an annual campaign to encourage people to talk about their...

22/04/2024

Check us out being featured by Gigantic Tickets as part of their intimate venues campaign! 🧡

We go into the importance of small, independent music venues for the community, and the best things you can do to support them!

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05/04/2024

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Team on hunt for new foster parents this Easter by West Midlands Magazines | Apr 5, 2024 | Bilston, Council, Health, News, Wednesfield, West Midlands, Wolverhampton The Fostering for Wolverhampton team is on the hunt for new foster parents this Easter. The City of Wolverhampton Council’s fostering...

21/03/2024

The Bilston Magazine was very sad to hear of the passing of our friend Trevor Johnson.
Trevor was a lovely man, who had a way with words and used that skill to entertain hundreds of people across the region with his hilarious and poignant Black Country dialect poems.
He raised and donated a lot of money for local charities from the sales of his book of poems, which the magazine was proud to have helped him to get into print and it was a pleasure to share some of them in the magazine.
We'll share a couple of our favourites in the next issue of the Bilston Magazine.
RIP Trevor and thanks for being a lovely human being x

14/03/2024

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Health monitors installed at libraries and community sites by West Midlands Magazines | Mar 14, 2024 | Bilston, Council, Health, News, Wednesfield, West Midlands, Wolverhampton Health monitors have been installed in a number of libraries, community facilities and leisure centres across Wolverhampton...

13/03/2024

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Major £9.7million investment set to improve Wolverhampton’s road network by West Midlands Magazines | Mar 13, 2024 | Bilston, Council, Environment, News, Travel, Wednesfield, West Midlands, Wolverhampton Nearly £10million is set to be invested in extensive works to improve, maintain and repair W...

04/03/2024

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Time to nominate your Young Citizen of the Year by West Midlands Magazines | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized Nominations have opened for the 2024 Wolverhampton Young Citizen of the Year awards. The awards, now in their 11th year, recognise the achievements of young people in the city who have gone that....

14/02/2024

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14/02/2024

The City of Wolverhampton Council has been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme offering £1,000 tax-free payments for those starting childcare jobs.

The ‘Do Something Big’ recruitment campaign has been launched by the Department for Education.

As part of the campaign a trial initiative – covering 20 local authorities including Wolverhampton – will see new-starters and those returning to childcare roles given a cash bonus payment shortly after they take up post.

It aims to help ensure nurseries and early years providers have the staff required to offer more childcare places for parents.

The move comes ahead of April when eligible working parents of two-year-olds will get 15 funded hours on top of existing childcare provision –­­ ultimately putting more money in parents’ pockets at the end of the month.

The rollout is set to save working parents using the full 30-hour entitlements up to £6,500 a year.

Councillor Chris Burden, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said: “We welcome the opportunity to take part in this national pilot scheme.



“The recruitment drive will help support our efforts to ensure nurseries and early years providers have the workers they need to be able to offer more childcare places for parents as provision is expanded.



“This will allow more parents to stay in work, supporting the local economy in the knowledge their children are receiving good childcare, laying the foundations for them to achieve their full potential.”



The campaign will look to boost recruitment across the sector by highlighting the array of childcare career routes and progression opportunities offering on-the-job training and flexible hours.

14/12/2023

Contrary to what you might have read in the press and on social media, MAJOR'S IS NOT MOVING OUT OF BILSTON. The business has changed hands and the current owner will be leaving to begin a new project. The new owners plan to keep everything the same, which means quality fish & chips and other favourites, being served to the people of Bilston as they have done for over 40 years. We wish Royston and his family the best of luck as they move on and warmly welcome the new owners to our town.

20/11/2023

We still have one stall available for the Christmas Fayre on Saturday, if anyone wants it. email [email protected] or ring 07534603662 asap