Working life has begun this week for ten new apprentices, recruited into the repairs and maintenance directorate of Sandwell Homes, the organisation tasked with managing over 30,000 council homes in the borough.

Employees from Sandwell Homes gave a “floral boost” to the Mayor’s Charity Fund – by donating a collection of attractive plant tubs at the Sandwell Community Show.

Sandwell Homes is working in conjunction with its partners to run two separate open days next Wednesday 3 September, where tenants will be given the chance to choose from a series of landscaping and colour cladding options prior to the start of Decent Homes improvements on their homes.

Sandwell Homes is making a big contribution to this year’s Sandwell Show with a home-from-home community involvement gazebo, a community services marquee to celebrate cultural diversity in Sandwell, and even ‘It’s a Knockout’ being hosted by the Sandwell Decent Homes Partnership and presented by none other than TV’s Keith Chegwin.

Sandwell Homes is going that extra mile for customers by introducing an 8am til 8pm repairs and housing telephone enquiry service.

A Wednesbury couple who enjoy gardening and attracting wildlife into their lives on the Friar Park Estate have won a top award – for the plant-packed garden they spend all their spare time and holidays in.

Sandwell Homes has launched an innovative scheme to support small-scale projects within communities following consultations with tenants and residents across the borough.

Sandwell Housing Partnership and housing organisation Sandwell Homes have been giving students a helping hand with their design projects, providing expert advice and support to students about to start the final stages of high school.

Shirelands Collegiate Academy pupil Harpreet Singh has won a £50 voucher for JJB Sports. He correctly guessed the name of a mannequin dressed as a construction worker at the Sandwell Decent Homes Partnership's recent construction awareness event.

Local businesses have signed up to a Let’s Go Green Together initiative organised by Sandwell Homes, which manages the borough’s 30,000 council homes.

The finishing touches have been put to three high-rise blocks in Sandwell this month, with the completion of a major refurbishment under the Decent Homes programme.