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Help Celebrate Wolverhampton’s Youth

Nominations are now open for the Wolverhampton Young Citizen of the Year awards 2024, which recognise the achievements of young people aged between 13 and 25 who live or go to school or work in Wolverhampton.

Photo of Max Kilman (Wolves captain) Luis Enache (2023 finalist), Imane Sbihi (2023 joint winner) Eva Abley (2023 joint winner) Mel Eves (awards vice Chairman) at the launch of Wolverhampton Young Citizen 2024
Max Kilman, Luis Enache (2023 finalist), Imane Sbihi (2023 joint winner) Eva Abley (2023 joint winner) and Mel Eves

This years awards were launched by Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Max Kilman and Wolves Legend (and Rotary member) Mel Eves. They are encouraging everyone in the City to recognise those young people who have gone the extra mile and whose personal courage, care for others, achievement or contribution to the community should be recognised and celebrated.

Anyone can nominate a young person for the award – just visit www.wolverhamptonyoungcitizen.org.uk and complete the online nomination form.

The awards were devised and are sponsored by the City’s four Rotary Clubs together with main sponsor Collins Aerospace. The awards are supported by the Wolves Foundation, Wolverhampton City Council, the James Beattie Charitable Trust and West Midlands Magazines.

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Santa is visiting Claregate

Our Sleigh will be visiting Claregate with Santa on Saturday.

We’ll be posting a link to the live Sleigh tracker on our Facebook, X (Twitter) and Thread accounts at 4:45pm on the night so that you can follow the Sleigh on the route

Please share with your friends and family in the area and remember to donate to the Rotary Sleigh appeal so that we can help the work of local good causes throughout the year.

To donate £2 by text just text SNOWMAN2 to 70480.

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Wolverhampton Christmas Lights

Today’s the day the Wolverhampton Christmas Lights are switched on and Wolverhampton Santa Claus and his helpers from the Rotary Club of Tettenhall and The Royal School cadets will be at the Lych Gate off Queen Square from 3pm until the Lights are switched on to share in the fun.

The fun starts at 3pm with a funfair, festive market in Dudley Street, real reindeer, face painting, food and drink and much more. BBC star Hey Duggee will entertain the children from 3pm followed by The Copicats at 4:30pm and by the world famous Tony Christie at 5:15pm who will be performing  hits including ‘Is this the Way to Amarillo’ before joining the Wolverhampton Mayor, Councillor Sandra Samuels MBE and Father Christmas to switch on the lights at 6pm. 

Its FREE for children to visit Santa but you can help Tettenhall Rotary to support the work of local good causes throughout the year by donating to Santa’s Sleigh appeal:

text SNOWMAN 1 to 70480 to donate £1

text SNOWMAN 2 to 70480 to donate £2

text SNOWMAN 5 to 70480 to donate £5

text SNOWMAN 10 to 70480 to donate £10

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Rotary in Wolverhampton Community Fund Scheme.

Wolverhampton’s four local Rotary Clubs and the James Beattie Charitable Trust have teamed up to offer small grants to local groups. 

We’ve got a fund of £10,000 available to help individuals, Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise groups working in our community to overcome problems arising from deprivation, poverty, disability and lack of opportunity.

This new fund follows on from similar schemes in earlier years which have demonstrated how small grants can have a big impact, helping individuals and groups through challenging times.

Groups and individuals who are established in their communities can apply for grants of between £250 and £500.

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate how a grant would make a difference to the well-being of local people and open up opportunities for them to develop their abilities and skills.

We’ll need to know the number of people who will benefit from the grant and the extent and duration of the impact on them and the community. People benefiting from the grant must have a connection to the Wolverhampton area in terms of living or working in the City, or receiving services from an organisation based there.

Submitting your application:

First download your Application Form here.

Complete and email your application (as a Word attachment) to rotarysmallgrants@gmail.com by no later than 10th October 2022. Please quoting CFS22 in the subject line followed by the name of your organisation.

What happens next?

You’ll receive an email acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application will then be evaluated by an assessment team, who may need to contact you to ask for further information by email or telephone.

By 1st December you’ll be receive an email from us telling you whether or not your application has been successful – payments to successful applicants will be made very shortly afterwards.

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FREE Prostate Cancer Screening

We’re pleased to be joining 3 Hammers Golf Club, Lloyds Bank Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Prostate Cancer Support Group and Lancaster Jaguar Land Rover Wolverhampton in offering men over the age of 45 the opportunity to take a FREE prostate cancer test.

A simple 3 minute blood test could save the life of your husband, brother, father, son, friend… Let them know/forward/share to tell them to get along to the 3 Hammers Golf Complex on Old Stafford Road in Coven, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PP this Friday 14th June 2019 between 5.30pm – 8.30pm – there’s no need to book – you don’t even need to be a golfer – but please arrive and register as early as you can.

Please be a life saver and share details of this FREE event with friends and family.

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Our Santa Sleigh is Visiting Bushbury

Our Santa Sleigh will be taking Santa to visit the children in Bushbury this evening.

The Sleigh route will start from the shops on the site of the old Staffordshire Volunteer Pub on Rushall Road and will visit  Bentley Road, Fairfax Road, Northwood Park Road, Ireton Road, Carisbrook Road, Cromwell Road, Northwood Park, Egerton Road, Lauderdale Road, Hamilton Gardens, Egerton Road, Pendrill Road, Wentworth Road, over Grifford Road and Hellier Road.

It’s going to be a cold night so wrap up tight and keep an eye on the Sleigh’s progress on the Santa Tracker link that we’ll be posting at around 4.45 this evening.

Please share with friends and family in the area and make sure that you come and tell me what you’d like for Christmas this year.

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Our Santa Sleigh is Visiting Fordhouses

Our Santa Sleigh be visiting the Fordhouses area of Wolverhampton this evening.

The Sleigh will visit Marsh Lane, St Anne’s Road, Marsh Lane, Winchester Road, Sandon Road, Patshull Avenue, Harrowby Road and Winchester Road.

We can’t say when the Sleigh will be at any particular stage of the route as this depends on the number of children who come out to see Santa but we will be posting a link to our live Santa Sleigh Tracker at around 4.45 so that you can follow the Sleigh on its route

Pleases share with friends and family in the area.
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Our Santa Sleigh is Visiting Old Fallings

Our Santa Sleigh will be visiting the children of Old Fallings in Wolverhampton this evening.

Santa’s Sleigh route will visit Annan Avenue, Dickinson Avenue, Old Fallings Crescent, Fourth Avenue, Humphreys Road, Hawksford Crescent, Fifth Avenue, Goodyear Avenue, Thorne Avenue and Showell Circus.
We’ll be posting a link to our live Santa Sleigh tracker on our social media accounts at around 4.45 as the Sleigh moves off.
Please share with friends and family in the area.
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Our Santa Sleigh is Visiting The Scotlands

We’ll be taking Santa and our Sleigh to visit the children in the Scotland area this evening.

The revised Sleigh route will visit parts of Tennyson Road, Keats Road, Pope Road, Dickens Road, Masefield Road, Ruskin Road, Carlyle Road, Pope Road and Westcroft Avenue.

The Sleigh will move off at 4.45 and we’ll post a link to our live Santa Tracker so that you can follow it along the route.

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Our Santa Sleigh is Visiting Low Hill

This will be the route that our Sleigh will follow during Santa’s visit to the children of the Low Hill area of Wolverhampton this evening.

Santa’s Sleigh will visit Leacroft Avenue, Whitgreave Avenue, Neve Avenue, Perry Avenue, Neve Avenue, Leacroft Avenue, Hill Crest Avenue, Low Hill Crescent, Walker Avenue, Wingfoot Avenue, Goodyear Avenue, Thorne Avenue, Showell Circus.

We’ll post a link to our Santa Tracker on social media and on this page as the Sleigh moves off so that you can see where to find us on the route.

Please share with friends and family in the area.