A new yoga course starting on Saturday mornings at St Peters Church, Upper Gornal (opposite the Arcade) on 18th April for 9 weeks. It starts at 10.00am. All welcome. Contact 07825 378737 for more...

The Walk and Talk Book Cubs starts from (10- 11:30am): Wordsley Library 1 April Kingswinford Library 6 May Stourbridge Library 3 June Contact: Age UK  Leap Over 50 to book your place 01384...

A series of free bereavement support group sessions have been set up by Omega Care for Life. People can: – Share experiences and learn from others in similar situations – Discover new coping skills and begin to focus on the future – Develop your own plan for moving forward with life   Next meeting: Friday 27th March 2015, 2-5pm St James’s Church Hall, Belfry Drive, Wollaston, Stourbridge, DY8 3SE   Booking required; Contact Omega care for life Tel: 0845 259 3163 Email: carers@omega.uk.net Web: www.omega.uk.net Post: Freepost RSGB-CYBY-HSCX, Omega, London House, Town Walls, Shrewsbury SY1 1TX www.twitter.com/omegachatterbox     www.twitter.com/omegacare Omega the National Association for End of Life Care Registered Charity No.1120322 Registered Company...

Can you help support people with a learning disability to make sure their views and concerns are listened to and respected? Dudley Advocacy has been successful in securing funding from the Big Lottery Reaching Communities Programmes. The money will be used to provide additional advocacy support for people with mental health needs and learning disabilities, including parents with a learning disability whose children are subject to child protection plans. Dudley Advocacy’s volunteer project ‘Advocacy Extra’ recruits, trains and supports volunteers to act as Advocates, who work in partnership with vulnerable people across a range of health and social care issues. Volunteers can help in a variety of ways – from making phone calls, supporting people at meetings, pursuing complaints or finding out information on behalf of the person they are supporting and be someone for them to talk to in confidence. If you can do any of the above and would like to make a positive contribution to your local community then please contact Sean Ledington on 01384 456877 for an informal chat, or via email at sean@dudleyadvocacy.org. Experience not needed as full training and support is given. Full information is also available on our website at www.dudleyadvocacy .org...

Last week the Black Country Bugle editor, John Butterworth, visited its new offices at Dudley Council’s Archives and Local History Centre, ahead of their formal move later this month :: more...