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  • Featured news item Free Summer Parent Webinars: Support your child’s mental health and emotional wellbeing

    Published on: 21 July 2025

    Are you a parent or carer looking for ways to better understand and support your child’s mental health? Reflexions is offering a series of free, expert-led online webinars this summer to help you feel more confident supporting your child’s emotional wellbeing, managing transitions, and improving your own mental health.

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  • Black Country mental health nurse joins recognition celebration with Prime Minister

    Published on: 31 July 2025
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  • Fire safety team at Black Country NHS trust gets stamp of approval

    Published on: 28 July 2025
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    Call for speakers: 21st Annual Suicide Prevention Symposium returns this September

    Published on: 28 July 2025

    The 21st annual Suicide Prevention Symposium will take place on Friday 12 September 2025 at The Beeches, Wolverhampton, with the option to join remotely via MS Teams. Running from 9.30am to 2pm, this hybrid event brings together professionals, researchers, and those with lived experience to share evidence, reflections, and innovation in suicide prevention. Registration opens from 9am.

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  • Shine A Light choir to return to the Black Country this autumn

    Published on: 24 July 2025
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  • Members of the public are invited to our Annual General Meeting in September

    Published on: 22 July 2025
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  • Learning for recovery: Recovery College opens its doors this August

    Published on: 22 July 2025

    The Recovery College, part of Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, is inviting residents to a series of free open days this August. The events, hosted across, the college’s four sites in Walsall, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley, aim to introduce local communities to the college’s unique approach to mental health recovery through education.

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  • “It Can Happen to Anyone”: From Crisis to Recovery, Toni’s Story Is Changing the Way We Talk About Psychosis

    Published on: 21 July 2025
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    Trust delivers Fire Safety CPD event to regional fire service

    Published on: 21 July 2025

    Our Fire Safety team delivered a two-day CPD event for West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) last week. Fire Safety Inspectors were invited to Edward Street Hospital on 15 and 16 July, where the training aimed to support their ability to audit mental health hospitals across the region.

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  • Free Mental Health Workshops and Webinars for Children, Young People, and Parents – Summer 2025

    Published on: 21 July 2025

    Reflexions, a preventative and early intervention mental health support within education Settings service, is offering a comprehensive series of FREE summer wellbeing workshops and webinars for children, teens, and parents across the Black Country. These events are designed to support emotional wellbeing, manage transitions, reduce stress and anxiety, and encourage open conversations around mental health.

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  • Nominations now open to celebrate exceptional healthcare staff across the Black Country

    Published on: 16 July 2025
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  • Join the Black Country Healthcare NHS ‘Let’s Talk Afternoon Coffee and Chat’ Sessions in West Bromwich

    Published on: 15 July 2025

    Looking for a friendly space to connect, chat, and unwind? Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites you to its monthly ‘Let’s Talk Afternoon Coffee and Chat’ sessions - free, drop-in events hosted in West Bromwich to support mental wellbeing, social connection, and community engagement.

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  • Beyond The Badge: Meet the In Reach to Care Home team

    Published on: 10 July 2025

    In this weeks ‘Beyond The Badge’ segment, we caught up with Aimee Smallman and Tim Glover from the Sandwell In Reach to Care Home team. The team’s aim is to reduce hospital admissions from care homes by equipping staff with the knowledge and support needed to manage residents who may exhibit behaviours that challenge, often due to dementia or mental illness.

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