Worcester

Adoption Central England (ACE), the regional adoption agency for Coventry, Solihull, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire, is supporting a national recruitment campaign looking for more potential adoptive families for siblings.

‘The Big Ask’ is the largest ever consultation held with children and young people and is asking them to look ahead to their future and what support they feel they may need going forward.

It has been hard work, Worcestershire has come a long way and now the county is seeing some of the lowest rates of Covid-19 in months.

Worcestershire Registration Services is pulling out all the stops to make sure couples in the county can get married after many had to reschedule due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Families across Worcestershire will find out today, which primary school their children will be starting at this September.

Government has confirmed that face coverings should continue to be worn in secondary school and college classrooms when students return after the Easter break (Monday 19 April 2021).

The rules for weddings and other events in England are changing today (Monday 12th April) as part of the government’s cautious easing of Coronavirus lockdown.

The next step of the Government’s plan to ease Coronavirus lockdown restrictions takes place today (Monday 12th April)

The Chairman of Worcestershire County Council, Councillor Bob Brookes said:

The Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Holcroft LVO OBE CStJ said:

Pershore Town Hall is a new site for Covid-19 testing from Monday 12th April. The town hall replaces the leisure centre as a testing site.

It’s easier than ever to access home testing kits in your local community as libraries across Worcestershire become collection points from 6 April.

Residents in Evesham will soon be able to get a test for Covid-19 at Evesham Library as regular rapid testing will be available from Tuesday, 6th April.

Worcestershire Children First have set out their business plan for the next financial year (2021/22).

Our director for Public Health has written the following message, as changes to the lockdown restrictions come into force today.

Kidderminster Library, in the heart of the town, will take over as the new site for rapid Covid testing in the Wyre Forest District.

Worcester Cathedral is to close its Covid testing facility today (Friday 26th) – seven weeks after it opened its doors to the community to help in the fight against the virus.

A new research project has been launched to help find ways to keep community centres for people living with dementia running in uncertain times.

A message to the residents and workers of Worcestershire, from Dr. Kathryn Cobain, Director for Public Health in Worcestershire

First and foremost, I would like to recognise and thank the parents and carers who have worked with us in this past year through the most challenging of circumstances.