Walsall Transition on Leaving Care Hub

Looked After Children has been a key area of focus for me during my Shrieval year and I have been incredibly fortunate to pay a number of visits to the Walsall TLC Hub. This centre, run by Walsall Council, provides support for Care Leavers and particularly focuses on those aged 21+ who often fall out […]

Community Payback team in West Mids Probation Services

I was delighted to visit the Community Payback team in Birmingham which is part of West Midlands Probation Services. The team do some vitally important work overseeing the implementation of CP orders made by the Courts, which enable people to give back to their communities in a structured and safe fashion. I presented High Sheriff […]

Bernadette Allen at St Basils

St Basils is both a Charity and a Housing Association with a track record of over 50 years of providing a holistic range of accommodation and support services to young people aged 16-25 from the West Midlands who are homeless, vulnerable or at risk. I have been fortunate enough to visit St Basils on a number of […]

WAITS SEEKERS Board

I have had a number of engagements with the WAITS organisation during the course of my Shrieval year. Women Acting In Todays Society is led by the wonderful Marcia Lewinson and they support women across the West Midlands with 4 Core services in relation to Help with Domestic Abuse, Refuge Accommodation, Community Integration and Volunteering […]

Tracy Organ at Birmingham Coroners Court

Tracy Organ is a long serving Senior Investigator at the Coroners Court in Birmingham. When I visited the Court earlier in the year, I had the opportunity to meet Tracy and it was clear from that first engagement that she is a very special person who is held in the highest regard by all of […]

Coventry Combined Court

I was delighted to visit the Combined Court in Coventry to present High Sheriff Awards to a number of teams who have delivered exceptional service in support of the Judiciary, operating in the various Courts based in these premises. Family Drugs & Alcohol Court – specialist court working alongside Coventry City Council to address addiction […]

West Midlands Probation Service

I was delighted to attend the West Midlands Probation Service Staff Recognition Awards which were held at the Grand Station in Wolverhampton. As part of the Ceremony I had an opportunity to talk about little more about the role of the High Sheriff and thank everyone attending for all of the vital work they do […]

Yvonne Vassell, Chair of Walsall Community Association

The Walsall Community Foundation has been running since 1976, and has been a very important venue for the African Caribbean Community of Walsall and the wider West Midlands for over 50 years. In recent years it’s Luncheon Club which has been running for over 10 years provides a freshly cooked, hot meal for the community […]

Claire Biggs – 40 years service to St John Ambulance

I was delighted to present a High Sheriffs Award to Claire Biggs who has recently stepped down from her role at the Halesowen Branch of St John Ambulance after 40 years of service. Claire was initially a Cadet with St John, but for many years she has volunteered in supporting hundreds of Cadets come through […]

Kevin McMahon at Cancer Kickers

I was introduced to the Cancer Kickers project by Gurpreet Bhatia DL. It is a project which operates as part of the West Bromwich Albion Foundation under the leadership of Kevin McMahon and provides an opportunity for people recovering from or living with Cancer to participate in walking football sessions every Wednesday morning down at […]