Children's services
Walsall parents offered new location to register births
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Parents in Walsall can now register their baby’s birth at the council’s Family Hub in Blakenall.
The new location is the second Family Hub to offer this service to families in Walsall.
In April last year, birth registrations opened at the West Family Hub in Darlaston, proving popular with parents. In its first year of offering the service, nearly 500 births have been registered.
Prior to Family Hub’s offering this service, the only place to register births in Walsall was at the register office in the town centre.
The service launched in Blakenall on Tuesday 20 May, with a whole day of registrations booked up by parents ready to register their newborns.
One of the first baby’s to be registered was Amie, who was born on 15 May 2025. Amie’s mum, Fatou, said that getting to Family Hub was far easier for them than travelling into the town centre.
Another mum, Shannon, who was also registering her baby’s birth, said she really liked that the service was available locally and in her community.
“ We’re so pleased we can now extend birth registration’s to another one of our Family Hubs in Walsall. This is about making our services accessible and convenient for our families, and we know from launching this in Darlaston last year how valuable parents have found it.
We want parents to know where their nearest Family Hub is right from those early days. The Hubs offer so much to families in Walsall, not just help and support, but family-fun activities and events too, so the earlier parents know about our Family Hubs and what they offer, the better!.
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The North Family Hub is located at 275 Blakenall Lane, Walsall, WS3 1HJ. Parents must register their baby within 42 days of birth, and further information about birth registrations in Walsall can be found here: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/births/register-a-birth-
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