Town Deal funded projects

Town Investment Plans (TIPs)

TIPs set out a vision and strategy for Bloxwich and Walsall to grow economically. The projects below are subject to approval from government:

Bloxwich

1. Active Travel and Connectivity: Improving cycling and walking connections between Bloxwich High Street, Walsall town centre and local employment sites.
2. Promotion of Construction Skills through regeneration: Equipping the local labour force with construction skills and training. Building new homes, bringing existing buildings back into use, creating new jobs training opportunities and local supply chains.
3. Community Capital: Upgrading community skills facilities. Improving digital access to support local people into employment and training.
4. Incubation Space and Digital Access Centre: A space on Bloxwich High Street for local start-ups and small businesses.
5. Green Bloxwich: Creating new parks, allotments for growing food, and zones to encourage wildlife, as well as a public space for festivals and events. Refurbishing heritage buildings to bring them into economic use.

You can find full details about this project by downloading the document below:

Walsall

1. Construction Skills Academy: Providing construction skills training for local learners.
2. Advanced Electric Vehicle Technology Centre: A new training facility to provide learning opportunities in the electric vehicle market.
3. Town Centre Community Learning Campus: A new adult/community education facility on the high street, providing day and night economic activity; and delivering wider education and learning strategies.
4. Active Travel and Connectivity: Improving cycling and walking connections between Walsall town centre, Bloxwich High Street and local employment sites.
5. Digital Skills Hub: A new hub in the town centre to encourage digital growth
6. The Creative Industries Enterprise Centre: A makerspace and skills development hub aimed at small enterprises and local residents.
7. Active Public Spaces: Developing an inviting public space with enhanced visitor facilities
8. Community Capital: Grants programme for local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) and social enterprise organisations

You can find full details about this project by downloading the document below: