Fundraising Events

Dear all

As you may be aware our funding has this year been cut by a massive £77,000.

In order to maintain service delivery for victims, children and perpetrators we have launched a fundraising campaign that includes various public events including carnivals and fun days across the borough.

We have also organised our own events that may be of particular interest to you, your family and friends, these are:

Ø Sunday 16th August: Family fun day at Willenhall Memorial Park, where you are invited to take part in either a sponsored walk or sponsored dog walk, or just watch the displays, browse the stalls or try your luck on the tombola. Sponsorship forms are available from the office.

Ø Sunday 30th August: Family fun day at Moat Caravan Park, Manafon, Nr Welshpool, SY21 8BL. Family sports events, bric-a-brac sale, various stalls and tombola. Please ask Sheri for directions if you wish to attend this event.

Ø Monday 28th September: Ladies Pamper Evening at the Long Horn, Sutton Road. Tickets are £10 each and include as many ‘pamper sessions’ that you can fit in (including: facials, leg waxing, Indian head massage, manicure, pedicure etc.) the licensee has kindly offered to provide everyone with a glass of ‘bubbly’ to assist relaxation!

Ø Friday 23rd October: Grand Charity Night at the Bonser Suite, Walsall Football Club. Live music, disco, 2 course meal, charity auction and grand draw of our raffle. Tickets £25 each.

Ø Grand Raffle: Tickets are now available at £2.00 each or £10.00 per book of 5. The prizes are:

1. New Fiat Panda 1.1 Active Eco
2. Wii + Wii fit
3. ipod
4. Electric Keyboard
5. £25 Toby Carvery Voucher
6. Family ticket to the Black Country Museum
7. 2 tickets to Monkey Forest, Trentham Gardens

If you are able to sell any raffle tickets, or tickets to our events, to your families, friends or colleagues please either email your requirements or call the office. We are more than happy to deliver tickets to you or you can pop into the office to collect them and have a coffee. We even have posters to help you promote the raffle.

We would also be very grateful to receive items for either tombola stalls or the bric-a-brac sale so if you’re having a clear out this summer please send unwanted items in our direction.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and we look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Kindest regards


Sheri Rogers
Domestic Violence Co-ordinator
Walsall Domestic Violence Forum
01922 406767

Art Speaking

The New Art Gallery Walsall invites you to a series of audio described talks on specific artworks from its collections for blind and visually impaired people.

The aim is to help visually impaired people to gain access to our magnificent collections and to highlight specially chosen pieces for interpretation describing their form, colour, subject matter and mood.

Carvalho's Rhodroponicum
Sunday 21 June, 1pm - 1.30pm

Join curator Jo Digger for a talk and Keiko Higashi for an audio description of Melanie Carvalho's art work, Rhodroponicum, a collage that brings together ideas of the environment and the modern world and society.

Dod Proctor's The Quiet Hour
Thursday 9 July, 1pm - 1.30pm

Join curator Jo Digger for a talk and Julie Jones for an audio description of Dod Proctor's The Quiet Hour, a serene and atmospheric painting characteristic of the artist's style.


The Art Speaking project is run by Art Sense and has been funded by Arts Council England, West Midlands in partnership with Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.


For more information on the talks and to book a free place for you, your friends and family please contact the gallery on 01922 654400 or visit thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk

Image: Melanie Carvalho, Rhodroponnicum, 2005, collage on paper, ink and watercolour, The New Art Gallery Walsall Collection