Dudley Council wants to hear from people serious about their culture.
Dudleyborough residents can have their say on the council’s budget and council tax proposals for 2008/09 through a consultation launched on this site.
Dudley Council is here to serve the people of the borough and work as efficiently as we can to improve the quality of life for everyone. The Council Plan 2010 sets out the key priorities that shape the services we provide.
The present borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former county borough of Dudley, along with the boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge.
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Dudley is a town and metropolitanborough in the West Midlands of England.
Dudley, part of the West Midlands conurbation, is located west of West Bromwich is a part of the Black Country.
Dudley has a history dating back to medieval times; a castle has stood in Dudley since the 8th century, the present castle dates from the 13th century, and provided the centre around which the town grew.
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Dudley, part of the West Midlands conurbation, is located west of West Bromwich and is a part of the Black Country, and is a part of the County of Worcestershire.
Dudley, part of the West Midlands conurbation, is located west of West Bromwich and is a part of the Black Country, and is a part of the traditional county of Worcestershire.
Dudley, part of the West Midlands conurbation, is located west of West Bromwich and is a part of the Black Country, and is a part of the historic county of Worcestershire.
Dudley is a large metropolitanborough council (38 square miles) located on the western part of the West Midlands conurbation of England, approximately 9 miles west of Birmingham and 6 miles south of Wolverhampton.
Dudley lies at the heart of the Black Country, a part of England unique in terms of its cultural and economic heritage.
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Lye is the name of a small town in between Dudley and Stourbridge in the Black Country, Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
Lye is the name of a small town in between Dudley and Stourbridge in the Black Country, DudleyMetropolitanBorough, West Midlands, England.
Lye, Dudley is the name of a small town in England between Dudley and Stourbridge in the Black Country, DudleyMetropolitanBorough, West Midlands (formerly in Worcestershire).
Dudley works hard to help them do the very best they can.
On 1 October 2005 the Directorate of Children’s Services came into formal being with the transfer to the Directorate of the Children and Families Division from the Directorate of Social Services.
The Council, along with secondary schools and the wider community, are working towards a strategy to transform secondary education in the borough.
Dudley is a large metropolitanborough council (38 square miles) located on the western part of the West Midlands conurbation, approximately 9 miles west of Birmingham and 6 miles south of Wolverhampton.
Rather than being dominated by one major centre, Dudley is composed of a number of small townships, each having its own identity and culture.
The main town centres are: Dudley itself, Stourbridge in the south-west, Halesowen to the south and east, and Brierley Hill in the middle of the Borough.
Trading standards officers in Dudley are issuing a warning to toy retailers and the public about the dangers of children choking on small plastic darts fired by toy guns.
From 30 September 2002 the European Toy Standard requires all projectiles with a suction cup to be at least 57 millimetres (2 ΒΌ inches) in length to prevent choking.
Dudley residents are advised to destroy any toy that contains a suction cup dart shorter than 57mm or to warn their children of the dangers of choking when playing with these toys.
In January 1999, DudleyMetropolitanBorough Council signed a groundbreaking ten-year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract with RM.
A key element of the project was a TUPE transfer of five LA staff to RM; four of whom stayed on TUPE terms and conditions with one member taking on RM's terms and conditions.
Not only has Dudley's most recent Ofsted report embraced the success of the Dudley Grid for Learning and the managed services but feedback from teachers and pupils has also been extremely positive.
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From a Castle first mentioned in the Domesday Book to one of the best preserved Glass Cones in the UK. From the Earl of Dudley's former Stately home to a 'Living' Musuem celebrating the best of the Black Country, DudleyBorough hosts a wide range of visitor attractions that will appeal to the whole family.
We hope you enjoy exploring what DudleyBorough has to offer you.
DudleyMetropolitanBorough Council is recognised nationally for its promotion and provision of high quality public art, primarily through the successful DudleyBorough Public Artist and Public Art Initiative which has operated since 1989.
The challenge to the Council is to move forward from this position.
Instrumental in the provision of the Strategy is a recognition of the need to build on past success and to refine and direct public art corporately to improve upon and develop the Council's approach, taking public art in the Borough into the new Millennium.
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Dudley Council was rated as ‘fair’ as part of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) in July 2002 and scored two out of a possible four points for performance management in its corporate assessment.
This case study illustrates several developments at Dudley, including developing performance management, customer service and customer feedback; using a performance management software to develop more robust performance measurment, and developing information systems in support of performance management.
The action research programme brought together eight local authorities that were focused on improving their performance management to provide mutual support and challenge as well as to develop and share a greater understanding about how local authorities go about improving performance management.
DudleyBorough is made up of four main town centres, Dudley, Brierley Hill, Halesowen and Stourbridge. Each town centre has its own individual character and charm.
Situated at the heart of DudleyBorough, Brierley Hill has plenty to offer from wallet-busting shopping opportunities to a relaxing canalside dining experience.
Home to the world's finest glass designers and makers since the seventeenth century, today Stourbridge still boasts the highest concentration of artists in DudleyBorough.
The sculpture takes the form of a filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of Sir Cedric’s famous films, which include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Shape of Things to Come, and The Ghost of Frankenstein.
The sculpture project was co-ordinated by Dudleyborough artist and public art adviser Steve Field and created by renowned local metal sculptor Tim Tolkien in his Cradley studio.
As well as the sculpture a blue plaque will be unveiled on the wall of Lye Library at the opposite end of the High Street at 6.30pm.
