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At the start of our journey to restore the School House, a fantastic piece of Chance Brothers history and a future place of great opportunities ,we invite you to come along and be part of its next chapter.

We have exciting news to share! As we continue our vision to repurpose and restore heritage assets into places of opportunity for our local communities, we’re delighted to share that we now have a base from which to continue our…

Chance Heritage Trust and Smethwick Archives warmly invite you to join us for a special International Women’s Day Celebration at Smethwick Library on Wednesday 4th March Launch 12:30pm Our event will run from 11 am – 4 pm. We would love to invite you to our 12.30…

We are taking part in Heritage Open Days week 12th-21st of September 2025. Click to find out about events across Sandwell and join us in Smethwick Library on the 13th of September 10 am – 4pm!

Chance Heritage Trust is delighted to announce the award of a £250,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players.

The Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2024 has been launched by Griff Rhys Jones, the Society’s President, and includes Chances Glassworks.

We are opening up the site once again as part of #HeritageOpenDays

A celebration has been held to mark 200 years since a famous glassworks opened