The next police meeting with residents will be held on Monday 28th May at 6:30pm at The Westerings Common Room, Grosvenor Road @ Westminster Road.
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Birchfield Neighbourhood Forum – Launch Tue 24th April, 6.30pm
Posted on 17th April 2012 by Jo BurrillA residents community meeting will be taking place on Tuesday 24th April at 6.30pm at Holy Trinity Primary School, Havelock Road, Birchfield, B20 3LP
Refreshments will be served from 6pm, so please come along to meet other residents, find out what’s happening in your area and be part of making positive changes in the Birchfield neighbourhood.
We will be electing the management committee and adopting the forum constitution and boundary.
Other agencies such as West Midlands Police, Midland Heart Housing Association and The Big Lottery will be in attendance.
Birchfield is to receive £1 million from the Lottery Big Local Fund to be spent on residents priorities.
Tell us what are the priorities for Birchfield and come along to find out more.
Birchfield Neighbourhood Forum mtg 2nd April 2012
Posted on 1st April 2012 by Jo BurrillThe second meeting of the newly formed Birchfield Neighbourhood Forum meets on Monday 2nd April from 6.30pm at the CMAT centre, 16 Grosvenor Road
Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3NP, tel: 0121 331 4746
Come along to discuss and take action on local issues affecting local residents and meet other residents who want to make your area a better play to live, play and work.
More information about the last meeting that took place is in this blog post
For more information about the Birchfield Neighbourhood Forum, contact Raj Rattu on 0121 448 8187 or rajinder (at) neighbourhoodconsultancy.co.uk
More drug arrests in the ward thanks to tip offs from the public
Posted on 22nd March 2012 by Jo Burrill
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Our local police have again made the news following a huge drug and cash haul following a raid in Lozells!
These are due to tip-offs and information from local people who do not want our beautiful area associated with drugs and the crime and anti-social behaviour that accompanies it.
Anyone with information on those responsible for drug crime in their neighbourhood should call police on 101. Alternatively, people who do not want to speak with police officers directly can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
A further benefit of this successful raid is that the proceeds of crime will eventually be coming back into our communities in the form of Proceeds of Crime Act funding available to communities, as reported here
Read the full story below… (more…)
Birchfield gets ‘Big Local’ £1 milllion Big Lottery Funding
Posted on 1st March 2012 by Jo Burrill
Birchfield is one of seven communities to be included in the new Big Lottery Fund ‘Big Local’ adminstered by the Community Development Foundation.
According to Big Lottery Fund’s press release -
“The community of Birchfield will get to decide how to spend £1m Lottery funding to improve their local area over the next ten years. This could include anything from creating new community facilities (more…)
New Birchfield Neighbourhood Forum – 1st meeting 2012
Posted on 27th February 2012 by Jo BurrillOn Thursday 23rd Feb I attended the 1st meeting of a new neighbourhood forum for the Birchfield neighbourhood of Birmingham, part of the Lozells and East Handsworth ward.
The event was attended by around 20 local residents, some new to the area, some who have been living in Birchfield for many years. I sat next to Rose, a woman in her eighties, who loves the area for the social life – she has made many friends through the range of churches she visits throughout the week.
Common themes that the forum members wish to tackle were the environment and litter; crime; activities for young people and educational and employment opportunities for adults in the area. There was also discussion about the future developments on the former Tweed, Calder and Birchfield Tower blocks site. The tower blocks and nearby maisonettes were demolished in 2010 to make way for new family housing. Unfortunately, with the ending of Urban Living and the economic downturn, development on this site has been delayed.
Residents also raised concerns about the recent changes to the collection days and the Council’s communication about this, as well as the increase in burglaries in the area and the need for Neighbourhood Watch schemes.
Some at the meeting expressed hopes that the forum can act to campaign; to run activities and to respond also to the powers for local neighbourhood forums afforded by the Localism Bill.
The next meeting will take place in around 4- 6 weeks time – for further information contact Rajinder Rattu on 0121 448 8187 or rajinderr (at) neighbourhoodconsultancy.co.uk
Lozells, Birchfield and Handsworth People’s Conference – 3rd March 2012 – Invitation and Agenda
Posted on 20th February 2012 by Jo Burrill
An invitation extended to all residents, businesses and friends of the Lozells, Birchfield and East Handsworth neighbourhoods to attend the second annual People’s Conference.
The Conference will be held at 10.00 – 1.00 pm on Saturday March 3 2012 at City College Birmingham (Soho Road Handsworth Campus B21 9DP).
The Conference continues the theme ‘communities coming together’ - how, with fewer resources, residents, third sector and public sector organisations can work together to make Lozells, Handsworth and Birchfield better places in which to live and work.
People’s Conference 2011 succeeded in raising key themes and putting forward recommendations for addressing them. We have been acting on those recommendations and are organising this Conference as a way of sharing with you what we have been doing as well as illustrating some of the exciting initiatives occurring across the ward.
Conference Agenda and Registration Details (more…)
Changes to weekly bin collections in Birchfield
Posted on 20th February 2012 by Jo Burrill
Lozells all days <- click on this map to see new ward based collections in the Lozells and East Handsworth ward with the different days of collections show in different colour.
In Birchfield area it looks like most collections will be on a THURSDAY, apart from three areas which will be on a WEDNESDAY. Can anyone advise from the map, which three areas these are?
A hotline has been established by the Council for enquiries from residents. Please telephone 0121 675 7454 to report any issues with the new service or visit the website www.birmingham.gov.uk/collections.
Some further information from the local councillor:” (more…)
Murder of Avtar and Carole Kolar- Appeal for information
Posted on 13th January 2012 by Jo BurrillFollowing the senseless and violent murder of Mr and Mrs Kolar on Wednesday 11th January, West Midlands Police have released the following appeal for information:
We would appreciate if you could share this message with family, friends and your local community.
Independent charity Crimestoppers have offered a reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in connection with the murders of Carole and Avtar Kolar. (more…)