FUNDING TO SUPPORT INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SOCIAL COHESION IN HANDSWORTH
April 23rd, 2018 | by John OMeara
The Council’s Wellbeing Service has made a successful bid for a share of £100m from Sport England which will go [&hellip
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NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL ELECTIONS 3RD MAY IN BIRCHFIELD, HANDSWORTH, HANDSWORTH WOOD, HOLYHEAD, LOZELLS AND SOHO
April 19th, 2018 | by John OMeara
Nominations for Council elections on 3rd May. (To check which Ward you are in click on Ward Maps and scroll [&hellip
SLAVERY, GRASS VERGES, THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS: HANDSWORTH WOOD WARD MEETING 20TH MARCH HAMSTEAD PAVILION
March 22nd, 2018 | by John OMeara
The final meeting of the Handsworth Wood Ward Forum, before the ward boundary changes in May, wrestled with how to [&hellip
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS THE PLACE TO BE: THE COUNCIL’S NEW ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD NETWORKS’ FOR OLDER PEOPLE
March 15th, 2018 | by John OMeara
We have been waiting to see the detail of the ‘new way of doing business’ between the Council and local [&hellip
“I WANT ALL CULTURES INVOLVED – WE ARE ONE PEOPLE, JOIN IN AND TAKE HOLD OF OUR STREETS”
February 26th, 2018 | by John OMeara
The words of David Wade, Streetwatch volunteer, caught the mood of a majority of the 200 strong audience at Handsworth [&hellip
CYCLE DRIVEN REVOLUTION GATHERS PACE IN HANDSWORTH
February 7th, 2018 | by John OMeara
Cycling Without Age (click on CWA) uses volunteers to provide older people with trips in a cycle-driven buggy. Those attending [&hellip
COMMUNITY UNITED AGAINST NURSERY CLOSURES OR CUTS: LOZELLS AND EAST HANDSWORTH WARD MEETING 30TH JANUARY
February 2nd, 2018 | by John OMeara
The Council are currently consulting on the future of 14 nurseries across the city, 3 of which are in Lozells [&hellip
NURSERY AND HOME CARE CUTS LOOMING
January 13th, 2018 | by John OMeara
Letters from Handsworth Against the Cuts and Unison about impending cuts which will have big impacts locally. Dear Friends Happy [&hellip
PIECES OF THE HOUSING JIGSAW
January 3rd, 2018 | by John OMeara
In pre-Christmas despondency about local frustrations with environmental and housing issues, I was looking around for a glimmer of light. [&hellip
RESIDENTS’ FURY AT LACK OF PLANNING CONTROL
November 17th, 2017 | by John OMeara
A packed Handsworth Wood Ward Forum meeting on Tuesday night saw another phase of the rising tension between growing resident [&hellip
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