Fit4Fun in the coming weeks will be hosting some great, affordable and accessible summer sports camps here in Handsworth; to help you get in shape or keep active! There will be a range of sports, such as: Football, basketball, rugby, dodge ball and many more fun activities including urban street dancing and fitness drills so find …
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Education Debate 14th July, Come along and get your VOICE HEARD
With so many changes taking place in our Education, come along on Monday 14th July, bring your friends and participate. Voice is Power! So use yours to put your questions to some of the city’s top leaders. For more information email: lisa.carter@birmingham.gov.uk , to book yourself and your group. See you there 😀
Healthy Villages meeeting in Handsworth – July 22nd 2014
This from Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinicla Commissioning Group via BVSC… Sandwell Clinical Commissioning Group (SWB CCG) (buys and monitors) healthcare services on behalf of everyone living in the area. Every GP in Sandwell and West Birmingham is a member of the CCG. Your thoughts and experience of local healthcare services are important as they …
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Police keep youngsters safe with youth centre Spring-clean
Police have pulled the community together using a project to breathe new life into an ageing Handsworth youth club. Residents, councillors, students and local businesses, joined West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, Bob Jones and his deputy Yvonne Mosquito as well as detectives from Gangs Taskforce and the Handsworth Wood neighbourhood team to transform the …
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Summer 2014 Exam Advice
Well as the month of May slowly looms, for many students across Handsworth this can only mean one thing, EXAMS! As a student currently doing my A-Levels I know exactly how much stress and pressure you are all under. So to help you to cope with the exam stress, below I have put some of …
Handsworth Dispersal Order
Officers from the Handsworth Wood neighborhood policing team have been granted a dispersal order to help tackle anti-social behaviour in Handsworth. The order covers parts of Handsworth including Rookery Road, Friary Road, College Road as well as Oxhill Road and was granted after officers received complaints from the community. The section 30 dispersal order will …
Immigration and Diversity Handsworth Market Research
So calling any male and female respondents living in the Lozells and East Handsworth area interested in taking part in a market research focus group. The topic of discussion will be ‘Immigration and Diversity’. The focus group will be taking place at a local venue yet to be confirmed, at the following date and time: …
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BLEAF YOUR VOTES COUNT EVENT
A Masterclass in campaigning, lobbying and social activism When: Monday 24th February, 6.00pm, Where: City Year, Kind Edward House, 135A News Street, Birmingham, B2 4QJ Lessons on how to become a catalyst for change from two of Birmingham’s leading activists, Jess Phillips organiser of the ground breaking One Billion Rising campaign and human rights activist Imandeep Kaur. For …
BVSC Local Health Priority
BVSC will be working in partnership with Birmingham City Council District staff, Birmingham Public Health and the Community Sport and Physical Activity Network (CSPAN) to enable the voluntary sector to access the health priorities that have been outlined in the district plan for 2013 for Perry Barr. The meeting will give the sector the opportunity to …
Police blitz streets in day of action
Birmingham police have led a blitz on hotspots to make locals feel safer. Officers teamed up with councillors, housing officials and council waste staff to clean up areas of Lozells and East Handsworth’s Leonard Road, Carpenters Road and Wills Street following complaints that graffiti and piles of rubbish were affecting local businesses and bringing the area …