A different family craft activity every Friday throughout the summer holidays 12.30-3.30
Friday 30th July Bouncing Birds
Friday 6th August Bumblebee Pencil Toppers
Friday 13th August Painted Pebble Bugs
Friday 20th August Children’s Stroy telling. Half hour sessions 1pm, 2pm. 3pm/ Community Health Fun Day
Friday 27th August Wearable Jewellery
Groups need to pre-book. For more information contact Soho House, Soho ave, off Soho Rd, Handsworth, Birmingham, B18 5LB tel; 0121554
Photographer Larrie Tiernan recently took some stunning photos at the Simmerdown Reggae Festival in Handsworth Park on the 17th July. Visit his flickr account to view all images
Reach for the Stars
Sunday 11th July 12noon-4pm
Soho House Museum
Free admission
A family astronomy day celebrating ‘Local Hero’ Matthew Boulton and his fascination with the stars!
In association with Birmingham Astronomical Society and the Royal Society.
Solar telescopes to safely view the sun
Soho House roof tours, where Boulton had his telescope, bookable on the day
Astronomy displays
Planetarium shows, bookable on the day
Out of this world facepainting
Soho House Museum
Soho Avenue
Handsworth
Birmingham
B18 5LB
T: 0121 554 9122 (out of hours answerphone 0121 554 5929)
Click on the image to download the flyer
Back in April we ran the first of four community action days in Mount Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant Day
These days are really good for local services to come out and target streets where residents have raised concerns. In Mount Pleasant residents had raised concerns with street drinking, rubbish and the general appearance of the area. We were able to help clean up this avenue and with the help of junior street champions they have carried on doing litter picks.
The next community action day will be held this Saturday 10th July from 12 noon until 2pm.
Please come along and get involved we have Fleet & Waste Management, police, fire service, neighbourhood manager out on the day. The street champions will also be coordinating a litter pick and planting up the large raised beds.
We are really keen to hear residents views on how the alleyways that run between Brunswick & Albert Rd could be improved? Would people like to see a gated garden created in the area?
Dates for the diary for the next community action day after the 10th July are:
Fri 18th August on Greenhill Rd 12-2
Fri 25th Sept on Linewood/Dawson Rd 3.30-5.30
I am back after a short holiday in Italy so really need to catch up over the next few days with blogging. Italy were booted out of the world cup when I was there and now England so we need some cheering up.
Good job there are loads of wonderful things happening in Handsworth over the next few months. Lets hope that the weather stays good and local residents can get out and enjoy!
Great events to look out for here which I will upload information about in the next week are:
Saturday 10th 12-3 Community Action Day at Brunswick Gardens
Saturday 17th July from 12.00 noon the Simmerdown Reggae Festival in Handsworth Park
Friday 23rd to 24th July ArtWalk activties all over Handsworth for people to enjoy for free
I am very excited about the Simmer down Festival as it is great too see a music event for free like this happening again in Handsworth Park for the whole family to enjoy. If you’re not a big fan of reggae don’t worry there is something for everyone and lots of free activties. I will be somewhere in the information tent. Come and say hello!
This looks like a really interesting debate on Thursday 16th June at the Midland Art Centre which as just re-opened at Cannon Hill Park.
In 1978 Steel Pulse released their seminal album ‘Handsworth Revolution’. This talk chaired by Dr Bob Ramdhanie examines the impact of black music on the political tensions that existed in racial politics throughout the 60s and 70s and how this record gave a voice to youth in the black community when it was first released.
An invited panel of guests will reflect on how approaches to policing and racial issues have changed in our present time. People have the chance to have their say.
For more information or to book visit the MAC’s new website by clicking here
If you attend please leave some feedback and post your thoughts here
Its back by popular demand
Last year Come:unity Arts held a very successful weekend of art activties around Handsworth. The event is being supported this year through the Handsworth Neighbourhood Programme following allocation of a small grant from the Be Birmingham Successful Neighbourhoods Fund.
Jo Burrows & Russell Green from the Oaklands Young People’s Centre are busy arranging an opening event on Saturday 26th June from 12pm. The event will be great opportunity for young people and local residents to come along and visit the centre and see what is on offer at the centre. A lot of hard work has gone in to developing the centre which is a great resource for young people.
I will post some more information once it is ready with details of the programme and activities or call Russell or Jo on telephone: 0121 523 7702
Handsworth-based photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon organised the self-portrait project in autumn 1979. They built a stall on Grove Lane with a simple studio set-up – a 35mm camera mounted on a tripod and a backdrop – and signs in English, Urdu and Punjabi, inviting passers-by to take their own portrait.
More than 500 people took part during the project’s five sessions, all of them later receiving a copy of their own portrait to take away. An event will be held in Sept at Handsworth Library to revist what Brian did almost 30 years ago.
To take part get a long to Handsworth Library this Saturday 5th June 9.30-4pm take your own picture and get a FREE print.
Contact Kieran Connell on 07815 531689 or Brain Homer 0121 551 5544
For more information or to look at some of the images visit the Handsworth Self Portrait pages on Connecting Histories
Lots of great activties for children & young people this half term. For full details click Fun in Brum 2010
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See all these images at our space on Flickr
See all these images at our space on Flickr
See all these images at our space on Flickr
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