Happy new year to all the Hands on Handsworth followers. I will be updating the blog very soon with more stuff about Handsworth and what is happening locally. Look out for Generation 0.3 in January being launched at the end of January at the Harriet Tubman Bookshop on Grove Lane. BMAG are also keen to …
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Resident Network Meetings for 2011
Throughout last year many residents have got together each month to form a local resident network looking at local issues within the neighbourhood. The group has agreed to continue next year and will in 2011 focus on environmental issues. The resident network is chaired by Selwyn Clarke and open to all Handsworth residents. If you’re …
Blog Experiencing technical problems
I appologies that we are currently expreincing some technical problems on this site and all the images have gone and some links aren’t working as they should. Hopefully sorted soon, Best wishes Tracey Thorne
Insight Day on Drugs & Alcohol
Last Friday the 19th December we held our first ever Insight Day on Drugs & Alcohol this event focused on issues within the Perry Barr Constituency, this includes four wards Oscott, Perry Barr, Handsworth Wood & Lozells and East Handsworth. This event was hosted by the Perry Barr Drug & Alcohol Sub Group and was …
INHABIT Empty Shop Project on Grove Lane
Many people will no the Harriet Tubman Bookshop on Grove Lane which has been closed for sometime. I was approached several weeks ago by Hybird who are running a project across the city centres to open up empty shops to encoarge people to use these spaces and run arts activties from them. I am really …
Handsworth highly commended in Homes & Communities Awards 2010
Last night I attended the Homes & Communties Awards 2010 in London. Earlier this year Urban Living’s Sense of Place Project was shortlist as a finalist for Leadership of Place category. This project was a partnership between a consortium of partners, local community researchers and Birmingham City Council. The area of focus for the project was Dudley …
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Social Media Surgeries
Last Thursday I went along to a social media surgery I set up for local residents & community groups. The aim is to create awarness about using social media sites and to get more people blogging. This provides a really good opportunity to have a say in your local neighbourhood and share good news stories. …
Photographing Handsworth Exhibition
The University of Birmingham will be opening an exhibition tomorrow at Handsworth Library, Soho Rd, Handsworth between 6 & 8pm. The exhibition will concide with the passing of 25 years since the Handsworth distrubances, which have commonly been used to represent the area in a negative light, this showcase how different practitioners from within Handsworth have …
Community Journalists wanted for Hands on Handsworth Community Magazine
In may the first edition of the Hands on Handsworth Magazine was published. I got lots of postive feedback about the magazine and residents continue to be interested in getting a regular local publication with news and stories about Handsworth. I am interesting in getting ideas for this next edition and welcome contributions of stories …
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Baker Street Car Park
Last Saturday Birmingham City Councils Fleet & Waste Management Team funded by the Lozells & East Handsworth Ward Commitee carried out a clean up of Baker Street car park. This site has suffered from a lot of littering and dumping of rubbish for years. Despite this it is well used which I think is a sign …