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500 People attend Newtown Retirement Village Information Day This Week 500 older people and their families from Birmingham’s Newtown viewed plans and shared views at a major community information event featuring the £22m Pannel Croft Retirement Village which began initial construction works this month. The event was hosted by The ExtraCare Charitable Trust and Birmingham …
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I have had a few complaints recently about Austin Rd and went up to check it out and found to empty areas of land and some car park space where people have just thown in litter and dumped some really quite large items…like the arm chair above. Birmingham City Council offers free bulk waste collections …
I was appointed as neighbourhood manager in September to co-ordinate delivery of neighbourhood management in Handsworth up until 31st March 2011. Handsworth as benefited from having a neighbourhood manager as part of Birmingham City Council’s first pilot for the citywide neighbourhood programme. What this means is that in priority neighbourhoods there is a dedicated resource …
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Many residents complain about dumped rubbish, missed refuse collections and abandoned cars. You can now reporting these local street issues thourgh the Birmingham City Council website. It is easy to use and you can skip adding personal information if you don’t want to provide this. You can also track your request which is useful tool too …
Great news too see that the VJA were finally opened last Saturday with lots of members of the public turning up to stake their claim. The VJA are right next to Handsworth Park and part of Birmingham City Councils allotments. I am amazed at just how popular allotments are in Handsworth and how hard local residents …
The Environmental Health Department is holding a “Raising Awareness” campaign at the One Stop Shopping Centre, Perry Barr on Thursday 25th March 2010 between 10am to 2pm. The purpose of the campaign is to promote the services provided by the Environmental Health department, and also to engage with the community. The campaign will take place …
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