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An event celebrating the lives of people over 50 is to be held in Birmingham as part of the work of Ageing Better in Birmingham.

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Connect Sparkbrook: Addressing Older People’s Social Isolation is a two-year, ward-wide project, capable of reaching all parts of the Sparkbrook Ward and all its communities. They are seeking partners to assist in the delivery of the Sparkbrook Ageing Better Local Action Plan.

The project will have two work streams: 

  1. Connecting Communities with a focus on place, to:

      a. Improve local community infrastructure;
      b. Increase reach and improve accessibility of community-based provision;
      c. Address transport and access to transport issues, and 
      d. Other place-based improvements to address social isolation amongst older residents.

  2. Promoting Active Citizenship, with a focus on people to:

      a. Support, encourage and enable active citizenship;
      b. Raise levels of engagement, involvement and neighbourliness, and
      c. Other people-based solutions to address social isolation amongst older residents.

The Muath Trust will be delivering this project as the lead organisation, in partnership with Ashiana Community Project, Narthex Sparkhill and the Springfield project and will be delivered over a 2-year period.

For a full brief, potential applicants should go to The Muath Trust website where there is a downloadable Expression of Interest Form and more detailed information on the project’s aims. Applications are invited for ‘Activity 5 – Hub Group Development and Supporting Small Organisations’ or ‘Activity 6 – Creating activity in open and green spaces in Sparkbrook’.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 5pm on Friday 1st March 2019 and successful applicants will be invited to give a 20 minute presentation.

Contact details for all queries:

Mumtaz Shah
Connect Sparkbrook Ageing Better Coordinator
Email: ag**********@********st.org
Tel: 0121 753 0297

Tuesday, 12 February 2019 from 19:00-21:00

Labour’s plan for a National Education Service ‘from cradle to career’ offers a radical new direction after the disastrous years of Conservative education policies. The NES 10 Point Charter establishes the principles and now the process has begun of translating them into concrete policies.

Melissa Benn is a leading activist and writer on education. She is chair of Comprehensive Future. Her books include ‘School Wars: The Battle for Britain’s Education’ and, just published, ‘Life Lessons: The Case for a National Education Service’.

The Socialist Educational Association is affiliated to the Labour Party.
Visit the SEA website at: www.socialisteducationalassociation.org
Birmingham SEA is active in the Labour Party in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Contact Birmingham SEA at bi***********@***il.com or follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/brumsea

Come and tell us about what you need in the area. We want to find Active Communities and the people who bring about change in their communities. We want to support lasting change for healthier diets and to improve all our wellbeing.

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The agenda for February’s Ward Forum has been released. All local residents can attend, no booking or appointment is necessary.

Each ward has a Ward Forum. The ward’s Councillors sit on the forum.

Ward Forums focus on the issues, priorities and decisions important to people in their local area. They represent the area and feed information back to their Constituency Committee.

Ward Forums are one way you can get involved in the decisions that affect your neighbourhood. You are welcome to go along to your local Ward Forum meeting. View Ward Forum meeting dates, agendas and minutes.

Ward Forums also:

• make comments on behalf of ward residents on significant planning applications which affect the ward
• enable community engagement, debate and action by coordinating the work of councillors with neighbourhood forums, residents associations and neighbourhood, community or parish councils
• work with other wards to engage with partners, such as the police

Find out more about Birmingham’s constitution.

Balsall Heath Local History Society’s monthly newsletter, ‘The Gazette’ is out now. Read more about the mystery of ‘Snackers’, the latest on the ‘Lost Children’ project and dates of meetings of interest to any keen history lovers!

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Are you caring for, or have you previously cared for, a loved one, a friend, or family member?

Come and join us at Caring For Carers Community Event, 5th February 2019, 12.30pm-2pm, Balsall Heath Church Centre

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The GAP is proud to announce its Spring 2019 production of a new play based in Birmingham funded by the Arts Council of England – The Silence.

Based partly in 1970’s Birmingham and partly in contemporary times, this bold and unflinching piece of writing by playwright Chris Cooper, draws forward one Irish girl’s experience of a shameful, largely hidden period in the city’s history – the mass blame of the Irish after the Birmingham Pub Bombings – into an exploration of the impact of contemporary terrorist atrocities on a young boy from the Muslim community – today’s ‘suspect community’.

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Have you received your copy of our newsletter through your door? If not then you can view and download the file as a pdf. document here.

Moseley Road Baths CIO have released new dates for women’s lifeguard training.

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Moseley Road Baths CIO have released new dates for lifeguard training. Training as a lifeguard helps to ensure that there is a pool of trained staff able to staff swim sessions.

Women & Theatre are looking for women who live, work or have a connection to Balsall Heath to participate in a new performance at the historic Moseley Road Baths.

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Many of you will be aware that Balsall Heath City Farm, managed by St Pauls Trust, is due to close in March unless funding can be found. Please read about the upcoming meeting to find out how you can get involved in attempts to ensure that the farm can be saved.

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