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Agenda for the Joint Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East & Balsall Heath West Ward Meeting – 6th Feb

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.

‘The Gazette’ – news from Balsall Heath Local History Society

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!

Caring for Carers

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

Free Performances

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’.

Print Newsletter delivered to homes in Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook

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.

Women’s Lifeguard Training at Moseley Road Baths

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

Lifeguard Training at Moseley Road Baths

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.

Into the Water – callout for participants for new Women and Theatre performance

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.

#SaveOurFarm meeting

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.

Ageing Together Week

Ageing Together Week takes place across Birmingham from Monday, January 21 to Sunday, January 27 to raise awareness of isolation and spread the message that people do not need to be alone.

POSTPONED! Another Chance to Prune Fruit Trees

You can learn this practical skill on Wednesday January 16th for 9.30 start at Balsall Heath City Farm, Clifton Road, B12 8NN.

Reception Spaces available

If you know of a family member or friend with a child born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 they can start Reception at Percy Shurmer or Montgomery Primary Academy in September 2019.

Would you like to run Ort Café?

Space has become available in the space housing Ort Cafe. The Old Print Works are looking for a new tenant. If you think that it may be up your street then read on…

Into The Water

Women and Theatre in partnership with Moseley Road Baths are producing an ambitious, site-specific community production that examines women’s relationship with swimming and water; presenting diverse stories of women in Balsall Health and celebrating the area’s historic swimming baths.

Learn to Prune Fruit Trees

Here’s some more free, lovely workshops from Balsall Heath is Our Planet

Learn to Prune Fruit Trees. You can learn this practical craft in a morning; pruning to help fruit trees to ensure crops of large, disease-free fruit next summer. Date; Tuesday 11th December Ladies only. 9.30 start at Balsall Heath City Farm, Clifton Road, B12 8NN . With an experienced tutor.

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