• Relaxation Studio
  Bearwood Blog 23 May 12
  Here is the text of a letter sent to Councillor Eling and myself in reply to our inquiry about the planning application for a relaxation studio on the Hagley Road. Dear councillors, I write in respect of your queries regarding the planning application at 495 Hagley Road. I have only had the opportunity…
• Bearwood's Jubilee Family Fun Day!
  Welovebearwood 23 May 12
  The Bearwood Diamond Jubilee celebrations are fast approaching and things are starting to take shape for the Family Fun Day on Monday 4th June at Bearwood Chapel . Dave from Bearwood Chapelgave us anupdate on what the day has in store. “The idea is that there will be three zones….The Street Party…
• The Art of Motion
  The Birmingham Press 23 May 12
  This spring a series of interactive exhibitions, ‘The Art of Motion’, launch at The Public in West Bromwich
• Two cheers for Sir Albert!
  Cllr Bob Piper 22 May 12
  The best sort of Leaders are those who have the confidence and ability to delegate power. Whereas weaker leaders will surround themselves with cliques and try to grasp power to their chests as if it had been vested solely in themselves, stronger leaders will look to devolve, decentralise and delegate…
• Angels!
  Welovebearwood 22 May 12
  OMG! How amazing was Birmingham International Dance Festival’s ‘Wings of Desire’ last week! Goldie as compere, street poetry, amazing dance routines, ‘cirque du soleill’ style acrobatics, special effects which made the Town Hall look as if it was crumbling and lastly but probably most importantly the…
• At last…
  Bearwood Blog 22 May 12
  Summer comes to Bearwood.
• Planning Applications
  Bearwood Blog 22 May 12
  Two new planning applications this week. I really don’t know what a ‘relaxation studio’ is, and the planning application doesn’t appear to be much more informative either, but with an opening time which looks like it may be from 12.00 through to 5.00am I will leave it up to you…
• June half-term at The Public
  The Birmingham Press 21 May 12
  This June half term an abundance of cool interactive workshops, uplifting children’s theatre and free interactive exhibitions will keep the whole family entertained at The Public
• Sweet home Chicago
  The Plastic Hippo 21 May 12
  It`s not as if the fine city of Chicago Illinois hasn`t suffered enough, but a G8 summit followed by a NATO summit would test the ingenuity of even Jake and Elwood Blues. The Chicago Police Department, who might benefit from the fitness test suggested in our own Winsor Report because they seem to be…
• Go Jonny Go
  Cllr Bob Piper 19 May 12
  Bluey would be bursting at the seams with pride…
• Time to end Camerkozy Economics: Ed Miliband in the Financial Times
  Tom Watson MP, Labour, West Bromwich East 19 May 12
  Ed Miliband has written an important article in today’s FT, reproduced below: Britain is in recession. More than half of young Spaniards are out of work. The Greek people are turning away from the political mainstream. But over the past two years, the leaders of Europe’s largest countries have…
• Bearwood's Classical Guitar Centre
  Welovebearwood 18 May 12
  With Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul Festival and Birmingham’s International Jazz Festival just around the corner welovebearwoodjust had to listen to some Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz. We reckon that if Mr Reinhardt was alive today and lived in Bearwood (big if….eh?) his Bearwood All-Star would definitely…
• Quality Accounts for All
  Sandwell Link 18 May 12
  We’ve had another great week for Sandwell LINk. Two sets of Quality Account comments have been sent in, one to Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and one to Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Hospitals Trust. The Management Group also had their regular meeting this week on Wednesday…
• Well worth a read
  Cllr Bob Piper 16 May 12
  An excerpt from Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on Foreign Affairs and International Development which is well worth a read . As I said in an intervention on the Foreign Secretary, the Iranian Government remain committed to, and a signatory of, the NPT . Indeed, the last NPT review conference envisaged…

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• Godiva’s garments and boots nearly finished
  The Arts Council England 23 May 12
  With just over two months to go until Imagineer Productions’ Godiva awakes in Coventry as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, her beautifully designed and handcrafted garments are nearing completion. With just over two months to go until Imagineer Productions’ Godiva awakes in Coventry as part…
• One of those days…
  Mike Maynard 23 May 12
  I usually write about writing today or how to write a novel; but I’m having one of those days when things won’t go right. I’ve been trying to turn off the magnifier permanently on my laptop; it is a real pain. It keep coming  on and changing the size of text at odd times. I think I did something yesterday…
• Gina & Siraaj meet with Darren & Daniel to recruit more MP’s for People’s Parliament in Dudley!
  Changing Our Lives 23 May 12
  On the 23rd April, myself and Siraaj went to Dudley Council house to meet with Daniel and Darren to discuss whether they wanted to become MP’s for Dudley. We discussed how the Parliaments works and that the MP’s (who were people with a Learning Disability) would hold the power over the professionals…
• Gina talks to students at Halesowen Campus to recruit Dudley MPs
  Changing Our Lives 23 May 12
  On the 10th May, I went to talk to some students from the Halesowen Campus (part of Stourbridge College) about becoming a MP in the new Dudley’s People Parliament. I went into detail about what the current Sandwell and Wolverhampton Peoples Parliaments are like, what the outcomes for the Parliament…
• Gina & Siraaj with Ian Staples and Paul Davies
  Changing Our Lives 23 May 12
  On the 24th April, Me and Siraaj met with Ian Staples, a Commissioner from Walsall and Paul Davies who is the Executive Director of Adult Services in Walsall. At the start of the meeting, me and Siraaj talked about this new project and we explained that we were setting up a People’s Parliament in Walsall…
• Thirteen new music hubs for the West Midlands
  The Arts Council England 23 May 12
  Arts Council England has announced a nationwide network of 122 music education hubs that will play a key role in ensuring that every child has the opportunity to experience a high quality music education. Thirteen of the hubs are in the West Midlands. Arts Council England has announced a nationwide…
• Community Chest for Great Bridge
  Webwell 23 May 12
  Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) has matched a Community Chest which was launched by the Fair Share Trust earlier this…
• Beacon4Print
  Beacon Centre: for the blind 22 May 12
  For all your print needs! Beacon4Print is an exciting new venture from Beacon Centre for the Blind. Having secured substantial funding from The Ian Karten Charitable Trust* towards the capital equipment, Beacon4Print is now offering a high quality, full colour print service across the Black Country…
• Neodigital Art | Sunshine at last
  Mike Maynard 22 May 12
  I took this photograph yesterday and it’s the River Tame . I remembered that the flowers grow down the edges in Spring . The Tame runs all over the Black Country or at least the brooks do, that feed it. These flowers seem to grow all along it and so I might go to another location and photograph that…
• June half-term
  The Public 22 May 12
  This June an abundance of cool interactive workshops, uplifting children’s theatre and free interactive exhibitions will keep the whole family entertained. Highlights include Lovely Jub-i-lee , a flower making workshop inspired by the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and Draw Botz: Next Generation , as…

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