£3000 in prize money is being donated for the Birmingham-in-Bloom Competition. This is the second year of the competition. Judging will take place in July and people are being asked to nominate friends, neighbours or relatives by 15 June for one or more of the following categories:
best front garden,
best rear garden,
best communal garden
best balcony/window box/hanging basket/pots.
Competitions [...]
Doreen Palmer
Carole Rafferty
Castle Vale Tenants and Residents Alliance has appointed Doreen Palmer as its Acting Chair, as cover for Carole Rafferty who has recently been unwell. Doreen is TRA Treasurer, a resident board member of CVCHA, and is active on the 2005 Group.
The TRA Board has made Carole an Honorary President of the TRA, in recognition of her contribution to the [...]
It used to be called ’swinging the lead’, some refer to it as ‘throwing a sickie’, in school they call it ‘wagging it’ - whatever it’s known as, Birmingham City Council reckon they are cutting down on staff absence rates.
Figures just released show City Council staff took 9.89 days off sick last year, [...]
JKS Under 13s, unbeaten all season in the league, may have to concede their final match of the season and their 100% league record this Sunday because the Council has taken up the goalposts on the Farnborough Road pitches to give the grass an end of season makeover. Furious JKS bosses are desperately trying to [...]
Dave Ellis
Dave Ellis, Constituency Director for Erdington, has been temporarily moved to another post in the Council.
Ifor Jones, the Council’s Acting Director of Constituencies said: “Dave is currently on secondment at the Council, working on a project in the Business Transformation Section.
“Local Managers Sally Potter and Chris Baker are filling Dave’s role in the [...]
Sergeant Sarah Tambling (pictured) has joined the team at Castle Vale Police Station. Sergeant Tambling told the 2005 Group that she is looking forward to working with all organisations in Castle Vale.
Members of the 2005 Way Forward group have expressed disappointment with numbers attending the Castle Vale Open Day held at the secondary school last week. In contrast to comments of encouragement on the day from Chairperson Jean Downey, the 2005 Meeting at CVCHA’s Offices heard that only about 100 people attended, most of those being [...]
A simple red postbox in Castle Vale High Street stands as a monument to local patience and persistence. The postbox was removed some years ago when Reed Square was demolished to make way for the ‘new’ High Street. The Post Office promised to return it to its original spot, but after a long absence, the postbox was eventually re-situated [...]
Castle Vale held its first ‘Open Day’ at the secondary school in Farnborough Road. The main organizations that manage, direct and scrutinise the services and events on Castle Vale, one of the largest estates in Europe, set up stalls and demonstrations in the school hall, aiming to inform local residents about their work.
CVCHA, Merlin, the [...]
Sallyann Rose
Labour had a poor set of election results in Birmingham on May 1st, losing ground to the Conservatives, and falling to a level only slightly ahead of the Liberal Democrats. Labour lost 6 seats to the Conservatives. The Lib Dems stayed the same, -they have 32 of the 120 seats on the City Council. [...]
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