News Archive
2005
PUPILS CELEBRATE TREE COUNCIL'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY
December 23 2005
Far from decorating the tree this Christmas, pupils from St. Francis School in Bournville will be planting the tree, in fact, ten altogether. Year two schoolchildren are helping to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tree Council's National Tree Week by transforming their school grounds into a greener environment. click here
NEW BUILDING GIVES PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURY THE CHANCE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES
December 07 2005
More people with brain injuries in the West Midlands will have the opportunity to regain their independence and rebuild their lives with the setting up of a new supported housing scheme in Selly Oak. click here
RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO CHOCOLATE BOX IMAGE OF BOURNVILLE
November 21 2005
77 year old resident of Bournville, Molly Archer is celebrating as she was awarded a trophy dedicated to the overall winner in a popular annual garden competition, which this year celebrates its twentieth anniversary. For the twentieth anniversary this year, the awards evening was held at the Botanical Gardens on 17th November where residents received trophies and garden vouchers. click here
KINGS NORTON GIRLS UNDERTAKE A MAMMOTH PERFORMANCE
November 08 2005
Year 11 pupils from Kings Norton Girls School are undertaking a mammoth performance all on their own. To organise, market and fundraise a concert by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. click here
THE BIRMINGHAM FOCUS ON BLINDNESS TREE OF LIGHT APPEAL 2005
November 05 2005
Throughout Christmas 2005 the 'Famous Bournville Christmas Tree' outside the Quaker Meeting House on The Green in Bournville, has been designated as a special tree to celebrate and remember the 30,000 local children and adults who are blind or sight impaired and who cannot appreciate the magnificent sight of the tree fully decked with lights at Christmas. We would like to invite you to support Birmingham Focus on Blindness in remembering those without sight by sponsoring a light on our Tree of Light. click here
BIRMINGHAM LANDLORD WINS THE DAY
October 25 2005
Birmingham landlord, Ashram, won the challenge for supremacy as a group of housing associations battled it out on the sports pitch. It was all in aid of a good cause though as teams took part in tough physical and mental activities based around the TV show, 'It's a Knockout'. click here
YOUNGSTERS WITH DISABILITIES GET HOOKED ON FISHING THANKS TO VARIETY CLUB DONATION
August 30 2005
A Birmingham based organisation is now able to cast its net deeper into the community and offer membership to young people in wheelchairs, thanks to the donation of a sunshine coach from the Variety Club of Great Britain and Birmingham company, Poppleton & Appleby. click here
MULTI FAITHS GATHER TO CELEBRATE CENTENARY
August 30 2005
At a time when misunderstanding of different religions is causing tension and hostilities, representatives from many faiths and churches across the City will meet to celebrate the centenary of the Bournville Quaker Meeting House where founder, George Cadbury held the first inter-denominational gathering in 1905. click here
LOCAL LAD WINS NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP AWARD
August 16 2005
Local apprentice, Thomas Davidson has won a national award from the organisation that represents repairs and maintenance divisions of housing associations and registered social landlords in the UK. 18 year old Thomas has received a 'First Year Best Apprentice' prize awarded by the Directworks Forum. click here
TEENAGERS TALK SPORT IN TANZANIA
May 30 2005
Local teenagers from Northfield are seeking sponsorship for the journey of a lifetime, to Africa, where they have been invited to talk to students at the Tanga International School in Tanzania, about sport in the UK. Lauren Hunter, aged 14 and Shannon Williamson, aged 14 are part of the Shenley, Woodlands Youth Group. Jenni Rowley, aged 16 is part of the Square club, in Shenley. click here
CHILDREN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
April 18 2005
Teenagers in Northfield are helping to change their community for the better by taking part in an ongoing campaign to clean up their area. The children who have formed a Youth Forum on the Hole Farm Estate, began the clean up operation by giving up a day of their Easter holidays to paint a fence in St. Josephs Avenue. click here
RESIDENTS OF SHENLEY GET AWARD WINNING HOMES
March 09 2005
Future tenants of new homes that are being built as part of a £6.3 million social housing project in South Birmingham, will be living in eco friendly homes, powered by solar technology, which will cut their fuel bills. The regeneration project will include homes built into the hillside in Shenley Green, and will incorporate many sustainable features, such as solar panels, to reduce energy needs which will lessen CO2 emissions and benefit the environment! click here
News Archive
2004
RESIDENTS OF SHENLEY GET AWARD WINNING HOMES
December 14 2004
Residents of Shenley will be celebrating with landlords, Bournville Village Trust when they tot up their fuel bills at the end of the winter months. The developer of the £4 million Phase 1 development in South Birmingham has won a national environmental award for energy saving achievements in the building and construction of new homes at Shenley Green. click here
YOUNG AND OLD CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
November 15 2004
94 year old Elsie Browning took great delight in being entertained by 17 year old Rebecca Tucker from Shenley Court Secondary school as celebrations got underway for the twenty fifth anniversary of Rosefields, a sheltered housing scheme in Northfield. Groups from all years spent an afternoon performing music, dancing and reciting Shakespeare for the two hours of festive fun in Marylands Drive, Northfield. click here
NEW SECURITY MEASURES HELP THE VULNERABLE FIGHT CRIME
August 9 2004
PARTNERS IN CRIME: South Birmingham residents will sleep safer in their beds following the launch of several new security initiatives, which will be introduced at a one day conference on September 25 this year. click here
FUN FOR ALL AT DOSELEY
July 29 2004
A fun day for tenants and local residents at Doseley in Telford was organised jointly by staff of Bournville Village Trust and Beth Johnson Housing Association. Despite some mixed weather, a good turnout of parents and children enjoyed attractions which included a bouncy castle, on site DJ, children's entertainer 'Tombo' and bouncy football. click here
PUPILS WIN AWARD FOR GREEN DESIGNS
July 27 2004
Youngsters at a Birmingham school have won a Connexions award for creating a nature trail from what was formerly waste land, at the side of their school, with the help of a local housing organisation. click here
BOURNVILLE VILLAGE TRUST STRENGTHENS SUPPORTED HOUSING TEAM
July 16 2004
Bournville Village Trust Strengthens Supported Housing Team: one of the oldest housing associations in Birmingham has strengthened its Supported Housing Department with a new appointment and a promotion. click here
BULLOCK CONSTRUCTION WINS SECOND CONTRACT FOR SOLAR POWERED AND EARTH SHELTERED HOMES IN SOUTH BIRMINGHAM
June 28 2004
Bournville Village Trust (BVT) has let a £6.3 million contract for a unique housing development in South Birmingham, that will use solar power to heat hot water and will be partly earth sheltered, to building contractor Bullock Construction. click here
£10 MILLION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT UNVEILED BY BIRMINGHAM MP
May 18 2004
Phase One includes, refurbishment of parade of shops, 12 new bungalows, new park, 54 new homes. Dot Marshall who has lived in a flat in Shenley for 40 years chats to Richard Burden MP in the courtyard of her new bungalow. click here
HOUSING ASSOCIATION PROJECT WINS AGAINST ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
May 11 2004
A local housing association which set up the first 'Get Hooked on Fishing' (GHOF) project in South Birmingham two years ago, to help to combat anti social behaviour problems on the estate, has won the 'People's Choice' award. click here
SOUTH BIRMINGHAM RESIDENTS CONSULTED ON COMMUNITY FACILITIES
April 27 2004
Residents in South Birmingham where community facilities are sadly lacking, are being asked what amenities they would like to see included in a new £8.5 million development at Shenley. click here
