News archive : Bournville Village Trust

All the latest news and events from BVT

Popular Museum marks reopening with special exhibition

Created August 5, 2020
A popular Birmingham museum ranked in the top 10 of things to do in the City is to reopen today (5th…
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Update: Information about coronavirus and our services

Created August 5, 2020
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, we have made changes to some of our services. These changes are to protect you…
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Bournville Design Guide to be reimagined for 21st century

Created July 30, 2020
A design guide for a Birmingham suburb that helped lay the foundations for the development of garden cities nationally is to…
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Independent Committee Members opportunities – apply now

Created July 29, 2020
Creating and sustaining communities where people can thrive isn’t a pipedream. At Bournville Village Trust it is our mission. If you…
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Important notice – visits to your area

Created July 22, 2020
Over the next few weeks, you may see contractors visiting some roads in Birmingham and a handful in Shropshire to look…
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Have you seen stars shining in Bournville?

Created July 8, 2020
These months of lockdown have been hard – short of necessities, locked in and isolated, needing help or wanting someone to…
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A letter to our communities – Black Lives Matter

Created June 29, 2020
To members of our communities in Birmingham and Shropshire, You may be wondering why you haven’t heard from Bournville Village Trust…
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Pensioner reunited with lost ring thanks to eagle-eyed engineer

Created June 3, 2020
An 86-year-old Birmingham man has been reunited with his wife’s lost engagement ring after it was spotted by a gas engineer.…
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FAQs – Coronavirus and BVT services

Created June 2, 2020
This information is correct as of 05/08/2020. We will update this information as regularly and quickly as we can. 1: If…
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Update about coronavirus and BVT

Created May 7, 2020
Over the last few weeks we’ve been making sure people in our communities in Birmingham and Shropshire know about the changes…
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Letter to social housing residents from Ministry of Housing

Created April 23, 2020
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has asked housing associations to share a letter with social housing residents in…
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Why placeshaping matters more than ever

Created March 16, 2020
Arthur Tsang, Director of Communities at Bournville Village Trust, has shared what we are doing to renew our approach to placemaking…
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Fantastic response to bike appeal from community

Created March 16, 2020
Bikes donated by members of the community and BVT staff will go to help refugees and asylum seekers following a fantastic…
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Response to judgement from the Regulator for Social Housing

Created February 26, 2020
Today (26th February) the Regulator for Social Housing published its regulatory judgement for Bournville Village Trust. Helen Harvey, Director of People…
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Important update on changes to rent charges

Created February 25, 2020
In 2019, we wrote to BVT residents to let you know about changes to the way that we review rent charges.…
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Residents invited to write their future as BVT partners with literary charity

Created February 11, 2020
South Birmingham residents, including those who have been at risk of homelessness, are being invited to ‘write their future’ as part…
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Nursing home secures ‘Good’ rating from inspectors

Created February 6, 2020
Selly Wood House nursing home in Bournville has been rated ‘Good’ by inspectors following an unannounced inspection. Inspectors from the Care…
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Housing & Community Pop-Up – come and meet us

Created February 6, 2020
Do you have a Housing or Community-related issue you want to talk to us about? We’ll be at Walnut Mews (by…
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