Tag: bournville

Borrowing and Debt

Created July 8, 2021
A Credit Union is a non–profit making financial co-operative that offers convenient saving and low interest services to members. These services…
Posted in: Managing Your Money, Your BVT

New Design Guide for one of Birmingham’s greenest suburbs launches

Created July 6, 2021
A new design guide has been launched to conserve and enhance one of Birmingham’s ‘greenest’ suburbs, named amongst the best places…
Posted in: News, News & Events

Builders merchants donate materials to community garden

Created July 2, 2021
A local builders merchants has donated materials to support the development of a community garden in Bournville that is helping to…
Posted in: News, News & Events

Former college campus transformed into £60m care and health village

Created June 16, 2021
A previously derelict site in Birmingham has been transformed into a multi-million pound care and health village creating a health and…
Posted in: News, News & Events

‘Bournville: Then and Now’ exhibition to mark Museum’s re-opening

Created May 11, 2021
An exhibition of rare archive photographs of Bournville pictured alongside their modern day equivalent is to mark the reopening of one…
Posted in: Events, News & Events

Funding win will help older gardeners to blossom again

Created April 21, 2021
Seasoned gardeners who face being forced to give up life on the allotment are to get support to keep up their…
Posted in: News, News & Events

Appeal launched for historic photos to mark 100th anniversary

Created March 23, 2021
An appeal has been launched for historic photographs of a Birmingham estate as part of celebrations to mark its 100th anniversary.…
Posted in: Events, News, News & Events

Final round of design guide consultation now open

Created January 25, 2021
The final stage of consultation on the new draft Bournville Estate Design Guide is now open. From the 1st – 28th…
Posted in: News, News & Events

Using BVT parks and open spaces during lockdown

Created January 21, 2021
Our parks, open spaces and play-areas in Birmingham and Telford remain open during lockdown as we know how important they are…
Posted in: News, News & Events

Christmas lights to remain on as beacon of hope

Created January 6, 2021
Due to popular demand and following conversations with community partners involved in Bournville’s Christmas Festival, the Bournville Christmas Tree will remain…
Posted in: News, News & Events

Mask-making ‘supermom’ on mission to help others this Christmas

Created December 7, 2020
An inspirational ‘supermom’ who made 3,000 face masks, including ones for hospital staff, whilst caring for her disabled children is now…
Posted in: News, News & Events

New – Bournville Design Guide consultation update

Created October 16, 2020
Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the consultation on the new Bournville Design Guide so far. We’ve had…
Posted in: News, News & Events

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…
Posted in: News, News & Events

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…
Posted in: News, News & Events

Read New Bournville Estate Design Guide

Created July 30, 2020
You can read the new Bournville Estate Design Guide here. You can also read a shorter version with information on history…
Posted in: Bournville design guide review, Our Communities

Have you seen stars shining in Bournville?

Created July 8, 2020
Please note the Bournville Star Awards are now closed. These months of lockdown have been hard – short of necessities, locked…
Posted in: News, News & Events

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.…
Posted in: News, News & Events

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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Work starts on Bournville health and wellbeing centre

Created January 29, 2020
Building work on the brand-new health and wellbeing centre in Bournville is officially underway with a ceremony to celebrate the construction…
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Cyclists urged to donate bikes to help refugees in the City

Created January 13, 2020
Cyclists in Birmingham are being urged to have a post-festive clean-out and donate their unwanted bikes to refugees and asylum-seekers in…
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