Information about gritting and snow clearing

Created January 8, 2026
UPDATE: Please be aware our Grounds Maintenance team is working at reduced capacity today (9th January) and currently most roads are…
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Turning January jolly with neighbourhood visits

Created January 5, 2026
To help banish the winter blues and make January that little jollier, Bournville Village Trust staff will be out and about…
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Al Carns MP visits new apartments for families in Bournville

Created September 17, 2025
Labour MP for Birmingham Selly Oak, Al Carns, has toured new apartments in Bournville that have been developed for families in…
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Mayor of Telford opens art exhibition by residents

Created July 11, 2025
Mayor of Telford and Wrekin, Councillor Eileen Callear, recently opened an art exhibition organised by residents of an extra-care housing scheme…
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Over 70 residents share feedback for Anti-Social Behaviour Week

Created July 11, 2025
From 30th June to 4th July 2025, we marked Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Week, which aims to raise awareness of ASB and…
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New research reveals story of Bournville’s almshouses as they turn 125

Created July 16, 2024
Wonderful archive photographs and stories of what life was like in Bournville’s almshouses have been released to mark their 125th anniversary.…
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Neighbourhood co-ordinators

Created July 3, 2024
Our team of neighbourhood co-ordinators manage different neighbourhood patches, made up of almost a combined 3,700 rented homes. You’ll see our…
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Charitable trust to invest £20m in maintenance service

Created March 6, 2023
A charitable trust is to plough £20m into its maintenance service, including investing in a new fleet of vans, to ensure…
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Regulatory judgement sees BVT maintain top ratings

Created April 4, 2022
The Regulator for Social Housing published its regulatory judgement of Bournville Village Trust on 30th March and we’re pleased to share…
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Work to start on final homes at major Telford development

Created August 3, 2021
Work to build nearly 300 new homes in Telford will start in August signalling the completion of one of the town’s…
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Friends reunited! Pensioners meet again as Covid restrictions lift

Created August 3, 2021
Pensioner pals in Birmingham are being reunited for the first time in over a year as a lunch club restarts again…
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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…
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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…
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Covid fails to hamper work to make homes more energy efficient

Created February 11, 2021
Work to make hundreds of socially-rented homes in Birmingham and Telford warmer and more energy efficient has started despite the challenge…
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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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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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Jessup Brothers appointed to deliver final 300 homes at Lightmoor Village

Created June 26, 2019
Homes England and Bournville Village Trust have appointed developer Jessup Brothers to deliver the final phase of 300 homes and a…
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Roger Wilson becomes new chair of trustees

Created April 5, 2019
Bournville Village Trust (BVT) has welcomed a new chair of trustees, as Duncan Cadbury retires from the role. Roger Wilson, a…
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Former care home repurposed to help the homeless

Created March 7, 2019
A former Birmingham care home has been transformed into accommodation for people at risk of homelessness. Charities Bournville Village Trust and…
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Arrears amongst Universal Credit tenants double as benefit changes take effect

Created July 31, 2018
Tenants of a Birmingham housing trust are being offered access to a special ‘bank’ account after the roll-out of a new…
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