Tag: News

This information is correct as of 31/03/2020. We will update this information as regularly and quickly as we can. 1: If…

FAQs – Coronavirus and BVT services

Created March 19, 2020
This information is correct as of 31/03/2020. We will update this information as regularly and quickly as we can. 1: If…
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Update: Information about coronavirus and our services

Created March 19, 2020
Following the latest information from the government, we will be making some changes to our services. These changes are to protect…
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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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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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Veterans ‘therapy’ sketch finds home at museum

Created September 19, 2019
A sketch of a 16th century manor house by a veteran who survived the horrors of the First World War has…
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Secretary of State for Housing visits new homes in Lightmoor

Created September 11, 2019
Robert Jenrick MP, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has visited some of the latest new homes…
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Exhibition showing ‘the sweet life’ of Bournville will mark housing society’s 100th anniversary

Created September 9, 2019
An exhibition of some never-before-seen archive photographs documenting ‘the sweet life’ of residents living and working in Bournville is to go…
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Free heritage open day is back and bigger than ever

Created August 28, 2019
A heritage open day, which will see beautiful historic gems in a Birmingham village, throw open their doors for free for…
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inView Summer 2019

Created June 27, 2019
The summer 2019 issue of the InView newsletter is now available to view online. To print a copy of the newsletter, please click on…
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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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Rare images give insight into family life of city’s ‘Greatest Brummie’

Created May 24, 2019
Never before seen family photographs of the man voted the city’s ‘Greatest Brummie’ have been revealed for the first time. The…
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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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