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Roadworks nightmare:
times for Read Sarahs Letter on Page 4 and
your online comments Page 23
housing
staff Page 3
Music with
Brookly: its
Hello, again,
Adele Page 8
PROGRESS
AT THE POOL
Castle Pool has been run by volunteers for almost a year.
The Partnership is now ready to take their next big step
funds.
The Castle Vale Endowment Trust
Fund has supported them financially,
and they have had money from the
Big Lotterys Awards for All. But they
have also had to earn their own income.
They charge for public swimming sessions, and a range of groups who use
the pool and upstairs facilities also
pay for the use of the facilities.
These include the scuba diving club,
the scouts, Tae Kwondo, a local
church, and family parties.
The Partnership are hoping for success from bids for more funding.
Sport England might be persuaded to
help out.
They have registered the site as a
training centre and hope that it can
soon be used for first-aid training and
for other sporting events.
Meanwhile, the volunteers manage
the pool on a shoestring budget, and
roll their sleeves up and get on with
many of the tasks themselves. Cleaning, life-guarding, admin work, staffing the reception desk, and so on.
Castle Pool is some way from breaking even financially, but it has survived its difficult first year against all
odds.
The appointment of a manager will
help the long-term aim of opening the
site for longer hours for the public.
It will also create more opportunities
to raise its own money, and should
take some of the burden off the
shoulders of the volunteers.
The job advert has attracted applications from London, Nottingham,
Leicester and more locally.
Interviews for the job will be held in
late November or early December, for
a January start.
The new manager will be there in
time to celebrate the Partnerships
first year in charge.
15th January.
Its a date etched on the minds of the
Partnership team.
After so much legal wrangling, heart
searching, business plan writing and
risk assessment, that was the day in
2015 when they finally got the keys to
Castle Pool and were told: Its yours.
Last month, they were presented as
Volunteers of the Year at a Castle Vale
Awards ceremony.
They are making progress in leaps
and bounds - or should that be in
dives and strokes.
In the past twenty years, Castle Vale
has had a number of success stories
in housing and planning that have
earned regional and national recognition.
Castle Pool deserves to be added to
that list.
Page 1 Tyburn Mail November 2015
sations who benefit form the surveillance provided by the cameras will be
invited to contribute to their upkeep.
Some major local organisations that
have in the past contributed to the
cctv provision have in recent years
lapsed in their contributions.
CVCHA took over the running of the
cctv system of over 70 cameras from
Merlin Venture in March 2011.
Merlin had been monitoring the system since 2002.
In for a Penny
All 78 Birmingham Labour councillors will be casting their vote for the
replacement to Sir Albert Bore, who
stands down as Labour leader of the
city next month.
Penny Holbrook is the only female
candidate for the post. There are
four male candidates: Ian Ward, John
Clancy, Barry Henley and Mike Leddy.
Ms Holbrook was the last of the five
to nominate herself.
She is one of the outsiders for the
post, but will be buoyed by Labours
recent history of electing outsiders
for major posts.
The leader of the Labour councillors
will become the leader of the largest
city council in Europe. Given Labours
huge majority in Birmingham, the
job is going to be secure for several
years, if it can avoid being taken over
by central government.
Poor performance by the Council in
recent years sparked a government
inquest that resulted in the damning
Kerslake Report.
Sir Bob Kerslake savaged the perfor-
by Phil Stevens
Design Manager
Western Construction ISG
..........I know what its like when life is tough, because Ive been there.
The Council I lead will never, ever forget that you judge a society, not by
those at the top, but by how it stands together with the most vulnerable.
Economic growth is vital to getting Birmingham back on its feet, but growth
that isnt shared with everyone, is just another missed opportunity.
extract from Penny Holbrooks Leadership bid statement (November 2015)
mance and culture of the Council in
his lengthy document, published almost a year ago.
He and his team have been unimpressed by the Councils response.
Change has been too slow and too
READY TO ROCK
Here are three stars of Greenwood Academys upcoming production of Camp Rock.
The musical will be staged each evening from 24th-26th November, with a cast of over 80 performers from Years 7 -13. If the rehearsals are anything to go by, this will be great fun.
And Greenwoods reputation for productions in Birmingham is quite simply second to none.
Lyndsey Geraldo
Dejean Edwards
Kaisey Reilly
LETTERS
18 months of
misery for locals
n comments
from night noise
Thanks to all our sponsors at Spitfire Island
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
I was wondering If you
might be able to help
us out and print the attached picture in the next
edition of the paper.
It would be greatly appreciated and will also
enable us to thank Mace
Stores, Castle Vale, Premier Lighting Supplies
LTD, EMG Quality Car
Sales
and DJ Wright,
who sponsor us.
We play at the stadium
on the Vale.
Many thanks.
Simon Walker,
coach.
Human cost of
Tory cuts
Dear Readers,
It is sad, as the Tyburn Mail highlighted in its recent piece that The Pioneer
Group (better known to people by its
previous name of CVCHA) is likely to
lose up to 14 jobs across the asset
management and housing departments.
Big tidy up
Readers,
Monday 26th October was the day Castle
Vale Conservation Area received a BIG
TIDY UP as part of Castle Vales Environmental Month Campaign; three hours
later and over 40 rubbish bags filled we
decided it was a very successful day! The
event was made possible by the support
and hard work from the Community Environmental Trust and its Youth
Project (VYGA), local residents, Castle
Vale Neighbourhood Partnership Board,
Tame Valley Wetlands, Estate Services,
Is it possible to do an
article about the horrendous night works
us residents on the
Spitfire end of Chester Road have had to
put with for the last
18 months.
Dear Readers,
Erdington Labour Womens Forum
would like to say a big thank you to
the women across Erdington, Tyburn
and Sutton Coldfield who donated
tampons and other essential toiletries
at our High Street stall on Saturday.
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Taylor Sheldon
Tyburn Mails
award winning
fashion journalist
Saints Fair
The past few weeks we
have been surrounded
with reminders that Balmain were teaming up with
H&M to bring us a new collection for Autumn/Winter
2015, with Kendall Jenner
as the face of the whole
project.
And theyve presented us with exactly
what we expected: loud, edgy and
outgoing designs.
The collection was split into four colour schemes, where black was the key
colour to add an edgy twist to your
usual warm and cosy winter style,
with the classic festive colours red,
green, white and gold incorporated.
Pieces were then embellished with
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Hello again
to Adele!
Brookly
Taylor
Tyburn Mails
music journalist
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CHRISTMAS FAYRE
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Castle Vale 11am-1pm
SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER
Santa, stalls, and bargains galore
Refreshments
Entry 30p
Did you attend Castle Vale Comp any time between the day
it opened in the 1960s through to the present day?
As part of celebrations marking the end of an era when we move from our current site in 2017 we need you to get in touch!
Free
Entry!
For only 2.50 per child you get to see Santa, receive a gift and a photograph.
Due to overwhelming demand last year there is a limited number of tickets for Santas Grotto for Thursday morning between 9am and 10am
Last year our grotto SOLD OUT so pre-book soon to avoid disappointment!
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Is aircraft
noise on the
increase?
McDonalds: should
it be allowed to open
through the night?
Round the clock opening
at McDonalds on Chester
Road will not disturb residents, claim the burger
companys agents.
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NEWS
and views from
Castle Vale Community Housing: 11 High Street, Castle Vale, B35 7PR 0121 748 8100 repairs 0121 748 8101 (24 hrs) contactus@cvch.org.uk
Afternoon
Evening
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Open Session
Open Session
9am to 1pm
10am to 12.30pm
Digital Hub, Topcliffe Digital Hub, Topcliffe
House
House
Introduction to
Open Session
Digital
2pm to 7pm
2pm to 4pm
Digital Hub, Topcliffe
The Sanctuary,
House
Tangmere Drive
Job Club
5pm to 7pm
Digital Hub, Topcliffe
House
The Hub offers free internet access and support for all residents who want to get online.
The Digital Hub is located in the basement of Topcliffe House (step access on the right of
main entrance, next to Tyburn Mail offices. Level access from driveway next to Topcliffe
School)
Changes at CVCH
Following on from last months articles about changes at Castle Vale
Community Housing, the Operational Board agreed a programme of
cuts and changes to the staff structure at the end of October.
Staff who are affected are now having formal consultation meetings.
There will be a reduction in the number of staff employed in the new
structure so staff are considering options around applying for posts
and redundancy. There will be a further update in the December Tyburn Mail, but it is likely that the full new structure will not be known
until mid December 2015.
*Sarahs story
Sarah and her daughter Maria experienced 7 years of violence from a man
who Maria thought was her dad.
Sarah suffered beatings, sexual violence
and was repeatedly raped, threatened
with a machete, and was recorded on film.
The man used the films to control Sarah,
to isolate her from her family by threatening to show them the film if she left him.
To everyone else he was charming, ap-
Fact:
Are you
experiencing
Domestic Abuse?
There is help even if you cant leave,
or want information, it is accessible.
The telephone numbers above are
manned by staff who can offer advice and
support to help you cope in your situation.
Victim Support birminghamasb@victimsupport.org.uk tel 0845 30 30 900 will
work with you to get Visual Evidence for
Victims - VEV. This means that evidence
such as photographs of cuts and bruises
or things that are broken can be taken at
the time you access their service, in con-
Fact:
One in seven children and young people under the age of
18 will have experienced living with domestic violence
In England and Wales two women on average are killed
each week by their partner or ex-partner (Office for National
Statistics (ONS), (2015), citing the Homicide index from the
Home Office, Figure 2.5)
-Applying for an injunction without notifying the abuser which we can get to court
within 24 hours, to stop the violence,
threats of violence to you by any member
of the household, or visitor.
-Where we terminate a tenancy or a member of your household leaves the dwelling
as a direct result of domestic violence, the
party guilty of inflicting the violence may
be evicted and will not be eligible for the
tenancy of any other CVCHA property.
Social Value
Activity Grants
We received a number
of applications for our
activity grants which
are to help residents
from Castle Vale either
set up new projects or
get involved in new activities.
The aim of the grant is to
provide opportunities for
one off activities to take
place that are organised
by residents, for residents
of Castle Vale. One of the
conditions of the grant is
to provide a photograph or
selfie and we have a great
example below:
stronger relationships
through
socialising
and enabled them to
work better as a team,
they also gained experience of seeing live
theatre inspiring them
to chase their dreams,
Hi Becki
Centre Stage and Mini
Movers travelled to
Liverpool for the weekend to visit the International Slavery Museum
and to see Hairspray at
the Liverpool Empire
Theatre. 46 residents
lifes challenges.
The team from Compass Support has been invaluable in
supporting students to make
the right decisions for their
next steps. So far, personal
interviews with over 100 students have been conducted to
make sure that they are given
impartial advice and support.
The team are also still working
with those students who left
this summer and need ongoing support.
With trips to different Universities, the Skills Show and
different business locations
planned for the year the academy aims to give every student the best possible chance
of successfully achieving their
aspirations.
Should you need any advice or
support in helping your child
ensure they have the right
pathway then please contact
Dood at The Sanctuary or Mr
Cheese at Greenwood Academy.
Ageing better
in Tyburn
Birmingham has won Big
Lottery funding of 6million to help make the city
a place where older people
are valued, supported and
have a continuing contribution to make.
We are starting a new
movement of volunteers in
communities who want to
make Birmingham the best
place to grow old.
We want people to have more
social and community connections and to be able to access
more community led support
and activity. We believe that
building upon the strengths
and skills of individuals and
groups will help to create sustainable change within communities.
We want to empower and
enable older people to participate in the project in ways
that they want.
Tyburn is one of the priority
areas for the Ageing Better
Nuisance
neighbours?
LAUGHING
HANGMAN
by Rebecca Bembridge
Digital Inclusion Officer
CVCH
CVCHs Digital Inclusion
project secured some funding from The Butterfly Effect to host a photography
project.
Arts team
annual meeting
Photos
on show
Roads are
rubbish, but
the canal
towpaths are
getting better
Desirees Studio in Castle Vale recently had a
production company for
Channel 4 visit for the
filming of a documentary
of their client Sam Barton.
The camera crew recorded Sam Barton from Sutton Coldfield getting his
hair extension done for a new documentary.
After opening in July 2015 Desirees
Studio has gone from strength to
strength and has worked hard to put
Castle Vale on the map.
Pamela Liburd has previously done
work for MTVs Judge Jordie and is
A 3million programme of
work aims to improve cycle
routes along canals in Birmingham
The scheme, part of the wider Birmingham Cycle Revolution initiative, covers sections of five canals across the
city and follows two earlier phases
of canal works, approved in December
2013 and May 2015 (worth a combined
8.175million).
Almost two miles of the Birmingham &
Fazeley Canal in the Tyburn and Sutton New Hall Wards will benefit. The
section between Hansons Bridge Road
to Cottage Lane and Wiggins Hill Road
will be improved.
A new balustrade will be put in to accesses at Hansons Bridge Road, Forge
Lane, and the path linking to Old Kingsbury Road, and Wiggins Hill Road.
The estimated cost of the work in this
section is 600,000.
Construction work will be delivered
for the council by the Canal and River
Trust.
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Andrew Johnson (11) and Natasha Hall (14) armed with litter pickers and heavy-duty
bin liners, ready for the clean up of the Conservation Area
There was no shortage of helpers for the big clean-up of Castle Vales conservation area
during their environment month project.
Dozens of youngsters from local primary and secondary schools on their half-term break enjoyed
the autumn sunshine, armed with bin liners and litter picking tools. Sarah Oulaghan and Ben Kasper
from the Community Environment Trust directed the operations, with help from the Neighbourhood
Partnership Team and youth workers.
The green clean-up team filled a small mountain of bin liners with debris, rubbish and litter.
Parish
Councils?
Good
idea, says
departing
Jag sets up driving lessons for 11-17 year-olds Sir Albert
Frances highest
medal for daring
wartime hero Bill
1. Its 50 mph
The national speed limit for lorries on single
carriageways increased from 40 mph to 50
mph on 6 April 2015.
2. Theres no limit
The 5,000 limit on fines for the most serious offences was removed on 5th June 2015.
Christmas market
Quitting
smoking
would lift
30,000
Brummies
out of
poverty
Autumn: when
Vale turns gold
Changan
by Geoff Coleman
Birmingham City Council
JLR growth
Christmas jobs
The statistics
On average, households that include
a smoker spend 2,158 a year on tobacco.
There are around 102,000 households in Birmingham with at least one
smoker.
34,000 of these fall below the poverty line.
If these smokers were to quit, over
10,400 households would be lifted out
of poverty.
Birmingham tourism
Resorts World
The 150m casino and shopping complex Resorts World has opened next
to the NEC. The 538,000 sq ft leisure
and retail complex will employ 1,200
people.
Christmas Market
It could be Canada or one of the glorious USA states in the fall. In fact, its Castle Vale, just off the busy Kingsbury Road within sight of the Cincinnati factory.
This photograph was taken a couple of weeks ago, when the leaves had started
to fall and before the rain had dampened the crisp carpet. Strong midday sunlight flashes through the gaps in the canopy left by fallen leaves, and glistens
on some of those fallen fronds. A week later, the rains came, and the carpet of
leaves lost its crisp texture and sparkle. For a fleeting few days, the scene in
Castle Vales Yatesbury Avenue was pure October gold.
Call me Turnip
Lees name change for hospice charity funds
Uncertain
soil risk
prompts
paddocks
re-think
funds.
Another, Ryan Hinett, endured the
public pain of a chest and leg waxing
session.
The team of seven completed the
Great Birmingham Run last month to
raise funds for the hospice.
Kelly Greenshields says: There was
face painting and a brilliant raffle with
prizes from local companies such as
Needle2Skin, Kick Start Academy, Bojangles, Tantastic and Nandos.
Lottery
winners
smoke in an enclosed
private vehicle carrying passengers under
what age?
a. 14 years old
Are we losing
faith in flu jabs?
b. 16 years old
c. 17 years old
d. 18 years old
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Your councillors, campaigners and candidates
The narrative within Birmingham and the council needs to become more positive. Birmingham City Council too often sees itself as a victim. Kerslake Report December 2014
Drivers beware
by Robert Alden
The reality of
Tory cuts:
a short
sighted act?
Broken manhole
cover and drains
blocked by leaves
Clifton Welch
Conservative campaigner
Recently residents
have been in
touch to raise the
broken manhole
cover/drain outside
the Post Office
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comments
And on the story about the Tyburn man who stole 270 of
condoms, plenty of people had something witty to say....
Great Beard of Zeus .he must have had a sack full. Was it undercover officers who
caught him I wonder ?
Moriarty: Hey, give this gentleman some credit. He was just trying to play it safe!!
Madman: Nothing like making a bit of a dick of yourself
Louise Murray Hughes: Thats a wrap folks
Luke Gillon: He was found in a safe house
Mark Rogers Was his name Jonny?
Mandy Webber Johnny too bad
Susan Carolan Must of been a stunner
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