Community News

As the football World Cup kicks off, Crimestoppers is asking people who live in the Midlands to be aware of the potential increase in domestic abuse cases, especially on days when England is playing. A recent study highlights that when England lose a game, domestic abuse increases by 38%, and even when England win, domestic abuse incidents rise by around 26%.

Further recognition for the council-led regeneration of Perry Barr was received at the Insider West Midlands Property Awards 2022. Landing top honours were the Alexander Stadium redevelopment (Construction Project of the Year) and the Perry Barr Residential Scheme (Regeneration Project of the Year) – both key parts of the ongoing transformation of north-west Birmingham, which is seeing more than £700million invested into new housing, transport links and other key infrastructure.

This year World Day of Remembrance (WDoR 2022) for road traffic victims will be held on November 20.

Since the first road death 125 years ago, more than 50 million persons have been killed. This has created a devastating economic impact on countries, communities and families.

West Midlands National Park (WMNP), the visionary long-term project to drive social, economic, and environmental transformation in the region, led by a Birmingham City University (BCU) academic, has announced twelve award winners and three new visiting professorships in a boost to its international profile.

The first six in a series of new Love Your Environment (LYE) events have seen 750 bags of litter collected, 500 graffiti tags removed and 100 dumped fridges and 50 tyres taken from city streets.

As an idea developed by Birmingham City Council, the LYE days see teams from various departments join forces with representatives from partner organisations to blitz locations that are known to be ‘hotspots’ for a range of environmental issues.

A trio from West Midlands have braved the shave and raised over £1,200 for charity Parkinson’s UK.

Elijah Chamberlain-Page, his girlfriend, Jess Howells, and twin Finn took to Brierley Hill Market to get their long locks shaved off. The headshave was inspired by Elijah and Finn’s grandad, Roger, who died earlier this year and had been living with the condition. 

A national two-minute silence led by His Majesty King Charles took place across the UK as the nation remembered all who have died in conflicts since the First World War. As 11am, wreaths were be laid by Members of the Royal Family, senior politicians and faith representatives during the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, in London.

A new research study has set out the potential impacts of climate change on businesses, infrastructure and people’s health in the West Midlands in the decades ahead.

‘A Summary of Climate Change Impacts in the West Midlands Combined Authority Area’, uses the latest data to chart the predicted impact of increased cases of severe flooding, water scarcity and more intense and prolonged heatwaves.

A new study revealed that ‘Los Pollos Hermanos’ is the UK’s most popular fictional company, according to Google search data.   

The study, conducted by document management company SmallPDF analysed Google UK and worldwide data for the 19 most popular fake companies and ranked them according to the average monthly searches on Google in the UK.  So, if they were real – which business would be the most successful one? 

Birmingham’s Faith Covenant has been formally signed by Councillor John Cotton, Cabinet Member for Social Justice, Community Safety and Equalities and the city’s faith leaders. Sir Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Faith and Daniel Singleton, National Executive Director, Faith Action plus city faith leaders also took part in the signing at the Council House.

The River Cole and surrounding area is to be transformed in a Community Commons project launched at the Birmingham Energy Innovation Centre, Tyseley Energy Park.

The Birmingham Energy Institute and project partners hosted Councillor Majid Mahmood (Birmingham City Council Cabinet Member for Environment), Adam Tranter (West Midlands Cycling and Walking Commissioner), community organisations and residents at the BEIC to mark the launch of the River Cole and Tyseley Energy Park - Creation of a Community Common project.

A Barratt and David Wilson Homes employee and her mother knitted 400 poppies to raise money for the Royal British Legion for Armistice Day (yesterday 11th November).

Dawn Mellors – who works as PA to the Sales Director at the developer’s divisional office in Nottingham – has been knitting and selling the poppies to help raise funds for Barratt and David Wilson Homes’ November charity, the Royal British Legion.

Christmas lights switch-on events for all the family will light up City of Wolverhampton for the countdown to Christmas.

The city centre switch-on will take place in Queen Square on Saturday, 19 November. The fun starts at 3pm with a funfair, a festive market on Dudley Street, real reindeer, face painting, food and drink and much more.

A charity who provides free legal advice to asylum seekers in Birmingham and the West Midlands is closing down, despite being financially healthy.

Trustees of the charity have rejected attempts by the workers’ union, United Voices of the World (UVW) to negotiate with them, after the workers’ asked for union recognition and an end to alleged trade union victimisation.

The sixth annual Remembrance Sunday Parade is set to take place in London this weekend. In recent years the afternoon ceremony at the African & Caribbean War Memorial on Windrush Square has attracted hundreds which remembers the two million African and Caribbean military personnel who served in World War I and World War II.

The GINA Project and Ovacome in Birmingham have been awarded a cash donation from TalkTalk’s Future Fibre Fund and is set to receive a combined total of £1,500 to support their local community project and initiatives. The Future Fibre Fund received nearly 50 applications across Birmingham, Greater Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool from youth club projects to organisations supporting people with disabilities.