JUNE 2015 Issue No.

43

Taylor
Sheldon
PROM
TIPS

What a
lovely
gesture
to her
teachers
Page 16

CARRY ON
WORKING
Page 6

SkyLOCAL JOBS
diving
Page 18
Emma is
Letters and readers
scared of
online comments
heights p10
Page 4

Bathstore
pulls the plug
on its Castle
Vale shop

Bathstore in Castle Vale

Retail Park is closing down
on 19th June.

Its now got a half-price sale on as it

tries to get rid of some of its stock.
An unofficial spokesperson for the store
said that the price of the rent had
caused the closure.
The last major store to close in the
retail park was Comet, in December
2012. That site has since been taken by
B&M store.
BathStore has 170 retail outlets across
the UK, and employs around 500 people. The nearest Bath Stores to Castle
Vale are in Sutton Coldfield, Solihull,
Harborne and Nuneaton.

Year 6 Chivenor pupils will be working right to the end of term, even
though their school will have to close while dangerous asbestos is
removed.

School no-go area till

deadly dust is cleared

Pictured left to right: Liam Bryson (11),EllieMay Jones (11) Nathan Earlington
(11), Owen Grove (11), Maddison Mullen (10) and Salada Dirie (10).

Chivenor School will close

to pupils, staff and all visitors on Friday 26th June.

It will be a no-go zone for the

next eleven weeks while potentially lethal asbestos is removed
from the site.
The asbestos experts come into the
school with their specialist equipment
on the day after it closes. Some
school equipment will already have
been moved to the playground, so

that it will not be contaminated by the deadly dust.

The asbestos has been at
Chivenor since it was built,
in the days before the
potentially harmful effects
of the chalky substance
were fully understood.
Asbestos is particularly
harmful if disturbed.
So, for years, renovation
work on the school has
Chivenor headteacher
been difficult.
Darren Mann

Now,
headteacher
Darren Mann has the
chance to get rid of the
asbestos for good.
But it means closing
the school down for
eleven full weeks.
Darren and his team
have tried to time the
disruption so that it
has the minimum
effect
on
pupils
progress. The last few

weeks of the school year are probably the best time to set aside for this
work. Many pupils across the country
are winding down ready for the summer.
But he and his staff have gone further than that. They have set up
extra provision for the pupils while
Chivenor is closed.
All year six pupils will be going to
Greenwood Academy for the last few
weeks of term.
Year 5 pupils will be going on a free
three-day trip to London, to attend
an arts festival.
There will be plenty of day trips for all
pupils at the school, and they have
hired the services of local Kick Start
Academy to help them out.
Chivenor pupils will also be using
facilities at the Sanctuary, just a few
hundred yards away from the main
school site, and the library at Spitfire
House in Castle Vale High Street.

Wheelie
bin rubbish

The new wheelie bin system in Tyburn has not got

off to the best of starts.
Many bins have been missed out
and some have been returned to
the wrong houses.
Four of the fleets collection lorries were
damaged or in need of repair last week.
Fleet crews had to work through the
weekend to try to catch up with the
backlog.
Birmingham bin boss Kevin Mitchell
promises that things will improve.
But the problems have not met with
much sympathy from angry residents.
Ive phoned them six times due to my
bins being missed both weeks, now
going into the third week, one frustrated resident commented on facebook.
Feels like any excuse.. Its been horrific from the first week, said another.

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Castle Vale-based Big Brum Theatre in

Education Company are about to
embark on a two-month summer tour
of their new play, Sepoys Salute, set
during World War One.
The play explores the plight of an
Indian Muslim soldier from the Punjab,
fighting for the British Indian Army but
encountering suspicion and confusion
in the aftermath of a gas attack.
This new play tours to primary and
secondary schools in June and July
and is aimed at young people of ages
9 and above.
Big Brum will be performing the play
and working with Year 6 pupils at
Rookery School on Wednesday 17th
June from 3.30pm 5.00pm in an
event for teachers to observe the
Theatre in Education programme.
Sepoys Salute has some tour dates
still available so if primary or secondary schools are interested in booking
a performance they should contact
Matt at the Big Brum Office on 0121
464
4607
or
email:
matt@bigbrum.plus.com
Matt Hinks from Big Brum says: We
are looking at a hidden history of the

war, in that hundreds of thousands of

men from the Indian subcontinent
fought and died for the British Empire.
There is something of a parallel in
terms of themes, so some young people today find their faith conflicts, or is
adjudged to conflict, with what is considered good citizenship.
We think that Sepoys Salute offers a
safe space for young people to explore
the sometimes competing loyalties of
home, family, faith, friends, nation and
even the recent notion of 'British values which schools have recently been

asked to adopt.
Big Brum welcome Dhiren Gadhia to
Big Brum for the eponymous role of
Dhiren hails from
the Sepoy.
Wembley, trained at the prestigious
Drama Studio London in Ealing, and is
looking forward to his time with Big
Brum.
In his own words: "I am thrilled to
work with Big Brum on 'Sepoy's
Salute', it is such an honour to be able
to tell a story about World War One
and at the same time explore the history of my own background!"

Ex-childrens home
to become centre for
young adults with
learning disabilities

A former childrens home in

Castle Vale is to be made
into a centre to help young
adults with learning disabilities.

Viscount House in Viscount Drive is

currently being refurbished for re-use
in the autumn by Birmingham City
Council.
It will be used for short-term residential/rehabilitation care for young adults
(18-25 years old)
The intended purpose of the building
is to support up to ten people for six
months at a time with an emphasis on
teaching them the domestic skills they
need to become more independent
and improve their social inclusion and
resilience in the local community.
A council spokesperson told Tyburn
Mail:We formally consulted with staff,
service carers and the general public
during May, June and July 2014, with

Dhiren Gadhia & Danny OGrady in Sepoys Salute

the consultation documents being

posted on the councils Birmingham Be
Heard website for people to comment
on.
Following the consultation, a report
went before cabinet in September
2014, where it was approved.
A change of planning use was not
required in this instance.
Several complaints have been made by
local residents (see letters Page 4,
Tyburn Mail) who have been concerned by rumours that the property
was to be used as a residential home
for patients with mental health problems.
Viscount House opened as a childrens
home in 2004, but was closed down in
2012 because of budget cuts and a
change in policy towards the care of
young children.
The council now prefers to focus on
foster care options, and housing children in smaller domestic units.

June sunshine streams through the

leaves onto the yellow flag irises at
Plantsbrook Nature Reserve

FRIENDS IN
HIGH PLACES

Bag packers keep

squadron minibus on the road
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by Flt Lt Simon Jennings

OC 165 Squadron

School closure complaint goes to education minister

Lord Rooker, Chair of Castle Vales

Neighbourhood Partnership Board

Parents who had complained

about
the
eleven-week closure of
Chivenor School (see
front page) have had their
case brought to the
attention of a government education minister.

The information has now landed on

the desk of Lord Nash at the
Houses of Parliament.
The fast move to the top of the
tree for this complaint is a result of

Castle Vales network of local committees and organisations that

keep a close watch on local services.
Castle Vales 2005 Group, a committee of representatives from the
estate, heard the complaints and in
turn, told the next committee up in
the hierarchy - The Neighbourhood
Partnership Board.
The NPB in Castle Vale keeps an
eye on all local services: health,
education, the Council, the police,
and others.
It is chaired by former Labour MP,
now Lord (Jeff) Rooker.
The NPB, having heard the case,
sent a letter to the Chivenor headteacher, expressing their concern
about the closure of Chivenor
School.
Lord Rooker sent a copy of the letter to Lord Nash.
The letter, signed by local resident
Sue Spicer, said:

..We are fortunate on Castle Vale

to have a community infrastructure
which I am sure could have jointly
facilitated alternative provision
arrangements so that no child or
family suffered by the impending
closure.
For instance, we understand the
community campus has lots of
spare classroom capacity at the
moment.
Chivenor headteacher Darren
Mann replied to the original letter
from Sue Spicer, indicating the provisions that he and his staff have
made for the pupils while the
school is being cleared of asbestos.
Darren Mann says that the school
will be closed for 19 school days
while the asbestos is being
removed..
right: pictured on a visit to
Greenwood Academy: Lord
Nash, government education
minister

Chivenor investing in the future

Chivenor School has advertised for two high-profile jobs this
month. The school is looking for a deputy headteacher (salary
between 48,991 - 53,963) and an assistant headteacher
(salary between 42,175 - 46,555).
Headteacher Darren Mann and his governors have already
appointed eight new staff to start in September.

Tea, cakes
and Mozart

165 Squadron at Sainsburys in Castle Vale

One Saturday last month a total of 11 cadets travelled the short distance to the Sainsbury's supermarket on Castle Vale. The Squadron had been
invited by Sheila Hyland, PR Manager for
Sainsbury's to undertake a bag pack in aid of
Squadron Funds.
The cadets were soon getting busy with the packing as they had a non-stop morning session. Even
if the customer's didn't want their bags packed,
most of them still put some money in the buckets.
A shift change was made at about 1300 hours on
the Saturday and a new group of cadets carried on
the good work of the morning.
As Officer in Charge, I manned an information point
at the store and received many favourable comments about the cadets from the customers. I also
had a good number of parents asking for information about the squadron.
I would like to thank the cadets who attended on
the day. To have 11 cadets collecting for most of the
day was a fantastic effort. It took me a long while
to count the money in the evening and after a few
hours I had counted the fantastic sum of
694.57p!!
Only a few days before the bag pack I had received
the annual insurance invoice for the Sqn Mini-bus
and this amount of money pays for that, with a
good chunk left over.
I would also like to thank Sheila, and all the staff at
Sainsbury's for all their help on the day.

Those who think that we

are
becoming
too
American with our school
Proms can take heart from
the latest trend.
A much more English occasion that
takes place just before the Year 11
pupils leave the school to concentrate
on their exam revision.
The Leavers Lunch.

Kingsbury Schools event featured the

music of Mozart, crustless sandwiches, cakes and afternoon tea.

Added to the recipe were formal

speeches by the Head Boy (left) and
the headteacher.

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Air cadets: come and

join us on Tuesdays
and Thursdays

165 (Castle Bromwich) Sqn

Cadbury Drive,
Castle Vale,
Birmingham B35 7EP
07543 400105
Dear Readers,

RAF Air Cadets

Were recruiting now!

165 (Castle Bromwich) Squadron

is your local unit of the Royal Air
Force Air Cadets and we are now
actively looking for new recruits.
We are based on Cadbury Drive,
Castle Vale.
We meet on Tuesday/Thursday
evenings from 1930/2130.

Who can join?

Well, you can join at the age of

12, as long as you are already in
year 8 at school. You can then stop in
the cadets until you are 20.

Flying and Gliding

Adventure Training
Duke of Edinburghs award
A full range of sporting activities
Shooting

Is the answer no?

Well if it is, why not come along and

see exactly what we get up to?
If you would like anymore further
information contact the Officer
Commanding, Flt Lt Simon Jennings,
on 07543 400105.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely
Flt Lt Simon Jennings RAFVR
(T)
OC 165 (Castle Bromwich) Sqn
Email oc.165@aircadets.org for further information

Why should I join?

Well the main reason that you should

join is that it is fun!
Have you done any of the below
activities before?

Comments from
Tyburn Mails
online news site

On the roadworks near the

Bagot Arms towards the
Tyburn pub
from Mandy Blizard

Will there be traffic lights by

the Bagot Arms once the
work has been completed? At
the moment a lot of work has
been done but still only two
lanes onto the island, with no
real benefits showing themselves (the same traffic congestion across the island will
continue
without
traffic
lights.)
JLR has announed huge profits, one month after terminating the contracts of hundreds
of local workers
from Andrew Garcarz UKIP
candidate

Id be interested to see how

our re-elected MP Mr Dromey
views JLRs huge profitability
whilst at the same time dismissing hundreds of temporary contractors, just weeks
before they had to give them
permanent
jobs.
Having
taken credit over the years
for singlehandedly saving
Castle Bromwich and the jobs
of thousands of JLR workers

Youll have to
share the
zimmer frame

Tyburn Mail

this must be a kick in the

teeth for Jack and I would
like know why he has been
strangely silent this past few
weeks. JLRs actions are why
we will never have job security and stability no matter
how well the company does if
they are allowed to treat their
employees so abysmally.
On Erdington High Street
from anonymous

The high street is embarrassing. Its full of charity shops

and pound shops. Tramps
going through the bins looking for food. No wonder
nobody wants to shop there.
On
the
designs
for
Birminghams new flag (last
motnhs Tyburn Mail
from Madman
They all look like some elses
flag.
East
European,
European,
African
or
Jamaican. WHATS WRONG
WITH OLD ONE ?
it looks very distinguished
and oldie worldie, just what
the tourists like to see,,its
called heritage.we should
all be proud of it
PS Flag E look very French
and we dont like the
French,do we,,I can see
red,white and blue BUT isnt
the arrow pointing
backwards and Birminghams
motto is Forward ???

My 93 year old mom was admitted to

the Frailty Assessment Ward and
shared the room with three other
ladies and it had its own bathroom.
Unfortunately there was only one zimmer frame for them to share so this
meant, who ever had the frame had to
walk to the other lady who needed the
bathroom and then wait for it to come
back because they couldnt get back to
their bed.
Added to this, had they washed their
hands?

Tyburn Mail

page 4

page 4

from anonymous
Theyre all hideous

On the news that the teenager has been ordered to pay

135 and put on probation for
12 months after he destroyed
a bus by settng fire to it while
there were passengers on
board in Erdington High
Street. He cannot be named.

fromDirk Diggler

Well done, Your Worships !!

Thatll teach him a lesson..NOT !!! Can anybody
come up with a valid reason
for not incarcerating this little
toe-rag ? Answers on the
back of a stamp please
on wheelie bins
from anji

these big wheelie bins are an

eye sore,,,,they are too big
,,,,ugly,,,,and no where to put
them. Whose silly idea?
Really, do we need them? I
dont think we do. Its the
lazy dustmen not wanting to
do their jobs they are getting
lazy .... and Ive got better
things to do than wash out
tins and bottles. Some one
please tell me why we have to
do the bin mens work.
Thank you
They were all different heights so was
it the correct height for the patient?
What if my mom or one of the other
ladies had attempted to get across the
ward without it?
One problem after another.
Yes the staff are grossly over worked,
but balance that against a possible
serious accident.
The nurses do a wonderful job but
they are let down by vital cuts.

Residential home for

mental health
The mad KAYS HISTORY
patients...? We are
being kept in the dark man in
command

Dear Editor

I am a tenant on xxxxxx
xxxxx , Castle Vale

I am looking for help and support on

the fact that the building next door to
me (our back gardens are joined ) is
currently having work done to it to
transform it into a residential home for
mental health people.
I have spoken to CVCHA and I am disgusted with their response that they
know nothing about it and have told
me to enquire to Birmingham City
Council.
I pay my rent to CVCHA. I now feel
very vulnerable as a single parent of
children in my own home and garden.
CVCHA can put a block and have input
into a Dixy Chicken shop and a Chicks
food shop but not inform us as tenants

Dear Readers,
Yes its me again with another
observation about Good Hope
Hospital.

of this.
Too often on the news I hear of
attacks on the public by mental health
patients that have not taken their
medication and not had the right care
and attention.
We as tenants have a right to our say
about this.
We have received a letter from contractors working on the property but
we still haven't been told this by
CVCHA or Birmingham City Council .
We as tenants are looking for support
and information on this matter and I'm
sure I can speak for a lot more families
that live close to the property too.
Thank you
Name and details supplied
and withheld

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speech. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Tyburn Mail.

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Gebhardt
Blucher

Gebhardt Blucher 1742 1819

(pronounced Blewker) was a
brave and skilful commander of
the
Prussian
army
and
Wellingtons ally at Waterloo in
1815.
However, Blucher suffered occasionally from a delusional disorder.
On one occasion he thought the
French had heated the floor so hot he
proceded to jump around on tip toe.
On another occasion he thought he
was pregnant with an elephant, and
the father was a French soldier.
During another bout of insanity he
thought his head was made of stone,
and promptly ordered his officers to

Lynda Clinton

A monthly series of ancient facts by local history enthusiast Kay Hunter who lectures on his
subject in Birmingham and West Bromwich.
Kay also broadcasts on 107.5 Switch Radio.

break it with hammers. Luckily

for Blucher his orders were not
complied with.
Blucher, and Wellington never
met again after this iconic battle,
that decided the fate of Europe.
Personal collection.
18th June will mark 200
years since the Battle of
Waterloo - so famous, Abba
wrote a song about it.
Defeat ended the ambitions
of French military genius
Napoleon, who hoped, at one
point in his life, to rule
Europe.
Wellingtons victory gave
Europe peace for 100 years,
and gave him the job of
Prime Minister in future
years.

Kay is now running a monthly local history group at Castle Vale Library in Spitfire House.
The group meets each month, starting on 24th March from 2-4pm.Entry is free. All welcome.

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A-LEVEL
PROMS

Good for a Year 11 Prom..

but is the colour and
sparkle ok for Year 13?

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Its a step up in style from

Year 11 colour and sparkle

by

Taylor
Sheldon

Tyburn Mails
fashion
reporter

TYBURN MAILSG
AWARD WINNINRTER
FASHION REPO

We all know what happens for Year Eleven

proms: you get the most
extravagant
transport,
the puffiest dress and the
sparkliest tiara.
But what do you wear to a year
thirteen prom? You're older, more
mature and probably don't want to
look like a rainbow threw up on your
dress that you can't fit through the

door because it's just so big.

Sixth form proms tend to be less
formal and it usually ends at a club
(if you're legally old enough to drink,
of course).
Therefore, a lot of people tend to
go for dresses that are fit for both a
formal prom and night out.
Cocktail dresses are the ideal
option as they're flattering on most
body shapes, look glamorous without being over the top and their
comfortable to wear all through the
night (and possibly the morning).
Or, you can go for the other popular option of a midi, pencil dress. The
elegant fit and mature length can be
really flattering and perfect for an
occasion like this.
A lot of people tend to go for navy
or more nude tones and solid
colours with a couple of embellishments.
Now heels are not compulsory, but
they can make a dress appear more
flattering.
Heels can add to the maturity and
elegance of your outfit, whereas flats
are just the more comfortable option.
If heels are too daunting and you
don't feel as though flats are dressy

enough, go for simple kitten heels as

they're the perfect way to meet in
the middle.
Finally, sparkly jewellery is the perfect way to finish off the look. Like a

Archive photo
of Castle Vale
School Prom
2010

silver necklace or dangly earrings can

just complete a look - you just need
to ensure that you don't go over the
top with how much you wear.

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Danger: end
of school time

Plantsbrook Nature
Reserve in June:

Time to reflect: a pair of Canada

geese standing guard as they
await the hatching of chicks

St Barnabas
School funday

St
Barnabas
Primary
School in Spring Lane,
Erdington, is holding a funday on Saturday 27th June.

It is free to all, and runs from 10am till

3pm.
It will have face painting, hair braiding
and mehndi, along with bouncy castle,
football, a dance show, food, forest
school activities and plenty more.
Funds will go towards buying a school
mini bus.

The excitement and rush

at the end of the school
day is the most dangerous
time for children on roads,
according to data from the
Child AccidentPrevention
Trust.
The hour between 3pm4pm is when most road
casualties involving children occur.
The afternoon school run
is more dangerous for children than the morning run,
between 8am-9am.
Children are also more than
twice as likely to suffer a serious burn between 3pm and
6pm as they are during the
morning.
The peak in serious burns
reflects how, for many parents,
teatime
is
when
demands on their time also
peak. Hot drinks are by far the
biggest danger, followed by
burns from the iron, kettle,
cooker and bath. Babies and
toddlers are most at risk, making up almost half of all child
burns victims.

Katrina
Phillips,
Chief
Executive, Child Accident
Prevention
Trust
said:
Children in the West Midlands
suffer more serious burns and
road accidents during the
after-school rush than at any
other time of day. Parents are

FACTS AND FIGURES

Burns to children most likely to happen at home

between the hours of 3-6pm.
Almost half of all child burns involve spillages from hot
drinks and kettles. Over 20% are caused by contact
burns e.g. from irons and cookers.
0-2s are most affected by burns almost half of all

Do you want a
town council?

Charity fete at Referendum for Sutton Coldfield

Eden Court

Eden Court Medical Centre

in Castle Vale are holding
an Open Day and Fete on
Saturday 27th June.
The event will run from
10am till 3pm and will be
raising money for Cancer
Research.

Dr Edwards from the Eden Court Centre

said: This is our first fete and we hope
to increase the 10k that we have
already raised for Cancer Research.
Please do come along and support us.
If anyone would like to run their own
stall plots are available from 15 for the
day.
At 2pm we have Castle Vale
Generations choir joining us to close the
afternoon.
We also have plants, cakes, Bric-a-brac,
vintage clothes, toys, Ask the Doctor
and much more.

Residents
of
Sutton Coldfield
will be given their
own referendum.
The
question:
Should a Town
Council be established in Sutton
Coldfield, within
the
city
of
Birmingham?

It will take place

between 25th June and
16th July.
If the answer is yes,
Sutton Coldfield will
remain as part of

Birmingham City Council

but will have elected
town councillors who
will be responsible for
some of the services
that the City would provide.
Sutton
Coldfields
Town Council would be
a glorified parish council, with very limited
powers and responsibilities, but it would have
the power to raise a
small sum of money
from each resident via
the council tax.
It would also have a

say, though not the final

decision, in planning
issues.
The referendum is the
result of considerable
pressure by members of
the local community.
They submitted a petition to the city council.
The move by Sutton
residents is similar in
many ways to the move
by some Castle Vale residents to create a parish
council eight years ago.
Parish councils and
town councils have similar status.

up against it to get tea on the

table, clothes ironed and tired
children into the bath. Its
hardly surprising safety precautions get missed.
But these can be devastating injuries. A hot drink can
scar a baby for life. A child can

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suffer brain damage if hit by a

car. Simple changes to teatime
routines can protect children
from serious harm whether
thats putting your mug of tea
out of reach or practising road
safety on the walk home from
school.

injuries occur within this age range.

Half of police-reported child pedestrian fatal or serious
road injuries in the West Midlands occur between
3pm and 7pm. Injuries reach their peak from 3pm to
4pm.
In the five years from 2008-2012, 3,500 children were
killed or seriously injured on the roads between 3pm and
7pm, thats 13 children every week.

Big profit for JLR,

big losses for short
contract workers

Jaguar land Rover have

reported pre-tax profits of
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page 9

HORSES TO
MAKE WAY
FOR SCHOOL
CVCHA have asked
for permission to
relocate the horses'
paddocks
on
Farnborough Road.

The housing association

has submitted a planning
request to Birmingham
City Council to enable the

building of a new site for

Greenwood Academy on
the area currently used as
paddocks.
Before the move can be
agreed, soil testers will be
checking that the area,
which used to be used as a
landfill site, is suitable for
grazing horses.
The relocation of Greenwood

Academy, if it goes ahead, will

result in the loss of two thirds
of the paddock.
The CVCHA application is a
proposal for the relocation of
the two thirds of paddock
space which are to be lost. It
is proposed that the lost space
is to be moved into three new
smaller paddocks which along
with the remaining part of the
existing paddock will total 26,
850 sqm so that overall no
paddock space will be lost as a
result of the new school site.
The new paddocks are to be
located around the existing
allotments so that access to
the paddocks is gained via
Farnborough Road for the use
of horse boxes.

Emmas
scared
of
heights

Tyburn Mail

page 10

but shes
going to
jump
out of
an
aeroplane
2 miles
high

University student Emma OBrien

was shaking like a leaf when we
asked her to step onto a railing
two feet off the ground for a photograph.
Shes terrified of heights.
So how is she going to feel when
she looks out of an aeroplane
13,000 feet from the ground, on
her charity parachute jump?

That will be the worst moment, Emma predicts.

Just looking out of the open door of the plane.

A few seconds later, she will be free-falling at

120mph before her parachute opens 5,000 feet
from the ground.
Then she can float gently down to terra firma.
Brave Emma, who presents a radio show on
107.5 Switch Radio, is determined to go through
with it. Shes raising money for MND, the motor
neurone disease charity.
Its a cause close to her heart. Emmas Nan,
Betty Tucker, suffered with motor neurone disease before she died 18 months ago.
Emmas big day is at Hinton Airfield in
Northamptonshire on 7th July.
Its Emmas 21st birthday this year - her parachute jump has been paid for as a birthday present, so all money raised will go to MND.

Emmas charity donations page is:

justgiving.com/emmasbigjump2015

Castle Vale
Community
Housing
Association

page 11

General Enquiries: 0121 748 8100

Repairs: 748 8101 (24 hours)
email: info@cvcha.org.uk
website: www.cvcha.org.uk
Opening hours:

Meet the
Happy
Snappers

Mon-Wed 9-5pm Thurs 9-7pm Fri 9-4pm.

CASTLE VALE COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION, 11 HIGH STREET, CASTLE VALE, BIRMINGHAM B35 7PR
photo by: Dean

We received a number
of successful applications for our activity
grants
which
have
helped residents from
Castle Vale either set up
new projects or deliver
activities.

photo by: Dave

One example of the success

of the grants is The Happy
Snappers photography group, a
few members of the group
have received individual grants
to purchase camera equipment
to enable them to be successful
members of the local photography group.
The group has been set up
with the support from Becki
(Resident inclusion Officer) to
become an established resident
led constituted group with a
committee who meet with
group members to discuss photography projects, share stories, discuss funding, new
equipment and anything to do
with Castle Vale and photography.

photo by: Terry

The Happy Snappers

meet
on
the
third
Thursday of the month
from 5pm-7pm at CVCHAs
offices and also do a photography walk the Sunday
before the meeting.
If you would like more information about the group or
would like to join email them
thehappysnappers2014@gma
il.com
If you would like to apply for
a grant, set up your own resident group or would like more
information, please email
rebeccabe@cvcha.org.uk or
call Becki on 0121 748 8134.

Dont delay,
nominate
yourself
today...

The CVCHA Tenant election

process for 2015 is in full
swing! If you are a CVCHA
tenant, this is your last
chance for this year to nominate yourself to become a
Board Member on our
Operational Board.
We have 6 places reserved just
for CVCHA tenants and 2 of
these places are up for grabs this
year.
Operational Board monitors
performance of rent collection,
repairs, customer satisfaction
and complaints. The board also
debates key issues including the
allocation of our empty homes
and how we tackle antisocial
behaviour and rent arrears.
How do you nominate yourself?
Please contact Angela Stanton
at angelas@cvcha.org.uk or 748
8145 who can arrange an informal chat about board membership at CVCHA.
We will be able to answer any
queries you might have and give
you more details about the election process. We can also support you through the process,
including help with filling in
forms.
What happens next?
If there are more than 2 tenant nominations, all CVCHA tenants will receive a ballot paper to
vote for your elected tenant
Board Member in July.
If there arent enough nominations for a ballot, a panel of
Board Members will recommend
the approval of the nominated
tenants to become members of
the Operational Board.
Watch this space! Updates will
be published in Tyburn Mail each
month until our new Board
Members are appointed and
announced in September.

Help with your rent

Tyburn Mail page 12

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE

NEWS FROM CASTLE VALE COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION

There have been a number of changes as part of

the Government's Welfare
Reform that may mean
that
the
amount
of
Housing Benefit that you
receive has reduced.
This year Birmingham City
Council has a budget of 4.6
million to assist people living in
Birmingham that are suffering
severe financial hardship as a
result of these changes and in
some circumstances make a
Discretionary Housing Payment
to help cover the shortfall.
What
are
Discretionary
Housing Payments (DHP)?

Discretionary
Housing
Payments are not the same as
Housing Benefit; it is a special
payment which comes from a
separate cash limited fund.
Once the fund has been spent
in any financial year no more
Discretionary
Housing
Payments can be made.
Birmingham City council uses
this fund to, ease hardship,
prevent homelessness, to support vulnerable people; and
help people through family crisis or difficult life events.
Discretionary
Housing
Payments can cover the differ-

ence between housing benefit

and rent for up to 52 weeks
each year.

Who can claim Discretionary

Housing Payments
Anyone wishing to apply must
be receiving Housing Benefit
and need some additional
financial help to meet housing

How to Apply

costs.
There are no set criteria for
deciding whether someone is
awarded a discretionary housing payment.
Each application is treated on
its
own
merits,
but
Birmingham City council will
consider things like:
The amount of Housing

Benefit received and the shortfall

Financial and medical circumstances
Savings and investments
That all other benefits have
been claimed and are being
paid at the right rate

You can download the Discretionary Housing Payment Application form the councils
website at http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/dhp
Or visit your local Customer Service Centre - Perry Common Customer Service
Centre, 599 College Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham B44 0AY for more help.

Anti-social
behaviour
policy

NEWS FROM CASTLE VALE COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION

CVCHAs Strategic
Board have recently
approved the new
policy that deals with
how CVCHA respond
to reported anti social
behaviour.

What does it say?

It sets out CVCHAs

aims that are to:

From the facts respond

promptly to all complaints of
ASB
Assess whether someone is
vulnerable tailor the service
to them
Agree an action plan with
someone who has complained
Look at what the right
response might be - legal and
non-legal remedies
Deal with serious ASB
reported with urgency and
purpose
Work in partnership with
statutory partners and a
range of regional and local
agencies to provide support
and/or intervention for victims, witnesses and perpetrators
Co-ordinate responses to
ASB through intervention,
prevention, support and
enforcement
Support complainants and
perpetrators to work with us
to achieve resolutions
Protect staff by responding
to incidents of unacceptable
behaviour where staff are at
risk

Tell the public about court

hearing results to show our
stand against ASB, subject to
reporting restrictions.

What do you need to

do to report ASB?

As with other landlords,

we expect anyone making
a complaint to:

Work with us to collect evidence if someone who complains is unable to be a witness, there are other ways to
give us evidence:
Provide evidence with us
not identifying you in court
this is called hearsay evidence
Provide us with information
of criminal nature that we will
pass on without revealing
your identity
Keep a record of what happens, when it happens incidents can happen at night, so
its important to write down
what happened how you felt.
For example I heard a loud
banging noise that sounded
like a hammer and nail in the
wall. This went on for hours,
which kept me away until
4am.
We will agree actions with
you and keep in touch at least
every two weeks to see how
you are getting on
If you are threatened with
or there is actual violence call
999!

What will we do to
respond to ASB?

There may be cases where it

is expected that we will take

All new tenants

are expected to:

Pay rent on time and at the right amount get

help if you cant pay, as we will take action if you
wont pay

legal action and/or want to

evict someone. This is always
a last resort, is costly and can
take time. If we have witnesses the process is faster
and more likely to result in
successful outcomes.

We will look at ways

to stop ASB by:

Partnership working there

may be something they need
to do to stop the problem i.e.
Police to enforce bail conditions, GPs or community
nurses to check on someone
for health reasons.
Prevention look at non
legal tools like mediation,
Acceptable
Behaviour
Contracts
ABCs,
Neighbourhood agreement
all our tenants are obligated
to help resolve any differences in the community
Support make referrals to
help victims and witnesses of
ASB, and also for perpetrators
to get help to manage/stop
ASB
Enforcement will take
action against anyone who
causes harm in the community, who does not work with us
to get a lasting result to stop
ASB, and breaks the conditions of their tenancy ignoring
any request to stop the harm
they might be doing to others.

What makes a successful case?

Mr X moved in with his partner he wasnt the tenant.

He threatened his neighbours
with serious physical harm
they told us straight away. We
got an injunction for 12
months which stopped him
from approach the neighbours and coming back to the
property.
We
were
successful
because:
We had 3 witnesses
They all came forward
Some were named/some
were not (hearsay)
The threats were about
physical
assaults
which
stopped

page 13

REMEMBER

Our properties are very popular and are

not empty for long make the most of your
offer of accommodation as you may not get
another one, and finally, tell us if you have
a problem. One phone call can make a difference to get a problem resolved!

We did not need to evict

anyone

What
makes
an
unsuccessful case?
We will not be successful
when:

There is no evidence from

witnesses
There is no record of a
crime being committed
The witness is scared of
their identity being revealed
we have been to court where
witnesses are referred to as
Witness A this is hearsay
evidence.
The complainant does not
take part in non legal action
to stop ASB such as mediation
The perpetrator does not
stop ASB regardless of warnings and we evict them

What to do to get
help?

You can talk in confidence to

your Housing Officer. When
we close a case we will contact you the following month
to talk to you about whether
you were satisfied with the
service please tell us your
views to help us improve the
service, or contact Jenny
Calderbank on 0121 748
8135.

Empty Properties not for long!!

What happens when a

property is let to a new
tenant?
After we have made an offer
to someone, we do a viewing
in all cases and then agree a
day for sign up very soon
after the viewing.
We will talk to you before
you sign for a property about:
Paying the rent

Report Repairs you are obliged to look after

the property by doing the garden, and telling us
about repairs needed. We will recharge you if the
repairs is willful damage or neglect
Be a good tenant - and not cause, or allow visitors/family/friends to cause anti social behavior.
You are also expected to work with us to resolve
behavior that is unacceptable.

Expected
acceptable
behaviours
What we will do if there is
unacceptable behavior
What you can do to help
yourself
FACT:
On average a property is
empty for no more than
10 calendar days. This
means we are in the top
5% of performance in
comparison to other landlords nationally!

What happens in a
sign up?

This is when someone signs

the tenancy agreement and
becomes the legal tenant of a
property CVCHA owns. Once
the tenancy agreement is
signed, it is legally binding
from day 1.
The type of property you
move into is important as the
sign up will reflect this. So if
you are moving into over 50s
accommodation, there is a
different conversation with
you than if you are moving
into a house.
Bring your
Identification documents, and
your UK residency permit, if it
applies.
But there are some things
that apply to everyone!
What is expected of everyone who moves into a CVCHA
property?

When
someone
moves in, what happens next?
We will visit you within the
first 6 weeks of your new tenancy and twice further in the
first 12 months of your tenancy. We will visit you more
often if there are any problems.

Live in the home as your only home you are

obliged to live in the property all the time, not
overcrowd it on purpose, and not sublet it out to
anyone.
Let us access your home for health and safety
reasons this includes gas servicing, checking for
infestation/vermin and the property condition is
safe to live in.

page 14

Message from CVCRS Vice

Chair Castle Vale resident

Sue Spicer

This has been a very successful year for CVCRS.

We have continued to
deliver high quality services that are important to
the local community.
I am pleased to see that
we have continued our
local delivery on Castle
Vale whilst also seeking

@ The Sanctuary 0121 748 8111

new opportunities
to support other
communities.
This in turn is
benefiting everyone involved as we
share learning and
good practice with
our partners, striving to make the
biggest impact.
We have recently
completed a big
review which sets
out our plans for
the next 5 year. I
look forward to seeing the

This has been a great year for us. We have continued to deliver quality services in local community hubs employment, family support,
independent living, health, children and young people.
Over 3000 people have been supported during this time and there
has been lots of positive change.
We have also secured
some new opportunities.
During the year we have:
Increased our mentoring support to
young people at Greenwood Academy
Delivered a sexual health and relationships course at Greenwood Academy
Become part of the HeadStart programme led by the Childrens Society for
young people aged 10-14 focusing upon
improving well-being
Developed a partnership with Barnardos
to also work on the HeadStart Programme
Worked with a number of local organisations within Erdington to support
unemployed young people

Careers Zone
at Greenwood
NEW for 2015
continued

services

and

Our youth workers are

already
known
for
delivering mentoring,
confidence
building,
anger management and
boxing
training
at
schools across the Vale.

Worked with the FA and local

football clubs to set out a
development plan for the stadium
Reviewed our independent living
service and developed a new way
of working which provides support
to a wider age group to help people
remain in their homes

We would like to thank everyone who has supported us

during the year.

However when we heard about

a chance to deliver careers
advice at Greenwood Academy
too, we jumped at the exciting
opportunity to combine youth
work with employment support.
Dood Lette, qualified to level 6
in Careers Guidance and
Development currently attends
the school each week offering
advice at a crucial stage in the
lives of young adults.
Dood
signposts
towards
employment or further education, whether at Greenwood
Academy or beyond, and in the
first week alone he has engaged
with eight students, offering
them one to one guidance in a

impact of our services.

relaxed, informal setting.

We hope to see this continue
from September 2015 and
beyond.

Dood Lette:
careers guidance expert

Biker Down:
free motorbike
safety courses
from West
Midlands Fire
Service

West Midlands Fire Service are running a series of free courses for
motorbikers.
The Biker Down courses are three
hours long, and aim to give advice on
first aid for motorcyclists, accident
scene management and the science of
being safe.
"Every year we attend large numbers
of road traffic collisions involving
motorcycles and scooters and with riders who will have been trapped, seriously injured or killed, " says a WMFS
spokesperson.
"If you were first on the scene following a motorcycle accident would
you know what to do? As bikers tend
to ride in groups or pairs, it is usually
the case that when one is involved in
an accident the first person on the
scene will be a fellow biker."
Biker Down Training Course
Dates of Courses
Saturday 20th June at 2pm Northfield Fire Station
Friday 3rd July at 6:30pm - Hay Mills
Fire Station
Friday 10th July at 6:30pm Handsworth Fire Station

For more information on Biker Down

please e-mail bikerdown@wmfs.net
Upon completing the course youll
receive a certificate of attendance and
a first aid kit.

I TOLD
YOU SO
I said you shouldnt use
your phone - eight-year old
daughter to motorist Mom
as police book her
As police booked a woman
for using her phone while
driving, one officer overheard
her eight year-old daughter
say to her: " said you shouldn't use your phone." That's
one of the stories that is
emerging after a weeklong
police campaign to combat
the growing problem of
motorists who use their
phones to call, text or email
while they are driving.

In total, West Midlands Police officers

found 117 motorists making calls, texting or accessing the internet from
mobiles while driving during the weeklong operation (23-29 May).
Many of the offenders were handed
three points and a 100 fine with others offered the chance to avoid the
licence endorsement by attending a
drive improvement course.
Chief Inspector Kerry Blakeman
heads up West Midlands Police Force
Traffic. He said: One woman was
caught calling her nursery to say shed

FOMO....?

be late in the hope of avoiding a nominal additional chargebut she ended

up with a 100 fine.
One man admitted making a call
despite hearing about the campaign on
TV hours earlier, a graduate was spotted on Duncan Edwards Way in Dudley
reading emails.
In the majority of cases were finding people know its wrong, that its
against the law, but for some reason
cant resist the urge to call, text or go
online while at the wheel.
Some seem to think driving is dead
time that could be spent more productively on the phone but they may
well end up dead by being distracted.
Marked and unmarked units from
Force Traffic and CMPG the Central
Motorway Police Group patrolled the
regions motorways and A-roads during
the clampdown.
They were supported by traffic spotters in plain clothes stationed at major
road junctions to identify offenders,
while a police HGV unit gave officers a
lofty view to catch any truckers flouting the law.
Sergeant Sion Hathaway from CMPG
added: Studies have found driver
reaction times when using a phone are
double what they would be normally
and that the risk of a collision increases four-fold. Driving ability generally is
reduced to something similar to that
observed for drivers at the legal alcohol limit.
Its about time the message started
to get through and its a simple one
dont reach for your phone while driving.
If that phone call or text message
cant wait then pull over and do it safely.

Some of the phone offenders included

FOMOs an acronym for people with a Fear of Missing Out

who were updating social media accounts on the move, plus
others using navigation aids on hand-held devices.

Schools young
cheerleaders set
sights on festival
page 15

The student in the cheerleading team are: Rachel Dixon. Daria

Woroniecka, Sumaya Boton, Indya Robinson, Ebony Woolleston, Taliyah
Cumberbatch-Elliott. Rameesha Azam, Courtney Cashmore, Loretta
Hamilton, Samiah Martin, Ahmani Davis and Sumayo Ahmed.

Year
7
students
at
Kingsbury
School
and
Sports College are developing new skills through a
cheerleading club.

The girls are being taught the popular dance activity every week by
Maddisons Activity Clubs, and are hoping to qualify for the Inter Schools
Cheerleading Festival at Perry Barr in
July.

Lisa Millward, head of Performance

Faculty at Kingsbury has been very
impressed with the girls progress:
Not only is cheerleading fun, it is
very good for physical fitness, balance
and co-ordination.
The sessions encourage teamwork
and help the students self-confidence.
We are very much looking forward
to taking part in the Festival next
month.

Paradise
roadworks

Roadworks and diversions will

come into operation later this
month in Birmingham city centre
because of the 500 million
Paradise redevelopment.
From Sunday 21st June Great Charles
Street northbound will have single lane
traffic
between
Suffolk
Street
Queensway/Severn Street and Newhall
Street.

Generations
Choir

Castle Vale Community

Choir have a busy summer,
says
organiser
Bob
Brueton.

Plantsbrook Nature Reserve in June:

Thieving magpie

The magpie is thought to be one of the most intelligent

animals on the planet. But like the villain Moriarty in the
Sherlock Holmes stories, the magpie uses its brains to
feed its own greed. Magpies love this time of the year.
Unscrupulously, they will snatch eggs and young chicks
to fill their stomachs.

They were at Cannon Hill Midland Arts

Centre on May 30th and have two 'local'
gigs at Berwood Court Fete on June
20th and Eden Court Fete on June
27th.
This is followed by two performances at
Erdington Festival on July 11th, and
one at St Barnabas Church Cafe at
about 2.00pm and then in the shopping
precinct at 3.00pm. They then go to
Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Family
Fun Day on Thursday August 20th.
The choir welcomes new members of
all ages, says Bob.
It is a friendly group and we sing a
range of songs from all eras.
Pop in and have a look - Thursdays
5.30 til 7.30 at the Astral Centre -off
Farnborough Rd next to Greenwood
academy or call Bob on 07766923361

Cup-cakes of thanks
to Sirs and Misses

Tyburn Mail

page 16

What a wonderful way

to say thanks to you
teachers.
Kingsbury School pupil
Cherrie Hayes turned up
at the school staffroom
on an unexpected visit.

The Head Girl was meant

to be on study leave, along
with the rest of her Year 11
friends, revising for her
GCSE exams.

Mayor aims to
keep ballet fit

Civic duties and generous

luncheon helpings can play
havoc with Lord Mayors
waistlines.

But Birminghams 72 year-old Mayor

Councillor Raymond Hassall aims to
keep fit with ballet lessons and running
during his year of office.
Councillor Ray Hassall took up his year
of office on 19th May.
Ray has been Lib Dem councillor for
Perry Barr since 1990.
He took up office as Brums Mayor on

*Scuffs
*Scratches*Dents
*Full Resprays

We dont charge
extra on parts.
All you pay is cost.

But she had brought with her

a box full of home made cupcakes for her teachers.
And each one of the cakes
had a personal message of
thanks for her teachers at the
school.
Assistant Headteacher, Jamie
Barton, said: What an amazing surprise for all the staff!
This is typical of Cherrie and
this year group's positive attitude.
The cupcakes were delicious
and the personal notes of
thanks made them even more
sweet.
We want to thank Cherrie for
being such a great head girl
and representing our school
excellently.
We wish her every success in
the future.

No land
isWesacred
need to start
building on green belt
land says BCU boffin

Tuesday this week, and will hold the

post for a year.
The Lord Mayor chairs full council
meetings, and will be Birminghams
representative as its first citizen at
plenty of public and civic events.
Ray has chosen to support the charity
Cancer UK during his year of office.
He lost his son Jonathan in 2013, and
his sister Margaret in December 2014,
both to cancer.
He will also be supporting the work of
Fishers, MS and Birmingham Trees for
Life.

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need not be environmentally disastrous and can be
better than cramming endless new developments into
congested urban spaces,
according to a Birmingham
City University planning
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Responding to recent figures suggesting that the number of new homes

being approved on greenbelt land in
England has increased five-fold in the
last five years, Alister Scott, Professor
of Environmental and Spatial Planning,
said:
"There is a danger of viewing the
countryside as a place to protect, when
in fact it needs economic growth and
development too.
The simple and populist idea of simplistically protecting the greenbelt and
cramming development into urban
areas needs to stop.
Fundamentally, we need more homes
with good infrastructure services,
including green space for recreation
and exercise, but also for flood protection and water quality.
There is a need to look at the underlying causes of the problem rather
than treat the green belt in isolation.

Plantsbrook Nature Reserve in June:

Ugly duck

This far from handsome specimen has set up home at

Plantsbrook. Its a Muscovy duck. How the species got its
name is a mystery. One far-fetched story says it used to be
called a mozzie duck, because it ate up so many mosquitoes.
Another tale says that the bird gives off a strong odour - a
musk. The bird originates from Mexico, so theories that
Muscovy has something to do with Moscow are bird-brained.

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Cricket treat for

Kingsbury pupils

Kingsbury PE students
were rewarded for their
efforts throughout the
year with a trip to an
International
Cricket
Match at Edgbaston: the
first one day match of the
series between England
and New Zealand on 9th
June.

New Zealand were out and out

favourites to beat England but some
excellent individual displays of skill
with the bat, and some outstanding
teamwork, ensured England made history and scored their highest run total
ever...409 off 50 overs!
The newly developed Edgbaston
Stadium is an impressive sight, especially when the floodlights are on dur-

31/05/15

ing an evening game. Students and

staff contributing to the 'carnival
atmosphere'.

page 17

Head of PE, Chris Brough, said: "To

take students to witness the live sporting event was spectacular and to
attend on a night when England made
history was even better.
The students who attended the trip
were a credit to the school and I look
forward to taking them on the next
rewards trip.
Thanks to staff on the evening for
their support as we watched England
win by 210 runs.

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Are you

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aged 16 or over and interested in a

Business and
Administration
Apprenticeship

Do you want to learn new skills, sample different career choices and also gain a
level 2 qualification?
If yes, this apprenticeship is for you.
CVCHAs Business and Administration Apprentice scheme is not your average
office job. Administration is a key skill needed for all of our jobs.
If you join CVCHA you wont just be filing and photocopying, you could be involved
in assisting service users at the digital hub, providing reception cover, coordinating
an after school activity with the youth team or supporting staff in a whole variety of
other exciting office tasks.
Apprentices are CVCHAs talent of the future, join us to take the first step into your
career.

Apprentice pay starts at 113 per week giving you the

opportunity to earn whilst you learn.

If you are interested in becoming an apprentice, require further information or an

application form please visit our website www.cvcha.org.uk or alternatively contact
Pauline Benjamin, HR & Training Officer on 0121 748 8159.
Closing Date for applications is 8th July 2015.

GARDENER REQUIRED

We are looking for someone to carry out general gardening eg: hedge and grass
cutting, keeping shrubs and plants in shape and tiding generally.

If you have between 3 and 5 hours once a month then please give me a call.
Recommendations or references will be helpful.

Call Lynda on: 07727 923 072 or send a text.

HR Employment Bureau Ltd

Urgently Require:
Customer Service Administrator up to 19K - Marston Green
Must have at least 1  within a customer service/
administration role. Must be PC Literate
Telesales Executive - Sheldon 8.50ph (Plus 10% Commission)
Temp to Perm. Must have previous sales experience.
Team Leader NEC Area up to 28K
Must have transport or Logistics experience.
Retail Manager/Supervisor 17K Solihull Centre
Must have previous retail management experience.
Interested please contact Amanda or Lizzy on 0121 647 1086/1085 or
Email your CV to Amanda@hrgrp.co.uk /Lizzy@hrgrp.co.uk

Hawthorn blossom adorns the pathway like

confetti after a sudden shower at Plantsbrook
Nature Reserve on a morning in early June

Healthcare
assistants
We are currently looking for
experienced

to work in Residential/Nursing homes in the North

Birmingham area.

If you want to earn extra cash by working

for the agency on a shift basis, or are
perhaps looking for more weekly hours
to supplement your existing job then
please get in touch.

*Applicants require a minimum of 6 months experience in a

care setting (care home, NHS), preferably with an NVQ level
2 in Health and Social Care.
*Own transport/car essential as our homes cover a variety
of areas - up to 15 miles radius.

Fosse Healthcare are an established agency. We have a

variety of clients for whom we provide cover, including Bupa.

At present we are in need of agency workers for day

and night shifts, including weekends.

Pay is up to 8.50 p/h.

To get in touch, please email your CV to:

birmingham.north@fossehealthcare.org
or call 0121 769 2567

Shelleys
ready for
running
A Birmingham mum has
dusted off her running
shoes and is preparing to
run a half marathon for
John Taylor Hospice.

Shelley Carless will be taking part in

the Great Birmingham Run as part of
#teamjth the hospice is aiming to
recruit a team of 70 runners with a
joint fundraising target of 14,000.
The 37-year-old holds a special place
in her heart for the hospice that has
cared for so many members of her
family over the years.

Shelleys nan Susan McKeown was

diagnosed with stomach cancer in
2006 and spent the last few days of
her life in the care of John Taylor
Hospice.
Community and corporate development manager at John Taylor Hospice
Natalie Mayo is leading the fundraising
drive encouraging more people to sign
up alongside Shelley.
Natalie said: If we can get 70 runners to raise 200 each, then together
they could fund the hospice for an
entire day an incredible achievement
that would make the world of difference to those we care for at the hospice and in the community.
Were on track to have more people
running for us this year than ever
before and were looking forward to
welcoming each and every one of
them to the team get in touch if
youd like to join us.If youd like to talk
to Natalie about taking part in the
Great Birmingham Run for John Taylor
Hospice please call the hospice today
on 0121 465 2000 or visit www.johntaylorhospice.org.uk.

Plantsbrook
Open Day
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Shelley Carless, ready

with her running shoes

by Sarah Oulaghan
Community
Environment Trust

On a sunny Saturday 30th May

2015, Plantsbrook Local Nature
Reserve held its annual open day.
The Community Environmental Trust

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Castle Vale and Tyburn

Ben Kasper and Sarah

Oulaghan of the CET
organised several projects for visitors
to participate in, these included woodwork and craft activities using the environments natural resources.
We also provided a range of free takeaway environmental boxes (wildflower
seeds, make a bees house, bird feeders), as well as selling homemade
cakes!

Yentons
Honey Bears
Club earns
Ofsted praise
p

An out-of-school club
based at Yenton School has
been praised by Ofsted.

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Trust go t

Inspectors described the Honey Bears

School Club for 4-11 year olds as good,
giving it a Grade 2 in all categories.
The report, published this month, followed a visit from inspectors in May.
There are 29 children on roll at the outof-school club, before and after school,
and through the day during school holiday periods.
Staff provide a wide range of stimulating activities, ensuring children enjoy
what they do throughout the sessions,
says the report.
Staff regularly have discussions with
children about their preferences for play
and they are guided by what children
choose to do. They develop themes
over several weeks and sustain childrens interests by focusing on different
aspects of the activity.
Children have opportunities to join in
with group play. As a result, they develop skills, such as being able to speak
confidently in such situations.

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by Sarah Oulaghan
The Community
Environmental Trusts youth provision project Vale Youth
Green Action (VYGA) went a little further afield for one of its
activities during the May half-term Dovedale in the Peak
District to be precise. We embarked on a 3 mile walk from

Jailed for stealing

from his grandma
A Castle Vale man has been
sent to prison for stealing from
his own grandmother.

Daniel Cunningham, aged 23, of Northolt

Drive, admitted stealing a post office card
from one female victim between 30th April
and 2nd May 2015.
He dishonestly used bank card details from
another victim between December 2014 and
April 2015 .
Birmingham magistrates sentenced him to
62 weeks in prison. They said that the
offences were so serious because one of the
victims was his grandmother, and that previous offences relate to her.
The court heard that he had committed similar offences previously.
He was already under the terms of a suspended prison sentence after he dishonestly
used a bank card to withdraw over 1,000 in
February 2014, and failed to keep to the court
orders imposed for the crimes.
In March 2014, Cunningham was convicted
of dishonestly using someone elses bank card
on six occasions in six days during February to
withdraw 1,220 in total.
He also failed to turn up to complete his
unpaid community work without excuse on
two successive days in April of 2014, and was
consequently placed on a curfew.

Milldale to Dovedale, along the way we explored the huge

grassy hills, streams, fossil rocks, navigated over stiles and
bridges, and discovered the depths of the dark caves.
Three hours later we finally reached our journeys end the
amazing Stepping Stones and the ice cream shop!!!

Summer dates
for your diary

The Big Lunch Friday 26th June at The

Sanctuary and St Cuthberts Church to launch the
month building up to the Vale Challenge (setting
personal pledges and health/fitness challenges to
then do/celebrate on the day).

Vale Challenge Saturday 25th July at Castle

Pool am and Farnborough Road Fields pm finishing
off with a Community Picnic

June rehearsals start for the Butterfly

Production. Including the launch of Wings the
group which will be the core performance group for
the production. (how other groups can be involved
will be announced later this is a new group that
anyone can join of any age who wants to be a central performer: acting, dance and drama)

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Dumped rubbish is All in this

a blight on our area: together

Cincinatti site being

used for bonfires
by Robert Alden

Erdington Councillor
and Parliamentary
Campaigner
(Conservative)

As we all know the sight

of dumped rubbish on a
road brings the whole area
down.
Sadly however still too many people

are willing to take a chance and hope

no one sees them dump rubbish.
Residents have contacted popular
local campaigner Clifton Welch and me
recently regarding rubbish that has
been dumped on the old Cincinnati car
park off Kingsbury Road, opposite
Castle Vale.
The rubbish which consists of mostly
tyres and furniture has also, sadly,
been set fire to.
Clearly this is a major hazard with all
the overgrown vegetation near to the
car park, which could have caught fire.
Clifton and I have reported the refuse
to the Council for urgent clearing.
If residents have other areas that
need fly tipping or rubbish clearing up
or we can help with anything else
please let us know by calling
07505745808,
emailing
CWELCH2@sky.com, or writing to 96
Orchard Road, Erdington, B24 9JD

Clifton Welch inspecting the

dumped rubbish on a recent
site visit with Robert Alden

Plantsbrook Nature Reserve in June:

More cute than coot

The phrase as bald as a coot comes from the coot duck,

which has a white patch stretching up from its beak and
over its head. The chicks start their life with a pink and
orange head before developing their bald white patch

by Mick Brown

Tyburn
Councillor
Labour

In the wake of the recent

unexpected election result,
the sound of the gas and
electric bills dropping onto
my familys door mat got
me thinking about a recent
report on fuel poverty.

Both main political parties now talk

about the need to appeal to aspirational voters. Policies since the
2008/9 financial crash have produced
huge benefits for some home owners,
and yet despite all the talk about
spreading the benefits of home ownership, the number of people owning
their own home is now shrinking not
growing. While some are renting
because of the shortage of affordable
housing; many of those renting are
struggling to pay their rent, with many
waiting for those 12billion of unspecified welfare cuts to be spelt out.
The report showed that despite the
governments claim in 2013 to be
committed to tackling fuel poverty,
over 2 million families were still living in fuel poverty. The report went on
to say that an average family in this
position, is 374 per year short of
what they need to make their energy
bills affordable.

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Over 80% of our respondents,
whose income was under 25,000pa,
said they were struggling to pay their
energy bills, with over 50% saying that
their childrens health and school work
was affected, because they could not
afford to heat their homes adequately.
Jenny Saunders from National
Energy Action summed the situation
up well when she said We know the
cost and suffering caused by fuel
poverty is grave and likely to increase
in the future without more adequate
national responses.
These facts show that urgent government action is needed to move
more households out of fuel poverty
as, alongside decent and affordable
housing, it is the main factor in causing children to be caught in a cycle of
poverty as they grow up; and likely to
have a significant impact on the health
and wellbeing of all people in fuel
poverty.

What should a good Drug testing

school governor do? for drivers
by Jamie Barton
Assistant headteacher at
Kingsbury School - and
recently appointed as
parent governor at
St Barnabas Primary
School in Erdington

The role of a governor is

to support and challenge
the school to provide the
very best for the children
they serve.
I am delighted to join the
Governing Body at St
Barnabas
Church
of
England School on Spring
Lane in Erdington.

Parent Governors are an important

component of an effective leadership
team: we are there to provide a
parental viewpoint, representing the
views of parents on key school issues.
The role is demanding.
Striking a balance between listening
to parents views and also working
with the senior leadership team to
raise standards for all children at the
school, it is a commitment that poses
many challenges.
I am proud to live and work in
Erdington.
My children are being
brought up here and I am proud to
send them to my local school.
The diverse and vibrant nature of this
community is something that I want
them to experience. I want the very
best for them.
As Parent Governor at St Barnabas, I
fully intend to challenge and support
the leadership team to provide the
very best for every child and family.

Fencing plans to
stop lorry drivers
dumping rubbish
Plans to stop fly-tipping
lorry drivers in Wood Lane
have been submitted to
Birmingham City Council.

The plans are for 118 metres of powder-coated green palisade fencing,
two metres high.
The application says that the fencing
is to prevent fly-tipping on a small

A 32 year-old man from

Pype Hayes who has a
lengthy record of offending
has been told that he must
attend a six month drug
rehabilitation course as a
non-resident patient.

Danny Carroll, aged 32, of Westwood

View, pleaded guilty to stealing sweets
from the Co-op in Holyfield Road
South on 5th May.
He also admitted driving a blue Ford
Focus on Bristol Road on 2nd June
without a licence or insurance.
This month, Birmingham magistrates
told him to kick the drug habit, and

Kick your drug habit,

magistrates order
persistent offender

Mobile drug testing kits

have been used by police
for the first time this summer.

The kits are able to test for cannabis

or cocaine.
They have been part of a month-long
campaign throughout June to target
drivers who are under the influence of
drink or drugs.
Police say they have been acting on
tip-offs from members of the public
reporting suspected drink-drivers,
police intelligence on likely drink-drive
risk takers, and focusing on venues
where drink driving is thought to be
prevalent.
The most recent Christmas drink-drive
operation saw more than one in five (21
per cent) of all drivers stopped by
CMPG units provide a positive breath
test. CMPG Chief Inspector Jed White
said thats because his officers are targeting risk drivers rather than random
roadside stops.

parcel of green land. The road bordering the property is used as an

overnight stop-off for international
drivers who empty all of their rubbish
into the foliage.
There have been complaints from
local residents in recent months that
the lorry drivers have been parked
overnight in Wood Lane in Tyburn.
Locals say that the drivers have
been littering the area and using the
site as a toilet.
One of the candidates for the local
election, Conservative campaigner
Clifton Welch, wrote an article about
this problem in the April edition of
Tyburn Mail.
gave him a four week jail sentence
suspended for 12 months.
Carroll has a prolific record of offending, and has been jailed before. He
was sent to prison last April for committing a series of offences just three
months after he had been given a suspended sentence.
He had stolen a television worth
329 from Asda in Walmley and on the
same day, he was found to be driving
a car with no licence or insurance.
He had been given a suspended sentence in January 2014 after he failed
to tun up to court the previous
November to answer charges of stealing a water pump and parts from The
Range in Erdington.
On that occasion, magistrates also
banned him from holding a driving
licence for 12 months.

Ex boyfriend
cremated Tia
in pink Audi

A man has admitted

killing his former partner
before setting a car on fire
with her body inside.

Damien Rennie Dinobewei, from

Pershore
Road,
appeared
at
Birmingham Crown Court of charged
with the manslaughter of Tia Kounota
in July 2014.
He admitted the offence and will be
sentenced at the end f this month.
Unemployed Dinobewei attacked the
mother-of-one, dragged her into a car
and drove to a cul-de-sac in Erdington
where he set fire to the vehicle with
Tia inside.

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later and charged with murdering 27year-old Tia and remanded in a secure
unit.
The court heard that Tia and 35year-old Dinobewei had been in a
volatile relationship, which Tia had
decided to end, due to Dinobewei
becoming unpredictable and frightening her. Tia had moved back to her
mothers house before moving to live
with a friend near Halesowen at the
time of her death.
On the day of the incident,
Dinobewei was seen dragging Tia by
the hair and punching her repeatedly
before forcing her into the passenger
seat and driving away. He then drove

Plantsbrook Nature Reserve in June:

This adult grebe has caught a fish for its chicks - but only
the fastest to get to mum will get the food. The first young
chick swipes the fish and paddles away, leaving his slower
sibling starving

Tragic Tia with the boyfriend who scared her, and eventually killed her

A post mortem proved inconclusive

but showed shed suffered a head
injury which would have rendered her
unconscious or dead before the fire
was set.
Fire crews made the grim discovery
of Tias body inside a convertible pink
Audi A3 after being called to reports of
a car fire off Fentham Road on 22 July
2014.
Dinobewei was arrested a short time

149mph

Officers from Central

Motorway Police Group
stopped a motorist travelling at an eye-watering
149mph on the M6 toll
road one Sunday evening
earlier this month.

Sunday nights have become a meeting night for boy racers who speed
along various routes in north
Birmingham, including the A38
between Walmley and the toll road,
Bassetts Pole and Fort Parkway.

to The Gardens, off Fentham Road,

where witnesses saw Dinobewei get
out of the drivers side of the car and
set the vehicle alight.
DI Warren Hines said: Thankfully
Dinobeweis early plea has saved Tias
family the distress of a trial. Our
thoughts remain with them as they
continue to come to terms with the
loss of their loved one.
Birmingham north police team joined
forces with officers from other areas ,
including Lichfield and Walsall, as part
of Operation Hercules the police campaign to stop boy racers.

101 houses
and 18 flats
for unused
Cincinatti site
by Clifton

Welch

Conservative
candidate for
Tyburn ward

Earlier
this
month
Parliamentary spokesman
Robert Alden and I visited
the public consultation
event held by Galliford Try,
a building company, and
Accord social housing to
discuss their plans for the
former Cincinnati site
between Woodlands Farm
Road
and
Edgemond
Avenue.

The main details for the site they are

currently proposing are as follows:Approximately 101 Houses plus 18
flats
50/50 split between for sale and
social rent through Accord Housing.
Mix of 2 bed, 3 bed and 4 bed houses.
Flats will be on either side of the
access from Woodlands Farm Road.
There will be a new access road
built at the end of Edgemond Avenue
to allow through traffic.
There are no other proposed
accesses. Therefore all vehicle movements will be off Woodlands Farm
Road or Edgemond Avenue, ending up
on Eachelhurst Road.
Most properties have 2 car park
spaces.

Mix of red brick and render construction type. Mix of two storey and
three storey buildings (generally three
storey along the canal only).
If they get planning permission
expect to start in early 2016 and finish
18-24 months later.
As of yet no planning application has
been submitted however when one
has we will be ensuring residents
views are heard.
If residents would like to make any
comments to us on the application or
would like help with anything else then
please contact us know by calling
07505745808,
emailing
CWELCH2@sky.com, or writing to 96
Orchard Road, Erdington, B24 9JD

Clifton Welch quizzing one of the

architects at the recent consultation
on their plans to put a through road
in Edgemond Avenue

When Yes
means No
Lynda
Clinton

by

As many of you will know, the land

has been earmarked for housing, both
social and private for several years.
Local residents were pleased to hear
the derelict site was to be finally developed.
BUT residents in Hansons Bridge
Road,
Woodlands
Farm
Road,
Edgemond Avenue and Elmfield
Avenue, will be particularly affected by
the proposed exit and egress of the
development of 101 homes. This will
include many months of demolition
traffic followed by construction vehicles. This will of course result in the
added volume of traffic from the new
residents.
GallifordTry, a main stakeholder and
proposer of a planning application
called a drop in session recently and
along with residents I requested they
attend a public meeting to allow all
residents to discuss and share their
concerns collectively rather than on a
list.
At that drop in, Galliford said
YES to attend. Sadly, this was
quickly retracted and became a
resounding NO and has continued
to be so, despite my attempts to
engage them pre-planning.

They say I would be happy for us to

attend following a successful planning
approval to discuss our mitigation
against traffic and construction related
challenges. Also the community would
have the opportunity to meet our construction team and have input into the
construction traffic management
plans..
Rather SHUTTING THE DOOR
AFTER THE HORSE HAS BOLTED I
feel.
I had already arranged three possible
dates for a meeting and have continued to put pressure on the developer.
In fact the wording of some of their
emails verge on insulting to you, the
residents.
One of our Planning Officers has written to me stating he feels it is appropriate to meet pre rather than post an
application. You, the residents are not
against a new development and so I
am at a loss to understand why the
reluctance to be open and transparent
with you all.
Mick Brown and I will continue to listen and act on your behalf and as you
are aware Mike Sharpe is Chair of
Planning Committee so cannot comment at this stage.
Our hard work with regards to road
safety, congestion, parking together
with inappropriate style stopped the
Saab site application.
Will they come back with an appeal?
I dont know.
Please register your concerns by
either leaving a message with our
office on 303 2039 or Email:
Lynda.clinton@birmingham.gov.uk/m
ick.brown@birmingham.gov.uk
Call: 07727923 071 or text

Erdington is one of the

worst hit areas in the country for youth unemployment (18-24 year-olds).

year.
There is huge variation in the figures
across the Birmingham area: Hodge
Hill at 8.4% is at one end, Sutton
Coldfield at 1.3% is at the other.

Tyburn
Councillor
(Labour)

Remember
the
Cincinnati
site
Kingsbury Road?

Secret garden
100 Year 10 students
from Kingsbury school and
Sports college descended
on Kenilworth castle in
Warwickshire as part of
their GCSE History site
visit, writes Jamie Barton from
Kingsbury School.
The students learnt about many
aspects of Kenilworth's history and this
will be invaluable in helping them
complete their controlled assessment.
For instance, the students learnt how
Kenilworth was initially a simple motte
and bailey castle which was then
developed into more complex castle

designs throughout its historical development.

Furthermore, it was such an important castle that monarchs such as the
infamous King John and one of
England's greatest monarchs Elizabeth
I had a part in its history.
An interesting fact is that during King
John's war with the Barons Kenilworth
was under siege for 9 months, the
longest in English history, making it a
very good defensive castle.
The castle also had been visited by
Elizabeth I after Robert Dudley built a
beautiful secret garden at Kenilworth
which could only be visited by him and
her in an attempt to court her.

old
on

Young workforce
needs jobs boost

Of Birminghams ten districts, only

Hodge Hill (8.4%) has a
higher youth unemployment
rate than Erdington (7.7%).
The
figures
for
Birmingham have improved
in the past year, but still look
grim compared with the rest
of the country.
Birmingham tops the
league for jobless youngsters in the UK. One out of
every eleven young people
is on the jobless list in
Birmingham. Nottingham is
the second worst area, with
a youth jobless rate of 8%,
followed by Glasgow on
7.9%.
The average for the UK
core cities is 6.6% for youth
unemployment.
One in every thirteen
youngsters in Tyburn is on
the jobless list. From a total
of 190 unemployed young
people in Tyburn, 35 have
been on the list for over a

Squadron lay
memorial at
WWII aircraft
crash site
Tyburn Mail

page 23

Flt Lt Simon Jennings

OC 165 Squadron
by

During the Squadron's

recent adventure training
camp at the Capel Curig
Army Training Centre in
Snowdonia,
the
Sqn's
cadets and staff helped to
lay a memorial at a Second
World War
crash site.

The aircraft,
Avro Anson Mk.I
N9855 of No.3
(Observer)
Advanced Flying
Unit crashed on
Pen yr Ole Wen
in the Carneddau
on
the
8th
November 1943.
The cadets
task was to navigate their way to
the remote crash
site and to find
Cadet Day, with
the
various
the memorial slate
pieces of aircraft
wreckage
still
lying
on
the
mountain
side.
Unfortunately, due to bad weather conditions, the cadets were unable to get
around the lake to actually find the
wreckage, however, two of the Sqn
staff decided that they would get wet,
and they plodded their way over to the
site.
On the night of the crash in 1943, at
around 20:30 the ROC observed a fire
near Carnedd Dafydd, shortly before
this the aircraft while flying in a north
westerly direction had impacted the
upper slopes of Pen yr Ole Wen. The
aircraft's engines had been torn off and
rolled almost 1,000 feet down the
mountain and the fuel tanks had ruptured with their contents igniting. The
fuselage was destroyed but was not
burnt by the fire.
All five of the aircrew perished in the
crash, but during a recce walk earlier
this year, Flt Lt Simon Jennings, OC 165
Sqn, found that there was no memorial
to the airmen. A piece of Welsh Slate
was brought back to the Sqn, and WO
Gerry Elston was asked to engrave the
names of the aircrew and also a memorial message from the cadets of
Warwickshire and Birmingham Wing.
Both Flt Lt Jennings and WO Elston
found the largest piece of wreckage,
the under carriage, and the slate was
attached.
Pictured below: WO Elston just after
he had attached the slate to the wreckage: a fitting memorial to the airmen
who died doing their job.

Learn to swim at
Castle Pool
Sessions from 10am 12

Week 1

Tuesday 21st
July -Friday 24th July 2015
(4days)
Week 2 Monday 27th
July 2015 Friday 31st
July 2015 (5days)
Week 6 Monday 24th
August 2015 Friday 28th
August 2015 (5days)

BULLS BEATEN IN
BRUISING BATTLE

CASTLE POOL
COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP

Birmingham Bulls had a

tough
time
against
Colchester Gladiators in
a typically physical contest in one of the worlds
toughest sports.

So close for
bowls team

A closely fought home match

between Erdington Court and
Wolvey in Warwickshire went
right to the wire, writes Ray
Woods, from ErdingtonBowls
Club.
Erdington
Court's
Allen
Onion
and
Richard Brittan were
beaten 18 -19 in the
pairs - the last game to
finish.
This made the final result
a heart-breaking, 2-3
points.
The match was Round 2
of the prestigious Bowls
England
Top
Club
Competition.
Early
in
the
day,
Erdington Court's Paul
Vaughan took the two
woods singles by an
impressive 15 - 5. Mark
Ireland quickly followed

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family/public sessions
will be available:

Saturdays:
10am till 11am
1pm till 3pm

Sundays:
10am till 1pm

Charges will apply with

a concession for the
0ver 60s.

30-minute lessons for

any swimmer to develop
your stroke or water
confidence/safety
BOOK A PLACE NOW @
THE CASTLE POOL OR
PHONE 07572 381 425
Discounts will be given for
multiple bookings.

CASTLE POOL

up, winning 21 - 17 in the 4 wood

singles.
Gary Smith, Eddie Dunn and Phil
Bond lost by only 16 -18 in the
triples, but Dave Mitchell, John Reid,
Antony Gould and Arthur Clarke got a

The Gladiators won 9-7 in a hard

fought contest. It was Bulls second
defeat of the season from their
opening five matches. The
Erdington based Bulls have chalked
up victories over Herts Cheetahs,
Ouse Valley Eagles and Farnham
Knights so far this season.

drubbing, losing by 12:37.

Three members of Erdington Court
entered the Great Midlands Fun Run
for the first time to celebrate the
Club's 90th anniversary and raise
funds for future development. Club
Chairman and local dentist, Rob
Robinson came in a very respectable
1 hour 18 minutes.
Husband and wife Terry and Peter
Yates took 2 hours 16 minutes raising
over 150 in the process. This
month, the Club launches a 25,000
development appeal to build on the
100,000+ already spent at the Club
in the last 3 years.'

Tyburn Mail will be published on

Wednesday 15th July

Bulls play their home games on

Sunday afternoons at Erin Go
Bragh in Holly Lane, Erdington.
They have teamed up with the
University of Birmingham and play
in
the
Southern
Football
Conference.

Concords
flying higher

Castle Vale Concords have

moved up into the premier
division of the Festival
League, following their successes last season.

Manager Scott Armstrong has been on

the lookout for new players to strengthen the squad. The club is keen to sign
a new goalkeeper.

ERDINGTON AND SALTLEY PRIMARY

SCHOOLS' DISTRICT FOOTBALL TEAM

Looking for talent

by Phil Hynan
Team manager

Each year the most talented footballers from the 46

primary
schools
in
Erdington and Saltley come
together to form a team of
footballing superstars. These

elite players then compete against the

very best players from around the city,
from around the West Midlands and
also from around the country.
During the rich 53 year history of the
Erdington and Saltley football association, many former district players have
gone on to become professional footballers, competing in the Premier
League and playing on the international arena.
Those chosen to represent the district still play for their professional
academy or Sunday league team, as
district matches take place on
Saturday mornings through the season.
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The trials for the boys 2015/16 teams

are well underway, although regrettably the district are aware that there
are players out there who were not
nominated by their school.
Therefore if you're a talented boy
currently in either year 4 or 5 and play
for an academy or Sunday League
team, the district wants to hear from
you!
The trials for the girls team haven't
yet started.
They take place on Friday 26th June
at Jaffray Road playing fields, Wood
Lane, Erdington, B24 8AX. They start
at 4:30pm and finish at 6:00pm.
They're open to any girl that attends
an Erdington and Saltley Primary
school and is currently in years 4 or 5.
A full list of the qualifying schools can
be found on the district website at
www.erdingtonandsaltleydistrict.wordpress.com.
Alternatively discover more via
Twitter
@ESPSFA
or
phone
07985133686

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