Life in Lozells
Councillor Mahmood Hussain gives a view of changes affecting Lozells:
Welcome to Life in Lozells – the community web project for the Lozells neighbourhood in Birmingham, England. You might live or work in Lozells… in which case this website is for you: to swap stories and to tell other people what’s going on. To share your news, views and clues about life and living together here in this part of Birmingham.
Or… Maybe you don’t live or work here, but you heard of Lozells because of what the media called ‘rioting’ between communities here in 2005? If so, this site is for you. You’ll see there’s plenty of everyday good news from the communities that share our neighbourhood. It isn’t all great. We don’t pretend life in Lozells couldn’t be better. But it isn’t all bad either. The people that live and work here, the businesses and communities and our public services are working together to make our neighbourhood an even better place to share.
Maybe you are the kind of the person that makes decisions that affect neighbourhoods like Lozells? In which case this website is also for you! We want you to see we’re real people – not just statistics – and we want you to bear that in mind when take your decisions. We really do need you to hear the truth beneath the surface of the place we live.
Whoever you are, we hope you like finding out more about Life in Lozells… about the communities that live here.. the families… their faiths and hopes. Above all, we hope this site shows visible evidence that there’s more keeps people together in our neighbourhood than divides us. We deliberately designed the site so anyone can have their say: there are plenty of places you can comment… So go ahead! We just ask you to avoid offensive and prejudiced language of all sorts and remember this is a place where we respect other people’s culture, gender, race, faith and values.
So, finally, who are ‘We’? We are a group of residents who are involved in community groups of different kinds in the neighbourhood. We have come together with the support of the Lozells Neighbourhood Management Board and Birmingham City Council and with some assistance from the Chamberlain Forum to make this community website come alive.
Contact:
Lozells Neighbourhood Management Board, 173A Lozells Road, Lozells
Birmingham B19 1RN
T: 0121 675 1730
- LifeinLozells: Looking forward to Lozells Community Meeting tonight 6.30 at St Pauls & St Silas. Info about new employment projects in Lozells + lots more September 9, 2010LifeinLozells: Looking forward to Lozells Community Meeting tonight 6.30 at St Pauls & St Silas. Info about new employment projects in Lozells + lots more […]
- LifeinLozells: Very good community meeting tonight. Priorities agreed: work with vulnerable people; work with young people; parking St Francis school September 9, 2010LifeinLozells: Very good community meeting tonight. Priorities agreed: work with vulnerable people; work with young people; parking St Francis school […]
- Large Pothole, 7th September September 9, 2010Large pothole located outside entrance to the Octahedron building, causing problems as large stones are flying around everywhere and is getting worse over a short period of time. Report on FixMyStreet […]
- Shrub overgrowing pavement, 2nd September September 9, 2010Shrub overgrowing pavement, making it impossible for people to pass side-by-side and wetting anyone passing after rain. Report on FixMyStreet […]
- Manhole covers , 1st September September 9, 2010Between lighting columns 30A to 30 there is evidence around all the manhole covers that indicates excessive fillet, damage to the fillet and fillet creating a trip hazard. Report on FixMyStreet […]
- Trip hazards , 1st September September 9, 2010Between lighting columns 30A to 30 there is evidence of trip hazards caused by cracked and damaged flags and bricks that require attention. Report on FixMyStreet […]
- Undulating surface , 1st September September 9, 2010Between lighting columns 30A to 30 there is evidence of an undulating surface that needs attention. Report on FixMyStreet […]
- Mismatching flags and bricks, 1st September September 9, 2010Between lighting columns 30A to 30 there is evidence of mismatching flags and bricks, due to inadequate repair measures, they include textural and colour differences. They need replacing with a more sympathetic flag and or brick. Report on FixMyStreet […]