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Its goodbye from me Gillian as I am about to start a new role over in Dudley working for the InterFaith Network there. I have been looking after the site for the Lozells Neighbourhood Forum since April. Technically its been a huge learning curve for me but I have enjoyed the process. Now though I am handing over to Alla who has much more skill and lots of ideas for giving the site a real buzz. Please support him by continuing to comment on the articles. Already we have added some fresh authors from the Forum committee. So as well as continuing to get details of local events and opportunities you should soon be seeing a host of new ideas and opinions. I will be logging on myself often to keep up with developments. A big thank you to Hannah at Chamberlain Forum for her support and training and to Jo at Midland Heart also.
Bye….

Come along and take the opportunity to speak to your councillors face to face. Its good to find out about what is happening in your area because it may affect you and this is your chance to have your say. The committee takes place in Welford Primary School Welford Rd B20 2BL.Lozells & East Handsworth Ward Committee 21.9.11

If you need to find fuunding for your organisation it might be worth you signing up for  this free course.

Venue: Lozells Methodist Community Centre, 113 Lozells Street, Lozells, Birmingham, B19 2AP

Dates: Friday 2nd – Saturday 3rd September 2011

Times: Friday 10.00am – 6.00pm : Saturday 9.30am – 3.30pm

Citizens UK 2 day training application-1

I don’t know whether you made it to this open conference last Monday organised by MP Khalid Mahmood and Cllr Waseem Zaffar but I went and learnt a lot.  There were a number of active citizens and agencies from Lozells.  We spent the morning in workshops sharing thoughts on why the riots had happened.  After lunch a panel of six MPs including the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vez took questions from the floor. The areas which stood out for me were concern about the sentences being handed out, the worries about the reduction in Youth Provision due to the cuts, and teh need to engage young people in the discussions about the riots.

It was really great to see so many MPs taking time to visit and discuss with local people. What was also fantastic was to realize that there had been no trouble in Lozells itself.  This could well be because of the great relationships built locally between the police and the community, and the commitment of local community leaders and activists to being out there with the crowd keeping a lid on things. Well done Lozells.