Number 53 September 2013 Summer in Blackwell

PC Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month at 7.30pm with a councillor available from 7.10pm Meetings include allotted time for questions from the public – all residents are most welcome to attend. Forthcoming dates: 7th October, • 4th November, Lickey • 2nd December, Blackwell www.lickeyandblackwellpc.org www.parishblog.org Blackwell Festival Oh we do like to be beside the seaside, oh we do like to be beside the sea… was the theme of this summer’s event which followed a really enjoyable Blackwell First School Welcome to the September edition of our newsletter. We Fayre on 13th July. Planning Our Future will be discussing the budget for 2014/15 over the next two How well do you know your village and how will Lickey months. If any resident has an opinion on this, now is the HIGH temperatures and high spirits lifted the and Blackwell look in 2050? Can local residents influence ideal time to talk to us. ‘people of Blackwell as the village the future development of our area? What is a Local We are looking for residents, businesses and landowners became Blackwell on Sea for one day only Development Plan and who decides on its content? –reported The Advertiser within the parish to join our Neighbourhood Planning ’ All will be revealed at our next residents’ forum, ‘Planning group. Two meetings are planned for October where you The sand (thank you EH Smith) beckoned, the sun shone Our Future', when speakers from communities already 2012 winning entry from a Primary School pupil can find out more about this local initiative – see page 3. and the Zorba balls in the ‘sea’ gave hours of amusement. on their way to writing neighbourhood plans and from Councillors are still needed for the Shepley and the The Punch and Judy show held its audience spellbound Council will lead us through the All entries no larger than A4 size and should be handed in Linthurst Wards. Those living or working within the and the ‘On the Beach’ tea tent provided by the WI was process which will result in our own Neighbourhood Plan. at school by 22nd November and include your name, age, parish are eligible, so we invite anyone wishing to make a kept very busy, once they had found the matches, whilst Simply choose the venue most suitable for you and join us school and class, home address and telephone number or contribution to their community, whatever age, colour or Steve Orr’s cider van quenched even more thirsts. Some for a stimulating discussion on Planning our Future. email. Prize winners will be notified by 27th November. of the games including the tug of war reminded us of last gender to get in touch. Lickey – Wed 9th October 7.30 to 9.30pm There are two categories: under 7yrs and over 7yrs. Prizes year’s Community Games event but the Knobbly Knees Councillor Jill Harvey Trinity Centre, Old Road will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and all entrants will competition was certainly a one off! See cover for pictures of Chair Blackwell – Sat 12th October 10am to 12 noon receive a small gift at the Christmas Tree Lighting events Festival and Blackwell First School Fayre. Blackwell Social Club, Linthurst Newtown in early December. In Blackwell this will be immediately Thanks are due to the hard working committee led by Pete If you would like to join the newly formed group working before the school Christmas fair and in Lickey on Sunday Hobbs, to master of ceremonies our own Paul Clarke and to produce a neighbourhood plan for Lickey and Blackwell December 1, 3.30pm at Trinity Centre. to all who attended making it a day to remember. Now and can attend our monthly meetings (usually 7.30pm on ideas for next year’s festival are sought – can you help? Monday) please contact Cllr. Janet King And, if you enjoyed the 2012 Community Games week of events, take a look at the dozen plus fantastic videos on: PC Website changes www.youtube.com/user/keithwoolford Alpha Course Table Tennis at Blackwell Following difficulties in accessing our website, we have In the last census 69% of people in The table tennis group, who meet every Thursday at decided to trial for approx. six months a site provided by this parish said they were Christians! Blackwell Methodist Hall is working with ETTA (English County Council accessed through their site A big number and much higher Table Tennis Association) to offer coaching to local players at: www.worcestershire.gov.uk. Most of the information than the national average. of all ages and abilities. Starting in October; please email: on our own site is still available on the county site and we [email protected] for more information. are working with the their staff to find a way to include However, claiming a faith our parish newsletter. We shall be reviewing the new and exploring or practicing arrangements at the end of the year. it is very different. If you Bromsgrove & Magistrates ticked that box but have Open Day 5th October, Redditch Magistrates Court, Grove never asked yourself what that Street, B98 8DB Facebook really means, or if you are one of the 20% who said they have Discover the work done by a modern magistrates’ court to Communicating with local residents is of paramount no faith, then I’d like to invite prevent offending, deal fairly with local crime, support importance if the parish council is to provide a good service. you to the Alpha Course victims and rehabilitate offenders. Details from Caroline To improve the dialogue between the council and local starting in Blackwell on Jephcott: [email protected] 01527 876928 (www. householders, a parish council facebook page will be set the 23rd September. worc-mic.org.uk) up during this month. We look forward to hearing all your views and sharing photographs of local events and we shall It’s designed for you to give information about parish council issues, local events, ask the big questions:- is there a God? Who is Jesus? Why Parish Walk road closures and other issues of local interest. do good people suffer if there is a God? What happens to Sunday 20th October meeting at the junction of Twatling us when we die? and Plymouth Road 9.45am for a 10.00am start. The walk is Christmas Competition 2013 The seven week course is free of charge and starts with expected to be 2-3 hours. an introduction, no-commitment meal. Why not dip your Each year your parish council works with local schools in toe in the water and see what’s it all about? organising the annual competition and this year’s topical Allotments Anyone? theme (nicely linked in with our neighbourhood plan to For general information on the course, please go to: www.Alpha.org Have you ever wanted an allotment? If we receive enough influence future housing development) is ‘Up my Street’. Councillor Paul Clarke interest from residents who would like an allotment, then This page and cover - stills from a forthcoming film We are looking forward to receiving your paintings, Community Minister Lickey and Blackwell church’s the Parish Council are committed to seeing if suitable land Top: Knobby Knees finalists collages, photographs, models, short story or poems. You 0121 439 3423 [email protected]. could be found. Please contact Helen Doherty. Above: Paul Clarke and friend building sand castles may wish to depict your whole street or just your house.

2 Number 53 september 2013 lickey and blackwell parish council lickey and blackwell parish council september 2013 Number 53 3 Clockwise from top left: High House Wood Fruit Tree; Rose Hill Wildflower Verge; Lickey churchyard extension; Greenfield Bank wastleland improvement

Country Park update II The second sees The Lickey Hills Country Park Joint Two short films about the park has been produced with Consultative Committee's annual safari in June. An up-beat Steve Hinton, Senior Ranger, narrating both. film of the positive advances made in the park in recent months. This includes the new orchard, 'Adams' pool and The first explains how the Phytopthora ramorum the work on the pools at the Old Rose and Crown. invasion has affected the Country Park and its visitors. Do Churchyard Extension – Gardener’s Wanted please view this if you use the park – it is a serious matter. Both films can be found at: We are trying to encourage the growth of wild flowers in www.youtube.com/user/keithwoolford the Churchyard extension and have introduced a mowing regime to promote this. Planting for bees In our second year we would like to increase the number In the past few years attention has been focused on the Below is a list of plants which will keep our pollinators of flowers and are asking residents to grow wild flower plight of bees and other pollinators not just in the UK but happy for most of the year and which will enhance the plug plants over the winter. These can then be planted in globally. Einstein predicted that the human race could only look of any garden. Try and plant in the largest groups the Cemetery next spring. Jane Banner’s article, opposite, exist for four years if bees became extinct. Although this possible but even one lavender in a tiny garden will make on plants for bee’s will hopefully give you some ideas and is an extreme view, the fact remains that bees pollinate a difference. encouragement of what to grow. three quarters of the world’s food crops. Winter – We maintain a number of areas around the parish, the Focus has been given in particular to the decline of honey Ivy, Holly, Viburnum tinus, Winter Cherry, Mahonia, numerous planters aside, including High House Wood, bees but there are many other types of bees, wasps, Viburnum bodnantense, Winter Honeysuckle. the wastleland at Greenfield Bank, the Lickey churchyard hoverflies which are also affected. In fact, two species Spring – extension wildflower meadow and the Rose Hill Wildflower of bumble bee have already become extinct in the UK. Snowdrops, Crocus, Pulmonaria, Hellebore, Primrose, Verge. This is significant as each species requires a different type Spring heathers, fruit trees, clematis, Hawthorn, Oxlip, of plant from which to collect nectar so we need to be thinking of a range of plant species. Hazel, Cotoneaster, Pyracantha, Forsythia, Chaenomeles, Best Front Garden Awards Muscari, Wallflowers, Cowslip. The annual awards were presented on a delightfully sunny FRESH Garden Centre vouchers with those coming first Summer – Sunday afternoon in late June at The Holy Trinty Church, in one of the five categories receiving a shield. Here is a Escallonia, Buddleia, Sedum, Lavender, Geum, Cosmos, Lickey. Many of this year winners collected their medals and selection of pictures… Hardy geraniums, Nepeta, Salvia, Rosemary, Michaelmas daisies, single flowered roses, Hebe, Borage, Campanula, climbing Hydrangea, Cirsium, Scabious, Philadelphus, Verbascum, Verbena bonariensis, Foxglove, single dahlias, Anthemis, Lupin, Sage, Chives, Penstemon, Erysimum, Dianthus, Ceanothus, Fuchsia, Calendula, Astrantia, Poppies. Autumn – Single dahlia, Hyssop, Verbena bonariensis, Michaelmas Daisies, Japanese Anemone, Red Hot Pokers.

As gardeners we can make a real difference to the survival There are also several wild flowers which are garden- of our pollinating insects and help them to thrive without worthy or which could be planted in areas such as unused turning our gardens into wild and woolly weed patches. patches at the bottom of the garden, including Sweet We don’t need to restrict ourselves to wild flowers either. Cicely, Honesty, Campion, Primrose, Cowslip, Oxlip, As long as a flower has plenty of available nectar, the bee Comfrey (cultivated, not wild), Sweet Rocket. doesn’t care if it’s a weed or a modern cultivated plant. A I will be happy to provide seed of most of the above few simple changes in the way we garden and the plants where people feel happy to grow from seed. Now (Sept) we choose can have a significant impact. is an ideal time to sow and would give ideally sized small • Aim to have something in flower from spring to plants to be planted out in spring. I can also provide young autumn – bees don’t just need nectar in summer. plants of some of the above. • Plant lots of the same thing in one place instead of I would also like to undertake various bee-friendly projects scattering them around the garden as this means the throughout the parish and would welcome any help from bee doesn’t have far to fly from flower to flower volunteers. I look forward to providing support and giving • Plant single-flowered varieties as double-flowered out seeds/plants so that we can start to ‘do our bit’ are either sterile or cannot be accessed by the bee. • Ditch sterile bedding plants such as polyanthus in Jane Banner favour of bee friendly plants such as something in the 07714 700 655 daisy family. [email protected]

4 Number 53 september 2013 lickey and blackwell parish council lickey and blackwell parish council september 2013 Number 53 5 Lickey and Blackwell Parish Councillors Mrs Jill Harvey, chair Energy efficient homes and 36 Rose Hill, Lickey B45 8RR 0121 453 5838 [email protected] the Neighbourhood Plan Lickey Monument Ward (p+c) Mrs Kathryn Crockett, vice chair 344 Old Birmingham Road, Lickey B45 8ES 0121 445 5965 [email protected] Our Neighbourhood Plan group has met three times Green Deal Communities will support local Ward (f) Mr Paul Clarke and our stall at Blackwell Festival attracted interest authorities, in partnership with local community C/o Trinity Centre, 411 Old Birmingham Road, Lickey B45 8ES 0121 439 3423 [email protected] Shepley Ward (c) with local residents telling us what they liked most organisations and businesses, to encourage take Ms Jo Eales and least about living here. We want to make our Pinfield House, Cherry Hill Road, B45 8LL 0121 445 5754 [email protected] up of the Green Deal and other energy efficiency Linthurst Ward (e+h+p) Neighbourhood Plan more than simply a document improvements in whole streets and areas throughout Mr Nick Forknell 40 Pine Grove, Lickey B45 8HE 0121 439 9324 [email protected] for having our say on where housing should or should the country. Funding will only support those Lickey Monument Ward (h+e) not be built, and would like to see if there is a desire households using Green Deal finance or self-financing Mr Peter Harvey 36 Rose Hill, Lickey B45 8RR 0121 453 5838 [email protected] for the plan to also include ways to make the parish to install Green Deal measures. Lickey Grange Ward (f) energy efficient. Mrs Janet King 110 Linthurst Newtown, Blackwell B60 1BS 0121 445 2802 [email protected] Buildings that leak heat and waste Linthurst Ward (c+p) The Green Deal Communities (more below) offers Vacant ~ Linthurst Ward details from EO, below an opportunity especially for residents in older energy account for 43% of the UK’s ‘ Vacant ~ Shepley Ward details from EO, below properties, to get a good deal on insulation and boiler total greenhouse gas emissions. Mrs Helen Doherty replacement and includes public buildings such as 27 Blackwell Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham B45 8BT 0121 445 1849 [email protected] Executive Officer school and church buildings. Councillor Janet King Research has shown that people feel unable to act ’ PC Groups: environment • finance • highways • planning • communications/social services (group lead underlined) is part of a County group which encourages local because they can’t afford the up-front costs of energy for parish editorial matters contact the Executive Officer, above communities to use the scheme so please contact her efficiency improvements or are unsure whether soon to register an interest if you want to insulate they can trust the quality of work. The Green Deal Bromsgrove District Council a hard to insulate property eg solid walls. If we can programme allows householders and businesses Council House, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcs B60 1AA 01527 873 232 www.bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk find at least 20 local properties in need of an energy to pay for some or all of the cost of energy-saving Cllr. Dr. Brian Cooper, 6 Lord Austin Drive, Marlbrook, Bromsgrove B60 1RB – Marlbrook Ward 07711 014 820 b.cooper@ efficiency make over, owners can access funding to improvements to their properties, over time, through bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk make cost and CO2 savings. Local authorities will r.deeming@ savings on their energy bills. Cllr. Mr Richard Deeming, 502 Groveley Lane, , B'ham B45 8UB – Hillside Ward 0121 445 3114 bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk be able to bid up to 31 December 2013 or until the s.dudley@ funds are exhausted, so we need to hear from you Cllr. Mr Stuart Dudley, Old Wharf Cottage, Brockhill Lane, , B'grove B60 1SL – Hillside Ward 01527 867 860 bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk soon if this is of interest. Cllr. Mr John Ruck, The Cottage, Top Road, Wildmoor, Bromsgrove B61 0RB – Marlbrook Ward 0121 457 8026 j.ruck@ RURAL COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk k.taylor@ Cllr. Mr Kit Taylor, 22 Brickhouse Lane, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove B60 4LX – Linthurst Ward 01527 879 339 bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk In another scheme, rural communities across Worcestershire County Council GREEN DEAL COMMUNITIES that aspire to generate their own clean green power are being offered a helping hand with the launch of a County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP 01905 763 763 www.worcestershire.whub.org.uk This new £20 million Communities scheme to help £15 million Government fund. The Rural Community Cllr. Mrs Sheila Blagg, Nailers Cottage, 29 Whetty Lane, , B'ham B45 9DL – Woodvale Division 0121 460 1766 [email protected] local authorities drive local delivery of the Green Deal Energy Fund (RCEF) is specifically targeted at helping Cllr. Mr Peter McDonald, 10 Waseley Road, Rubery, B'ham B45 9TP – Beacon Division 0121 453 9267 [email protected] was announced in July. Under new proposals from the rural communities access the money needed to carry Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), out feasibility studies into renewable energy projects, Cllr. Mr Kit Taylor, 22 Brickhouse Lane, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove B60 4LX – Bromsgrove East Div. 01527 879 339 [email protected] local authorities in England will be able to bid for and fund the costs associated with applying for Member of Parliament funding to help households benefit from the Green planning permission. Deal on a street-by-street or area basis. Mr Sajid Javid MP House of Commons, SW1A 0AA 01527 872 135 [email protected] It is intended that projects will then be able to Community Contacts attract private finance to pay for renewable energy Age UK, 51 Windsor Street, Bromsgrove, Worcs B60 2BJ 01527 570 490 www.ageuk.org.uk kit and get projects up and running. Funding can be used to support rural projects across the renewable Artrix Arts Centre, School Drive, Bromsgrove, Worcs B60 1AX 01527 577 330 www.artrix.co.uk and low carbon energy spectrum including wind, Blackwell First School, St. Catherines Road, Blackwell, Worcs B60 1BN 0121 445 1622 www.blackwellfirstschool.com solar, biomass, heat pumps, anaerobic digestion, Bromsgrove Library, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs B60 1AP 01527 575 855 www.acbromsgrove.org.uk gas Combined Heat and Power and hydro. Further Citizens’ Advice Bureau, 50 Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs B61 0DD 01527 831 480 www.citizensadvice.org.uk information can be found on the Defra website: www.gov.uk/defra Lickey Hills Primary School, Old Birmingham Road, Lickey, Birmingham B45 8EU 0121 445 1992 www.lickeyhillsprimary.ik.gov Neighbourhood Watch – Adrian Symonds, Community Volunteers Co-ordinator 01905 331 046 www.westmercia.police.uk Parish Footpaths Warden – David Crockett public footpath issues – contact Executive Officer Local authorities will identify target properties in their National Parish Tree Warden – Mrs Topsy Hughes 0121 445 4944 [email protected] regions that could most benefit from the Green Deal, Police, Blackwell – Bromsgrove Police Station, 17 The Crescent B60 2DF Parks 101 www.westmercia.police.uk and then offer incentives to households to encourage Police, Lickey – Rubery Police Station, 164 New Road B45 9JA them to install energy efficiency home improvements Did you know that Rural Rides, 9 Kidderminster Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs B61 7JJ 01527 879 290 www.wrvs.org.uk under the Green Deal. Local authorities will propose the UK’s ten national Trinity Centre, 411 Old Birmingham Road, Lickey B45 8ES 0121 445 1425 www.lickeychurch.com incentives as part of their bids for funding, which will parks produce £6bn per year in revenue and added be assessed by DECC. value, which is as much as the UK aerospace industry? Worcestershire County Council Highways Dept – reporting potholes etc. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/resident-home.aspx

6 Number 53 september 2013 lickey and blackwell parish council lickey and blackwell parish council september 2013 Number 53 7 THE GREEN PAGE Mobile Library 2013 stops at Orchard Croft, Barnt Green  and Social Club, Cofton Hackett Tuesday 1.55 - 2.20 pm 3 & 24 Sept, 15 Oct, 5 & 26 Nov & 17 Dec  Blackwell and Burcot WI Friday Bridge Club Lickey Hills Local History Society We meet at 2pm on the second Wednesday at Burcot 7pm each Friday at Burcot Village Hall. Friendly Trinity Centre, Lickey each second Monday at 7.45pm Village Hall with an interesting programme of talks, competition, beginners and visitors welcome. Sept 17 AGM and 'River, canal and flood in Kings visits, crafts and sports Gill Croft 01527 401019 Norton' – talk by Mike Byrne Oct 9 Birthday Fashion Show with Continental Oct 15 nailers cottage move to Avoncroft Collection, Barnt Green. The Holy Trinity Church by Mark Clifford, project manager Nov 13 Cooking for Christmas with Liz Hughes and St Catherine's Church Nov 19 'Bromsgrove, a Town on the Road' & Turnpike Dec Christmas Lunch at Barnt Green Cricket Club, For information and times of service: www. Trusts by Julian Hunt members only. lickeychurch.com Dec 17 Christmas Social, members own Vanessa Jackson, 447 9888. presentations and seasonal refreshments Library Service Visitors: £2.50 per meeting. Blackwell Concert Band • The ‘delivered to your door’ service operates in George Gascoyne, 0121 453 6320 www.lhlhs.org.uk Nov 8 Royal British Legion concert, Village our area. If you cannot visit a local library, contact Hall 01905 822722 to join or www.worcestershire.gov.uk Lickey Hills Primary School Nov 10 Remembrance Day service, 10-11, starting at • The Mobile Library van operates locally – see above Old Birmingham Road, Lickey B45 8EU Catshill Social club panel. Check the website for details of the coming Christmas Nov 20 Santa Special, Little Heath Garden Centre Fayre and term times. • Rubery Library open Mon, Tues, Thurs and Friday, Nov 30 Christmas Concert, 7.30pm St Andrew's 0121 445 1992 www.lickeyhillsprimary.ik.org various times. Reading club email: ruberylib@ church, Barnt Green worcestershire.gov.uk 01905 822722 Dec 24 Christmas Eve Concert 7pm, Blackwell Lickey Hills Society Social Club Meet at Trinity Centre, Lickey at 7.30pm and for More information: Vicky Stock on 244 1662 Lickey & Blackwell Parish Council Monthly meetings, are open to all residents with a practical work as advertised. Visitors welcome. [email protected] Oct 21 ‘Life in the Wild’ of Wyre Forest by Rosemary www.blackwellconcertband.co.uk consultation period beforehand and an opportunity to speak during the meeting. Councillors wish to help Winnall Nov 2 Litter Pick 10am at Visitor Centre, Warren Ln Blackwell First School with local issues. Dec 1 Lickey Tree Lighting, 3.30pm Trinity Centre Baden Carlson, Secretary [email protected] St Catherine's Road, Blackwell B60 1BN Oct 28 One week half term Dec tbc Blackwell Tree Lighting, 6pm Methodist Hall Helen Doherty, 0121 445 1849 Lickey WI Check the website for Christmas Fair details Meet at Trinity Centre, Lickey at 7.30pm first Tuesday 0121 445 1622 www.blackwellfirstschool.com - theatre/cinema visits, skittles and bowling matches. Lickey Church Wednesday Fellowship Programme: www.lickeywi.moonfruit.com Blackwell Scout Group (4th Bromsgrove) The Trinity Centre, Lickey 1st and 3rd Wednesday

Blackwell and Lickey Scout groups meet at the Hut, St 2.15-3.45pm. Speakers,craft activities,quizzes and Lickey Wine Circle Catherine’s Rd., Blackwell. Scout troops are open to charity events. Cofton Hackett Village Hall 8pm last Thursday. Talks, boys and girls of all interests and abilities. Sandra Smith 445 1425 quizzes, games, themed evenings all about making

• Beaver Scout Colony 6 – 8 years Thurs 6-7pm. your own wine. Lickey Community Group Sheila, 445 5436 • Cub Scouts Pack 8 – 10½ years Weds 6.45-8.15pm The Lickey Community Group was formed in 2000

• Scouts Troop 10½ – 14 years Thurs 7.15-9pm by local residents keen to improve the local area Mixed AEROBICS and FITNESS www.4thbromsgrove.org.uk/ and community in Lickey & Marlbrook The future Every Wednesday at 7pm at Blackwell Methodist Hall. of Marlbrook Tip is of particular concern at present. • 1st Lickey Scout Group runs three sections on Tues. The fun way to keep fit £3.50pp. Contact Mike Adams [email protected] [email protected] Richard Daley, 07957 419389 www.lickeycommunitygroup.btck.co.uk • Explorer Scouts is organised at the District level and

4th Bromsgrove Scouts feed into the Shackleton Unit Rosehill Flower Arrangement Society based at Blackwell Court. Lickey Hills Art Society Trinity Centre, Lickey 2pm second Monday. Longbridge Methodist Hall, Bristol Road, Rednal, B45 Demonstrations and refreshments – visitors welcome. Blackwell Club 9TY (nr. Kidderminster Carpets). First Saturday each Belinda Winroope 447 7477 CAMRA Club of the month at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome. Year 2013! Graham Wilson 463 7097 or St Catherine’s, Blackwell WI Details about all year round [email protected] The Wheel, St Catherine’s at 7.30pm third Thursday. events are available from the Varied programme of talks, craft projects and visits. club. 445 2134 Lickey Hills Country Park Carolynne Wilkins, 445 4336 Visitor Centre, Warren Lane, Lickey B45 8ER Bromsgrove and • Events Table Tennis at Blackwell District Twinning Association see website Blackwell Methodist Hall Thursday evening 7.30pm. Oct 17 Day of Kindness, stall in High St, Bromsgrove Tables & equipment supplied – just turn up. £1 all ages Nov TBC – Skittles Evening, Catshill Social Club • Habitat Heros & abilities are welcome Coaching available - see p3. Jan 4 New Year’s Party 7.30pm at Barnt Green Every Tuesday 10-2pm. Join our conservation Janet King, [email protected] Parish Hall. volunteer team, learn new skills. Tools & training www.bromstwin.gov.uk provided – booking essential on 445 6036 Yoga and Meditation Classes Yoga: Mon & Wed 7pm; Learn to Meditate: Mon Keep Fit (50+yrs) • Lickey Hills Geo-Champions 8.30pm at Blackwell First School and Wed 12.45 at Monday eves at Methodist Church Hall, Greenhill. details from centre Barnt Green Scout & Guide Centre. Ann Gwynne. www.birmingham.gov.uk/lickeyhills For details contact Sally Wall, 07903 663 085  layout by Keith Woolford – Arch Media 0121 445 4619 Woolford layout by Keith

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