Latest update completed at 20:50 GMT on Monday 8th March 2010
LOCAL WEATHER: Some recent nights have been exceptionally cold for the month of March. To find out just how cold nights have been, read the latest weather report from Birmingham Selly Oak Weather Station which is located here in Selly Park. Please see the Weather section lower down this page.
Recycling collection Tuesday 9th March: Green boxes for cans and plastic and glass bottles and containers. Blue boxes for paper and cardboard.
Hello and welcome.
Whether you are a resident, a local business person, someone employed in the neighbourhood or a visitor from elsewhere, we hope you will find the website informative and interesting. The aims of the website are to increase the effectiveness of communication between the Selly Park South Neighbourhood Forum organisation and the residents of the area and to provide up to date information and news about the district of Selly Park South.
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Best wishes,
John Clayton.
Editor.
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Latest Neighbourhood Forum Open Meeting
Report on the Neighbourhood Forum Open Meeting held on Tuesday 2nd March. Main items discussed or reported on were the Forum Website, Finance, Policing, Parking and traffic problems, Replacement of Dogpool Lane Bridge, our Neighbourhood Flood Action Plan and the Birmingham Half Marathon 2010.
To read the details please click here. The details contain some important information updates.
National Flood Forum Conference
Selly Park South was represented at the National Flood Forum Conference held at the University of Aston on Thursday 25th Febraury. Please see LOCAL NEWS page for report and photograph.
Articles on our Local News page
Selly Park South was represented at the National Flood Forum Conference held at the University of Aston on Thursday 25th Febraury. Please see LOCAL NEWS page for report and photograph.
Construction of A38 Selly Oak New Road: Extensive works are scheduled for the week Saturday 6th March to Friday 12th March. Links for full details of the programmed work and the latest illustrated newsletter are on the LOCAL NEWS page.
Planting spring flower bulbs: With the help of the City Parks Department local residents have been preparing to brighten up the neighbourhood in the spring. Photo and report.
Flood Action Group Report: An important report from the Selly Park South Flood Action Group published on 11th December and updated in March 2010.
Heavy rain and potential flood threat on the River Rea: A report and photos relating to the most recent significant flood peak on the river in November 2009.
Latest news on the Dogpool Lane Bridge Replacement Scheme: The plans have been completed but the project is on hold at the present time. Th find out why, please check the LOCAL NEWS page.
Forthcoming Events
Christ Church Friday Coffee Mornings
Coffee Mornings open to all normally take place at Christ Church Selly Park every Friday during school term time. Open 10.30am to 12.00noon. Hot or cold drink and a teacake only £1. Other cakes and biscuits as available. Open to all - everyone welcome. Come and relax, chat with friends, make new friends.
Events in Cannon Hill Park
For news of events planned in Cannon Hill Park, please click here.
Neighbourhood Forum meetings
Forum Management Committee: The next meeting will take place on Thursday 22nd April at 7.30pm at Christ Church, Pershore Road.
Forum Open Public Meetings are held in October, February / March, May and July (AGM). The next one of these will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday 11th May 2010 at Christ Church, Pershore Road.
Events in Selly Oak in March.
To find out all of the events and activities that will be taking place this month in Birmingham City Council Selly Oak Constituency, which includes Selly Oak and Bournville Wards
please click here.
BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question Time from Selly Park.
The edition of BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question Time recorded recently here in Selly Park was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 0n Friday 5th March. The recording is available to lsiten to on BBC i Player. Please click here to listen.
Selly Oak Ward Committee Meeting.
Members of the public are invited to attend our Birmingham City Council local Ward Committee meeting at 7pm on Wednesday 17th March at the 1st Ariel Scout Hut, Gibbins Road, Selly Oak.
For information or special access arrangements please phone 0121 303 4772 or 0121 303 9726.
Taking Charge
Taking charge is a relaxed, empowering group for women who have experienced domestic violence. For more information please click here.
Link to our Neighbourhood Police Team
Selly Park South lies within the Selly Park Neighbourhood Policing area with our officers based at Woodbridge Road Police Station in Moseley, which in turn is within the E3 Operational Command Unit (OCU), the headquarters of which are at Belgrave Road Police Station.
For the latest local police information, crime statistics, community policing priorities, team member details and contact information. Click here to be taken to the Selly Park Neighbourhood Police pages on the West Midlands Police website.
Neighbourhood Police Tasking: This is a process which allows local residents to tell officers from our local police team the priorities they wish to see in local policing. It also allows the police team to report back information to residents. The tasking process for Selly Park South takes place at our Open Forum meetings, which the police officers attend. The next meeting is on Tuesday 2nd March 2010.
The Neighbourhood Police Team have given the Forum a quantity of "Doorstoppers - We do not buy from doorstep sellers" stickers to place inside your front windows by the front door. These can help to reduce distraction crimes by deterring criminals from calling at people's doors on the pretence of selling while an accomplice gets into the house to commit theft.
If you would like one of these stickers, which also on the inside have advice and phone numbers to call for help for householders, please let us have your address by phone or email (see Contact Us page) and we will deliver one through your letter box.
NEWS: SAMM - Support After Murder and Manslaughter. This charitable support organisation now has offices at West Midlands Police Learning & Development Resource Centre (L&DRC), Tally Ho, Pershore Road. To find out more please click here.
Latest local weather reports from Birmingham Selly Oak Weather & BBC Birmingham weather forecast
Birmingham Selly Oak Weather is a local weather station operating in Selly Park and collects local weather data daily.
To see the latest local weather reports and photos for Selly Park click here to visit Birmingham Selly Oak Weather.
Use the slider on the photostream above to view a random collection of photos from Birmingham Selly Oak Weather on Flickr.
Click here for the latest local weather forecast from the BBC Weather Centre.
Some residents know that unfortunately they live in locations at risk of flooding. We strongly advise all residents that you check if your house is in a flood risk location and if it is to register with the Environment Agency’s Floodline Warnings Direct (FWD) service. Click here to access the flooding pages of the Environment Agency’s website where you can check if your home is in a flood risk location, register for the FWD service if it is, check flood warnings in force at any time, learn about how to prepare against flooding and obtain advice on what to do in the event of a flood.
By telephone the Environment Agency Floodline number is 0845 988 1188. When you are asked if you know the quick dial number for your area to hear flood warning information enter 0521 2421.
To read important information about the Selly Park South Neighbourhood Flood Resilience Plan, please click here. To read the latest update (published December 2009) on the progress that is being made in mitigating the threat of flooding in our neighbourhood, please go to our Features page.
To access the National Flood Forum Directory of Flood Defence Products ('The Blue Pages') Click here
Thanks
We wish to thank Homegrown Design for designing and building this website and Grassroots Grants (managed by the Community Development Foundation and funded by the Government’s Office of the Third Sector) for providing the funding to create the website. We also wish to thank those people who have contributed content and advertising.
Our further thanks go to Christ Church, Selly Park, the Anglican Parish Church of our Neighbourhood, and to Selly Park Technology College for Girls, both of which so kindly provide venues for our various meetings.
