JQ News
Fifty miles of hard road…but so worth it!
Fifty miles of gruelling cycling in the wind and the rain was rewarded yesterday when Michael Allchin, Chief Executive of The Birmingham Assay Office, received the inaugural ‘Fundraiser of the Year Award’ from Cyclists Fighting Cancer. Louise Johnson, one of the founder members of the Charity presented Michael with the Award on Sunday 3rdFebruary at…
Read MoreIF THE JQ DID FAMILY HOUSING… this is your chance to shape the JQ, help needed now.
This is a call to arms (a little dramatic, but bear with…). You, we, the JQ residents have a chance here and now to spend a small amount of time commenting on how you would like to see a little corner of the JQ turned into family housing. Or maybe you think it shouldn’t be…
Read MoreHave your say on housing in the JQ – online and face-to-face!
As some of you may be aware we have been doing some preliminary work around a family housing and self-build design project in the Jewellery Quarter as part of a Design Your Neighbourhood programme after JQNF won funding from Design Council / CABE. Our design partner MADE have teamed up a group of MADEGrads with support from the…
Read MoreHave Your Say… Family Housing in the JQ
Towards the end of 2012, the JQNF secured a grant from urban design watchdog CABE to help develop proposals for family housing in the quarter. That grant is being spent here in the JQ at MADE on Newhall Square, our local urban design organisation. It ties in neatly with the results from last year’s open…
Read MoreRoyal JQ Gem Gets Christmas Day Outing
Giving a brilliant boost to the UK jewellery industry on Christmas Day, the Queen wore the winning Eternal Dove brooch, designed by Ivonna Poplanska for the British Jewellers’ Association Diamond Jubilee brooch competition, as she visited Sandringham – the first official outing of the brooch since it was gifted to the Queen earlier in December. The Eternal…
Read MoreCCTV clues to sex attack on JQ ‘red bridge’
POLICE have released CCTV of a man they want to speak to in connection with a city centre sex attack. A man is captured on camera just before a woman was verbally abused and subjected to a sexual assault on the pedestrian footbridge which crosses Great Charles Queensway and links Birmingham city centre with the…
Read More24 Carrots Christmas Market on Thursday!
The 24 Carrots Food Market and St. Paul’s Church invite you to join us on for our Jewellery Quarter Christmas market. Situated in the picturesque grounds of St. Paul’s church, St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham, West Midlands B3 1QZ. For those of you wanting a change from the German market and a very festive experience, the…
Read MoreLADYWOOD WARD COMMITTEE Friday 14 December 2012
Local residents are invited to attend the LADYWOOD WARD COMMITTEE Friday 14 December 2012 From 7.30pm at St Johns & St Peters Church, Darnley Road, Off Monument Road, Ladywood B16 8TF 6pm – onwards ‘ Ladywood Christmases Past’ Exhibition by Ladywood History Group 6.45-7.15pm – Carols from Oratory Primary School pupils 7.30pm Ward Committee Meeting:- TNT Ladywood…
Read MoreOur Very Own Assay Office Wins Member of the Year at British Jewellers’ Association Awards!
The Birmingham Assay Office were proud to be announced as British Jewellers’ Association Member of the Year at the BJA’s 125th Anniversary Awards held recently during the Annual Jewellery and Giftware Benevolent Society Ball. The Birmingham Assay Office was also shortlisted for Industry Contributor of the Year which was finally won by Malca Almit. Receiving the…
Read MoreRocky Start for New JQ Climbing Facility
It was while doing a bit of ‘community mapping’ for the recent Birmingham University project that Millie and I came across a recent addition to the roll call of fascinating enterprises in the Jewellery Quarter. This one is positively welcoming a steep climb and a rocky start to business here; it’s Birmingham Bouldering Centre, based…
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