JQNF
JQNF Open Meeting and AGM: Mon 17 July
Your fellow residents at the Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Forum (JQNF) would be delighted to see you at an Open Meeting (inc AGM) Date: Monday 17th July 2016 Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm (arrival from 6pm, no entry after 6:30pm) Location: The Big Peg, 120 Vyse St, Birmingham B18 6NF The […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreJQNF Open Meeting and AGM
The meeting will include: – an update from Sergeant Alan from the Jewellery Quarter Police , on crime in the area – N icola Ridler , Chair of JQ BID , on their recent ballot for a second term – information on our plan to take part in the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRefuse Workers Strike – 30th June
Rubbish Bin Birmingham City Council Refuse Workers Have Voted to Strike. Have you noticed your bins not being emptied and rubbish not being collected? This is because the refuse collectors have balloted and are getting ready to strike from this Friday. Will you be affected? The first day of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreJQNF Christmas Trip: Can we fill a second sleigh?!
As interests levels in the JQNF Christmas trip have been high, and we filled up our minibus so quickly, we’re considering booking another minibus. The Christmas Trip, now in its second year, will be to Shugborough Estate. The price includes travel, ticket to the candlelit House and Christmas Fair.Date: Saturday 29th NovemberTime: 9.30amPrice: £25 Don’t worry if you…
Read MoreJQNF Open Meeting: Mon 13th Oct 7 – 9pm
There are a lot of exciting projects in development in the Quarter at the moment. To keep you up-to-speed, we’ve teamed up with Birmingham Conversation Trust to present a bumper JQNF Open Meeting on Mon 13th Oct 7 – 9pm (doors from 6.50pm) at The Coffin Works, Fleet Street, Jewellery Quarter. You’ll get a sneak-peak of the…
Read MoreGetting the recipe right…
Did you know that the Jewellery Quarter has its own community market? Well if you didn’t, you do now! The Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Forum, as part of its activities, puts on the 24 Carrots market a few times a year. I should probably go back a step. Hi, I’m Jon, and I’m a Neighbourhood Forum…
Read MoreDoes the JQ need another secondary school?
Shortly before Christmas signs appeared on lampposts on Albion Street advertising the proposal to turn St George’s Court office building into a new secondary school; the fourth in the successful model of Perry Beeches. Perry Beeches II on Newhall St was and is warmly welcomed by Jewellery Quarter residents and businesses, and has an important…
Read MoreFancy getting involved in the future of the Jewellery Quarter?
The Jewellery Quarter is entering an exciting phase and you can play a part in it. The Localism Act of Parliament (stay with us) gives communities the power to set the rules for planning & development in their area by creating a NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN. It means that old rules can be shaken up, new rules…
Read MoreShow us your assets!
What would you save in the Jewellery Quarter for the community? The Post Office? The Lord Clifden? The cemeteries? Under new Localism laws the local community can apply to designate a building or piece of land as an ‘Asset of Community Value’. This is where you come in – to help us register them with…
Read MoreLadywood Ward Committee: JQ Special | Mon 28 Oct
The next Ladywood Wood Ward Committee will be the usual JQ Autumn Special, on Monday 28 October, 7-9pm at the Blue Orange Theatre on Great Hampton St. This is a chance for you to meet your local councillors, keep up-to-date about developments in the area, and raise any concerns you may have. The agenda includes: · Urban Gulls Update…
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