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Latest planning applications in the JQ

JQDT Planning Tracker 9th July 2014 – for publication It’s been a while but attached are the latest applications for the Quarter for your delectation! It’s been a quieter period but the takeaway on George St is back… To view the applications click on the document link above, and then use the blue links to go…

Questionnaire to help with Standard Works’ refurbishment (inc chance to win £25 gift voucher)

Glasshouse College is breathing life back into a derelict building in the Jewellery Quarter. The Standard Works in Vittoria Street, built in 1879 and grade II listed, has stood empty for the last two decades. The charity is setting up a specialist further education college, providing practical skills therapeutic education for young people aged 16-25…

City Council consultation: JQ Planning Forum

We’ve been asked by the city council to publish this information regards the recent application by the Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Planning Forum. Information about the application and details of how you can respond are below. The consultation is open until March 5th 2014. On the 30th December 2013 the Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Planning Forum formally applied to…

JQDT seeks new board members

The Jewellery Quarter Development Trust (JQDT) – of which the JQNF is a member – is keen to attract four additional Directors to bring further diversity and experience to the Board and to help develop the Quarter as a destination to visit, and in which to live, work and learn. Successful applicants will attend four…

Does 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…

Blue Orange Theatre | News for the New Year

The Blue Orange Theatre announces classes and courses for the New Year: Classes include Introduction to Acting, Improvisation, and Performance Combat. For details visit: http://www.blueorangetheatre.co.uk/adultevening.htm Fri 10 & Sat 11 Jan | Adult Bullying and its Consequences: Fact or Fiction? In Sept 2013 writers from across the country submitted scripts based on research in which members of…

Ladywood Ward Committee Meeting | Tue 10th Dec

Local residents are invited to attend the LADYWOOD WARD COMMITTEE Tuesday 10 December 2013 | 7- 9pm | The Oratory RC Primary School, Oliver Road, Ladywood B16 9ER Main Items for Discussion – 20 mph Speed Limit Consultation Ladywood Community Development Trust Chamberlain Gardens Park – ‘Early Win’ Summerfield Area of Restraint Policy The agenda can be viewed within…

An Invitation: Theatre of the Unemployed Final Event (Tue 26 Nov 3pm)

Blue Orange Arts invites you to the final sharing and celebration event for their recent project ‘Theatre of the Unemployed’ on Tuesday 26th November 3pm at the Blue Orange Theatre. Theatre of the unemployed was funded by Birmingham City Council and delivered by Blue Orange Arts Ltd – the registered charity at the Blue Orange Theatre.…

Urban Gulls Update

The Ladywood Ward Committee Meeting (JQ Special) was held at the Blue Orange Theatre on 28th October (details here) At the meeting an Officer from the City Council gave us an update on their attempts to control the Urban Gulls in the Quarter. As well as a giving a verbal update, he presented a paper…

Show 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…