The latest updating of the website was at 1.47PM on Friday 30th July 2010. There will be a further updating on Monday 2nd August including our publication of the Selly Oak Constituency Events Calendar for August.
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.
The pages will be regularly updated, some of them such as the Home Page on a daily basis, so please do mark us as one of your favourites and look in regularly. If you have local news, information, details of forthcoming events, or if you would like to contribute an item for publication then please do contact The Editor. To do this please use the Contact Us page.
Best wishes,
John Clayton.
Editor.
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Latest Information
THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT THE NEW QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL OPENED ON WEDNSEDAY 16 JUNE AND THE A and E DEPARTMENT AT SELLY OAK HOSPITAL IS NOW CLOSED. Please see our LOCAL NEWS page for full details.
Recycling collection Tuesday 3rd August : Green bags or the new clear bags for recyclable garden PLANT waste. Please note that soil or rubble will NOT be collected. If you are uprooting clumps of grass, dead plants etc, please shake the soil off the roots before putting the plants in the bags.
For important information about the Council's new clear bags for garden waste, please click here
Useful links from this Home Page
You can link into other websites giving useful and important local information by going to these sections found further down this Home Page:
Link to our Neighbourhood Police Team: There have recently been major changes to the structure of West Midlands Police Force. To read about the effect on our local policing and a new link to our Neighbourhood Police Team, please see the relevant section lower down this Home Page.
Latest local weather reports and forecasts: For daily reports on the local weather and photographs from Birmingham Selly Oak Weather Station which is located here in Selly Park, and for local BBC Birmingham weather forecasts.
Latest information and advice on local flood risk: For link straight to the Environment Agency's flood pages including latest local flood warnings and also for link to information about our local Flood Action Plan.
Birmingham Community Alert Scheme: Residents can receive alerts of major emergency incidents and disruptions that are occuring in Birmingham by signing up for free to the Birmingham Community Alert Scheme. Alerts can be sent to land lines and mobile phones and by email, fax and pager. For further information
please click here.
The South Birmingham Food Cooperative has been up and running since January 2010 with the aim of providing affordable, quality and healthy food to our community.
To see their website please click here.
Articles on our Local News page
The new Queen Elizabeth Hospital opened in June and the A and E Department has moved there from Selly Oak Hospital - news and photos
Selly Oak New Road - Latest information on construction and diversions updated for the period Saturday 31st July to Friday 5th August.
Featuring new easier to follow format for road users and pedestrians.
EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon 2010 - Fully updated on 24th July and including road closure and re-opening maps.
Police drugs raid in Fashoda Road
NHS South Birmingham - Pharmacy Needs Assessment: Information about this survey and how to take part in it.
Birmingham Counts Down to the 2011 Census
Flood Action Group Exercise - May 2010 - news and photos
Dogpool Lane Bridge Replacement Scheme - latest update
Forthcoming Events
Selly Oak Ward Police Tasking Meeting
There will be a Selly Oak Ward Police Tasking Meeting on Thursday 5th August at 7pm at St Stephen's Church, Serpentine Road which residents from the whole Selly Park will be welcome to attend. This is an opportunity to voice your concerns to our local neighbourhood police officers.
Events in Selly Oak in July and August
Events calendar for JULY: To find out about a whole range of events which are taking place in Selly Oak Constituency this month please click here. The AUGUST calendar will be published on this website shortly.
Linden Pool in Bournville is offering this unique opportunity for our local youngsters to become JUNIOR IRON WOMEN and MEN. Swim, run, cycle ... this will keep youngsters (aged 8 to 16 years) active and healthy all summer long. To find out details and how to take part please click here.
Selly Oak Constituency Summer Holiday Multi-Sport Camps 2010 To find out details and how to take part please click here.
Summer Saxophone Spectacular - Course and Concert: To find out details and how to take part please click here. Please note that this is a large pdf file which may take a while to download - it took 30 seconds on the Editor's Broadband connection!
FREE Bowling at Stirchley Indoor Bowls on Fridays
Bowling at Birmingham's only indoor bowls centre. Bowling provides a number of health benefits including improved fitness and coordination, low impact on joints and muscles (a gentle workout) and social contact. It is an activity for all ages and abilities.
For full details please click here.
Christ Church Friday Coffee Mornings
Friday Coffee Morning is now closed for the holiday and will re-open on Friday 3rd September.
In the meantime, customers would be very welcome at the Thursday Drop-Ins taking place during the holiday. There will be a seating area, coffee and cakes, and plenty of time to chat and meet with each other. Members of the coffee morning team will be helping out, so please do come along. We would love to see you there! Please see below for details.
Summer holiday activities at Christ Church
Back by popular demand... volunteers at Christ Church are once again running four Thursday Drop-In sessions on 29th July and 5th, 12th and 19th August, from 10am to 2pm in the Church building. Anyone is welcome to call in, relax, meet with friends and newcomers and enjoy tea, coffee and cake. There will be many activities for children to enjoy. (Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult).
Neighbourhood Forum meetings
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 12th October 2010 at Christ Church, Pershore Road. Meanwhile to address any enquiries or concerns to the Forum, please refer to the CONTACT US page.
A report on Neighbourhood Forum Open Meeting held on Tuesday 11th May appears on our FEATURES PAGE and includes some important new information. We encourage you to read this this report. Also the Forum AGM was held on Tuesday 13th July and a report of this meeting will be published shortly.
New link to our Neighbourhood Police Team
At the start of April 2010 a major reorganisation of the structure of West Midlands Police became effective. The force is now divided into 10 local policing units (LPUs), each headed by a Chief Superintendent who is responsible for the overall policing and management of the area. The 10 LPUs are divided into 171 neighbourhoods, each policed by a dedicated neighbourhood team consisting of police officers, police community support officers and special constables. Neighbourhood policing is supported by a range of forcewide specialist teams.
Selly Park now lies within the South Birmingham LPU, the headquarters of which is Bournville Lane Police Station situated at the junction of Bourneville Lane and Bristol Road. To find out more about Birmingham South LPU please Click here.
Within the South Birmingham LPU Selly Park is now covered by the Selly Oak Neighbourhood Police Team (NPT), again based at Bournville Lane Police Station. For more details of Selly Oak NPT and how to contact them please Click here. Please note that this page will be updated in the near future with the names of the officers in our team.
Latest local weather reports and weather forecasts
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 West Midlands forecast and weather warnings from the Met Office.
Click here for the latest Birmingham 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.
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE FLOOD RISK ZONE ARE URGED TO SIGN UP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY FOR THE FLOOD WARNINGS DIRECT SERVICE. If the level of the River Rea starts to rise dangerously you will receive a call to your landline or mobile to warn you to be prepared IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO THE SCHEME. Please use the link to the Environment Agency for details.
To read important information about the Selly Park South Flood Action Plan and the work of Selly Park South Flood Group Group, please click here.
To watch a short video of the SPS Flood Action Group Coordinator explaining the flooding of September 2008 and subsequent action taken, please click here
To access the National Flood Forum Directory of Flood Defence Products ('The Blue Pages') Click here
Residents can receive alerts of emergency incidents in Birmingham that are likely to affect them by signing up for free to the Birmingham Community Alert Scheme. Alerts can be sent to land lines and mobile phones and by email, fax and pager. For further information
please 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.
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