The old Labour Club in Pearson Street (near the entrance to Asda) is now Insight House. Insight House gives support for carers…but it also provides brilliant live music events and an excellent place to work and have a cup of coffee (at The Secret Coffee Club). So it’s a great place to hang out even • Read More »
Residents in Dudley borough can benefit from a free of charge white goods collection service. The service is offered by Brierley Hill based Mason Metals, who collect items such as cookers, washing machines and dishwashers from homes across the borough for recycling. Items that are unsuitable for reuse or recycling can be collected through Dudley • Read More »
I thought I would check out the new ‘Community Forum’ meetings set up by the council. I was impressed -community issues came first, then councillors issues before the official business of approving grants took place. Councillors even welcomed the interaction with twitter!
The former Higgs offices in Brierley Hill, on the corner of High Street and Pearson Street, is being converted into flats with retail outlets underneath. 28 flats are being created. The building was built in the early sixties on the site of what had been The Odeon cinema in Brierley Hill.
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Sunday Times best selling author Miranda Dickinson will be Brierley Hill Civic Society’s start speaker at its meeting on 21st October 2013. The locally born author of It Started With A Kiss and Fairy Tale Of New York will be one of the start speakers of the Civic Society’s 2013/2014 programme which has been part funded by • Read More »
The next meeting of Brierley Hill Community First will take place on Thursday 20th June 2013 at St Michael’s Church, Bell Street South, Brierley Hill. It will start at 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend. The agenda for the meeting is: Apologies Minutes of the previous meeting (Attached) Matters Arising Membership of the panel • Read More »
Imagine Brierley Hill in the summer sun blazing with colour, with hanging baskets, flowers, greenery all around. Imagine a community coming together to show they care for their town. Imagine people willing to give their time freely to look after their town. To take pride. To make a difference. This is the vision of Brierley • Read More »
Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership is set to reform to drive forward regeneration in the town centre. The partnership, made up of local stakeholders – those who can make a difference in the town centre, had its last meeting over twelve months ago. Few attended – a sure sign that things are not well. One • Read More »
A Stourbridge College Student has won a competition to design a logo for the Brierley Hill in Bloom Project. Taylor Margetts-Burt submitted her design in Spring last year following a feasibility report which was commissioned by Dudley Council. The competition was judged by Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership which thought that all entries were a • Read More »