After a number of years and lots learned the Brierley Hill Project is going through a major restructure. BHP is growing from: a staff dependent, people-centred model measured by the popularity of sessions, to an outcome-centred model measured by progress in people who access the services. We will keep you updated as things progress and […]
A £362,000 bid to the governments Local Sustainable Transport fund aimed at improving and encouraging walking and cycling in Brierley Hill has been successfully submitted by Dudley Council. A working party including Dudley Council, Dudley Primary Care Trust, Sustrans (the cycling organisation), Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership and Living Sreets has been set up to • Read More »
The March meeting of Brierley Hill Town Centre Partnership heard of the £5 million funding bid towards a £10 million scheme deliver a step-change in bus user experience at Merry Hill Bus Station and on the wider Brierley Hill bus network. The government has now announced that they have approved the bid as covered in • Read More »
Hawbush Community Gardens have become the first group to submit a bid for match funding the Community First Brierley Hill. The £766 requested is a grant towards a secure steel container, a petrol strimmer and protective clothing. Other funds have been raised from ASDA who have donated £500 and volunteers. The project, in Bull Street • Read More »
In March we welcomed Wendy Fryatt of the Black Country Foodbank, another speaker well worth considering, who gave a comprehensive illustrated talk about the way the Foodbank in the Black Country
operates. The organisation helps vulnerable individu…
The keep fit group is doing a great job helping local people to be fit and active in a fun way, numbers have grown and another 10 week course will start in April.
The community visiting team has had some of their clients in hospital this week, so they went to visit them there. One man […]
You are invited to “The Fact In Fiction” A talk by local author Michael Taylor on Monday, 23rd April, 2012 at St Michael’s Church, Bell Street South, Brierley Hill Starting at 5.30pm The talk deals in a humorous way with how Michael got started in writing romantic fiction aimed at women readers, and the tremendous • Read More »