A Week In The Life Of A Chairman – Day 4 Thursday

I listened to an archived radio broadcast today by Sir Michael Parker who organises royal events. He talked about his rules for organising events. A key aspect of my role as Chairman is organising events. It’s something I enjoy doing, but I often feel that my ambitions and visions are rather too grand. It’s little […]

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New Youth Project turns “Junk to Funk”

Young people are taking pre-loved clothes and tossed aside materials to create new, adventurous outfits in Castle Bromwich. In North Solihull where youth unemployment has reached almost three times the national average and over half of young people leave school without recognised qualifications, young people are learning how to take old clothes and household materials […]

CHARM Comes to Castle Bromwich

The Castle Bromwich Youth & Community Partnership is delighted to announce its CHARM cooking project which will run from February to May at the Castle Bromwich Youth & Community Centre. The CHARM initiative will help people to cook cheap and healthy meals from scratch with weekly cooking sessions allowing participants to produce healthy, cheaper alternatives […]

CBYCP – Castle Bromwich Graveyard Renovation Project

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Bloomin’ Wonderful Result

The efforts of the Castle Bromwich Community Project to restore the closed graveyard have paid off with an excellent first time result in the Royal Horticultural Society Britain in Bloom Competition. Members are celebrating after receiving a Thriving Award in this year’s Heart of England in Bloom – It’s Your Neighbourhood Awards category. Representatives of […]

Community Project Unites Generations

It has been deteriorating for years but thanks to a partnership between young people from Castle Bromwich Youth & Community Centre and members of the Castle Bromwich Community Project the closed graveyard by St Mary & St Margaret Church Castle Bromwich is getting a much needed facelift. Castle Bromwich Community Project with the support of […]

Collaboration is Key to Success

  In two short weeks the Community Project’s renovation of the local graveyard has made remarkable strides. Key to the success has been the partnerships which the project has formed with other local organisations. During half term week, 32 volunteers from organisations as diverse as the Project itself, Castle Bromwich Lions, young people from Solihull […]

Young and Old Work Together in North Solihull

Members of the Castle Bromwich Community Project were part of the organising team for the recent Intergenerational Question Time held at the Loft Room, Chelmsley Wood. Both the audience and expert panel consisted of young and old, the oldest being born in 1929 and the youngest in 1995, A cross-generational audience quizzed a panel of […]