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Stockland Green Against The Cuts & Youth Fight For Jobs Demo – Erdington, Sat 19th May
Local group Stockland Green Against the Cuts, supported by Youth Fight For Jobs are organising a Youth Jobs March on Saturday 19th May, assembling 11am outside the Co-op on Erdington High Street. Scrap Workfare! Create Real Jobs! Restore EMA! Save … Continue reading
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Handsworth Against the Cuts Hold Stall Against Leisure Centre Privatisation
Activists from Handsworth Against The Cuts (HATC) lobbied MP Khalid Mahmood’s constituency surgery about the the council’s attempt to privatise the leisure centres. Concern was expressed by the MP’s representatives and also a willingness to have attend/ hold a public … Continue reading
Filed under Birmingham City Council, Handsworth Anti-Cuts Group
Stirchley and Cotteridge Against the Cuts, March Activities
Stirchley and Cotteridge Against the Cuts work on local issues around the south and south west of Birmingham. They have been involved in the campaigns that stopped the closure of Charles House, and saw Bournville School reject academy status. Never … Continue reading
Handsworth Library Petition Hand In
The petition calling for restored opening hours at Handsworth Library will be handed in by Councillor Waseem Zaffar at the Council meeting on Tuesday 6th December. Initiated by Handsworth Against the Cuts, the petition has gathered a magnificent 860 signatures … Continue reading
Filed under Handsworth Anti-Cuts Group
Stirchley and Cotteridge Against the Cuts Newsletter
· At our last meeting we all agreed that the November 30th strikes, the city centre demonstration and rally at the NIA had been very successful. Congratulations to all concerned! You can read our report from the day and see … Continue reading
Scathing Attack on Library Cuts from Former Head of Libraries
John Dolan, the former head of Birmingham Libraries, attacked the council’s library cuts programme in a open letter published in the Birmingham Post. The Birmingham Post sets out cuts planned for Birmingham Libraries.This comes out one day before the last … Continue reading
Filed under Birmingham City Council, Cuts, Handsworth Anti-Cuts Group
Handsworth Against the Cuts Stall tomorrow
Saturday 5th November 11am-1pm outside the library, Soho Road. Help us gather signatures for our petition against library cutbacks. We will also be leafleting for the BAtC Public Meeting on November 24th and in support of the planned strikes over … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Handsworth Anti-Cuts Group
Save Charles House
A packed emergency meeting of parents and supporters was held yesterday at Charles House. This is based in West Heath and provides respite care for disabled children, including such things as autism. It takes children from all parts of the … Continue reading
Filed under Cuts, Events, Stirchley and Cotteridge Against the Cuts
Handsworth Against the Cuts – Library Cuts, Petition, Next Meeting
Dear Friends Those of you that use our local libraries will have noticed that we are are already suffering cuts in service here in Handsworth. We have already seen the loss of the library service that was based at Hawthorne … Continue reading
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Kings Norton High School Academy threatened
There are going to be 2 public meetings in the next couple of weeks about the plans by ARK to turn Kings Norton High School into an academy. According to the Anti Academies Alliance, ARK call themselves a ‘Philanthropic Cooperative’ … Continue reading
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