Volunteer Appeal – Opening the Door to More

Volunteers are needed to continue to provide children and young people in Birmingham with someone to turn to in times of need. Edgbaston-based Open Door Youth Counselling is seeking to recruit additional volunteers to expand their free youth counselling service. Demand for the service is constantly increasing and waiting lists can sometimes be long. No previous experience or formal qualifications are necessary as full training is provided.

Carmel Mullan-Hartley, Director of Services said ‘Open Door exists to offer children and young people someone to listen to them at pivotal and often distressing times in their lives. We can only continue to do this with the help of our volunteer counsellors’.

Bartley Green schoolgirl’s short story beats rivals into national publication

Schoolgirl Rebecca Hardy is used to telling stories and now the 13 year old from Bartley Green has made it into print after having one of her tales published in a book to be circulated across the country. Rebecca, who attends Hillcrest School in Stonehouse Lane, Bartley Green, saw her short story beat off more than 2,700 entries from over 500 schools.

Her entry, "Memories of my Past", has been published in an anthology of short stories entitled "The Cry of the Wolf". Rebecca is one of only 22 talented young writers to be published in two collections of the best secondary school entries to the 2009 Evans Schools Short Story competition.

Last year's Pledges - How Did We Do?

Every year the Edgbaston Constituency makes a series of clearly defined Pledges to its residents. These outline and define our key priorities to which we are work and against which we can measure ourselves.

Harborne Orchestra Looking for Violinist

1st Violinist (Leader) Required

The Harborne Orchestra is currently seeking a replacement for their current leader who leaves in September. This amateur orchestra rehearses weekly in school term time, on Friday evenings
(7.30pm - 9.30pm) in Queen Alexandra College, Harborne. We perform one public concert each term, with occasional extra engagements.

Edgbaston Gets Framed

Frame Tec in Harborne have enhanced treasured works of art in homes across Birmingham, Britain and Europe – and it doesn’t stop at two dimensional work. You name it and they’ve framed it – from boxing gloves, to football shirts, medals, records, tickets – even a collection of corkscrews.
“There’s nothing we can’t frame – I don’t think anything has defeated us yet,” says Peter at his framing shop and art gallery in Greenfield Road, with its trademark blue striped awning.

Celebrate Edgbaston's Volunteers; 24th April 09

An event to celebrate the invaluable contribution made by volunteers to organisations in the Edgbaston Constituency will take place at Harborne Baptist Church on Friday 24th April from 5.30 – 8.30. A collage will be constructed during the evening, comprising of photographs that people bring to demonstrate their work as a volunteer. Volunteers will receive a formal thank you from Councillor Deirdre Alden, Chairman of the Edgbaston Constituency Committee and Jagwant Johal, the Constituency Director. Nominations will be accepted for: working with young people; the elderly; for being a good neighbour; or for their general contribution to their community’s development.