The Bearwood Blog

This week's planning applications for Abbey Ward are:

Over the last week over 5,000 people have joined the list of those wanting more information on the proposal which could enable those who live and work in Sandwell to save money on their energy bills by signing up to the Sandwell Energy Switch. Over 14,000 people have now registered.

To find out if you can save money on your energy bills, register your interest in the scheme before Monday June 3, 2013.

By signing up you are under no obligation. Once the best rates have been found, you will receive an offer from the supplier and see how much you could save. You can then decide if you want to take the offer or stick with your current deal.

After a glorious start two years ago the Bearwood Promoters' free music events on the Lightwoods Park bandstand suffered last year, as did so many events, from the vagaries of the English weather. They were even forced to retreat indoors to St Mary's Church Hall on one occasion as one of the wettest summers on record wreaked it's havoc, although the weather relented for the Warley Woods picnic where the Promoters presented some excellent music.

So, fingers crossed for a decent start to this year's concerts as they kick off the 2013 programme on Sunday, June 9th. Details of the lineup have been released and you can find out more here. One of the highlights promises to be 8-piece ska/reggae/dub band Tempting Rosie…

The Shakespeare Garden Volunteer Day at Lightwoods Park arranged for Saturday 18th May 2013 is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. The next volunteer day will take place on Saturday 15th June 2013 at 10.30am. Apologies for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support and hard work.

IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you who volunteered at the very successful Lightwoods May Day Festival a BIG THANK YOU to you all – Wow, we can not believe how many people attended the event, it was fantastic to see so many people enjoying it! Your hard word, efforts and commitment to Lightwoods Park is incredible and hopefully this continued support from the local community will contribute to a successful heritage lottery fund Round 2 bid outcome. Thank you on behalf of Sandwell Council for volunteering your time and for ensuring that the day was a huge success for everyone.

Thank you,

Cherie

Just two Abbey Ward applications on this week’s list:

People who live and work in Sandwell could save money on their energy bills by signing up to the Sandwell Energy Switch. By acting collectively, with as many ‘switchers’ as we can get, we can bargain with the energy companies to get a better deal than people acting individually.

The council has launched its first ever ‘collective energy switch’ scheme to help drive energy bills down for households in the borough.

The scheme gets people together who want to switch suppliers and ensures they receive the best deal available.

To find out if you can save money on your energy bills, register your interest in the scheme before Monday June 3, 2013.

Once the best rates have been found, you will receive an offer from the supplier and see how much you could save. You can then decide if you want to take the offer or stick with your current deal.

The Bearwood Handmade Winter Fairs at St Mary’s Church Hall have become a regular feature of the Bearwood social calendar, and now, next month we are going to get their Summer Fair, with lots of homemade crafts, foods and other goodies.

On Mayday in Lightwoods I spotted the item below being modelled by Crafty Mutha Ceri Saunders which could prove very popular amongst Bearwoodians at the Summer Fair, and I took the opportunity to take a snap for Bearwood Blog readers.  At great personal risk I must add, as I found myself challenged by a little voice demanding “Why are you taking a picture of my mommie’s chest?” At that point I made my excuses and left.

The Bearwood Handmade Summer Fair is at St Mary’s Church Hall on 22nd June.