This is the blog of the Abbey Ward Labour Councillors in the Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands.
We want to use this blog to update people on a regular basis about items of news and information about Bearwood and beyond.
The Bearwood Blog will supplement our monthly Bearwood E-Bulletin which goes out in pdf format by e-mail each month to over 700 people in the Bearwood area. The Bearwood Blog will contain news items which arise in between publication dates of the Bulletin and also give us the scope to include a wider variety of material and information. It will also give residents an opportunity to pass their comments on to the councillors about the items featured on the blog.
Feel free to give us your views, and to refer the Bearwood Blog to your friends and neighbours.
You can be added to the subscription list for the Bearwood Bulletin by e-mailing Bob Piper via bob.piperATgmail.com (replacing AT with @)
Your Abbey Ward Councillors
Steve Eling has represented Abbey Ward on Sandwell Council since 1986. He was the first Labour councillor to represent Abbey Ward on the Council, and the first councillor to hold a regular weekly surgery in the Ward.
Steve is currently the Deputy Leader of the Council, with responsibility for Finance and Strategic Resources within the Council’s Cabinet, and he also represents the Council on a wide range of external bodies and organisations.
He is the Chairman of the Warley Woods Community Trust, and he was instrumental in negotiating the transfer of Warley Woods from Birmingham to the new Charitable Trust.
Steve, who has lived in Bearwood all his life, is also Chair of Governors of Bearwood Primary School.
Dr Ann Jaron was elected to the Council to represent Abbey Ward in May 1996. She is the Council Cabinet Member for Adult Services, after being the Chair of the Council’s Development Control (Planning) Committee from 2002 to 2011.
She has been a governor at St Gregory’s Roman Catholic Primary School! Chair’s the Friends of Thimblemill Brook and is a Friend of Thimblemill Library. Ann is a local General Practitioner at the Sherwood House Medical Centre. Her interests include the environment, gardening and working on her allotment.
Bob Piper is the newest member of the Abbey team. He was first elected to the Council in 1999.
Bob is Chair of the Council’s Policy and Performance Scrutiny Panel and he sits on the Council’s Scrutiny Management Board. Bob edits the Bearwood e-Bulletin and hosts the Bearwood Blog
He has lived in Bearwood for over thirty years, and he has been a governor on Bearwood Primary School, which both of his children attended, since 1989.
Bob has had a long interest in the National Health Service. He is the Chairman of the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and has previously been a Non-Executive Director of the Trust.
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I was wondering whether you were planning to include info on the blog about which local services are open over Christmas (eg chemists). If so perhaps you could add that Jaz at St Mary’s News (on corner of Upper St Mary’s Rd and Wigorn Rd) will be opening from 9.30-2.00 on Christmas day. She sells all sorts of useful things apart from newspapers.
Thank you
Catharine (deputy paper-delivery worker)
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Is that this one Sumayyah?
http://year6atbearwood.wordpress.com/
If so, well done… it looks good!
Hello,
Although I have only visited a few times, Lightwoods Park is very, very important to me. My Mom and Dad met in the Shakespeare’s garden on Easter Sunday when they were 14 years old. We lost my Mom in 1996 and my Dad (at 80) last year. My Mom and Dad agreed to “meet again” in Lightwoods Park and I would love to honor them and their love for each other . I am inquiring to see what I can do that would benefit Lightwoods Park and also honor the most amazing Mom and Dad you could ever imagine. I welcome your reply.
Sincerely,
Lesley Ann (Bunting) Darling
Lesley, that’s really nice. I know Warley Woods and a number of other parks have schemes where people can have a bench dedicated to a loved one, with a small plaque of remembrance. That could be the sort of thing that we could suggest for the park. I’ll ensure it is fed in to the friends group.
no i am in year five we are a very creative year group just visit year 5 5h, but thank you any way i hope your school is as good as ours i think it might be
Great site, despite the minor political leanings.
I am trying to put together a sort of key contacts matrix for residents of Bearwood. This initially will be pasted to my friend’s facebook group “let’s make Bearwood VIBRANT” as a document which will be a useful aid to anyone thinking of doing anything in Bearwood.
But if I could refer to back to this page where people could click a link and see the who’s who and their contact information for Bearwood that would fantastic. It all seems a bit spread out across a few sites at the moment.
Let me know if you can help.
Stefan
Do you know who I could contact to ask to play at Picnic in the Park this year? Thanks.
Cerys, you can e-mail Viv at admin@warleywoods.org.uk or Craig from Bearwood Promoters who I believe are organising the music this year: craig.goodall@virgin.net