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Stockfield Event Group
are delighted to Announce
The 10th Anniversary
of the Community Fun Day
STOCKFIELD
VILLAGE NEWS
The quarterly Newsletter from Stockfield Community Association
Issue 42
Summer 2015
Stockfield Park will once again 0lay host to the Community Fun Day.
The free event will run from 11.00am- to 3.30pm and there will be lots of fun
activities for everyone including:
football, bouncy castle, sports day games, face painting, cake stall
In Bloom, Drum Together Brum and of course our famous raffle
(with all proceeds going to local charity)
Everyone is welcome and admission is free.
So please come along for a day of fun and activities for children and adults alike
Stockfield Community Association tenants have a new repairs contractor
Family Housing who will attend to their urgent, routine and out of hours repairs.
Their contact number is 0121 766 1115. This is a direct line to their contact centre
and should also be used for out of hours calls.
Emergencies are attended to within 24 hours
Urgent Jobs are attended to within 7 days
Routine jobs are attended to within 31 days
When you call please give all relevant information so that the contact centre can pass the repair request
to Family Housing with the minimum of delay.
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The RHS have given Britain in Bloom a new theme for the next three years:
GREENER STREETS – BETTER LIVES.
An attractive environment certainly improves people's lives and your Village in Bloom team is
striving to do exactly that!
Fran Lee – Co-ordinator on behalf of Acocks Green Village in Bloom team
Contact: [email protected] Telephone: 0121 706 0076
Acocks Green has been entering the Britain in Bloom campaign since 2012 and a team of
volunteers work hard every year to help make the most of our area.
Britain in Bloom is organised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and was introduced 51
years ago to raise interest in flowers and plants and to encourage people to improve their
environment. It was inspired by the floral enhancement that is commonplace in France and the
RHS aim to encourage Britain to do the same.
Every area that enters the campaign, will receive a visit from the RHS Judges who award marks
to each area. Marks are awarded for horticultural excellence and improvements to the
environment, with great importance being placed on community participation.
The Acocks Green Village in Bloom team engage with local schools and churches, the
businesses in the village, the Scouts, Birmingham City Council, and other neighbourhood groups.
The aim is to raise the profile of the campaign and encourage local people to improve their
surroundings. More importantly it inspires different parts of the community to work together, not
only to bring about change and improvements but, in days of a faster pace of life, it also helps
people to communicate with others in their community and promote a feeling of belonging.
The Acocks Green Bloom team will be at Stockfield Fun day to talk to locals about the work
which is being carried out in our area to make it a better place for people to live. We are always
looking for more people to join in the campaign, so please come along and meet the volunteers.
There will be a chance to sow some seeds to take away, a great introduction to gardening for
new gardeners.
Plant Swap
There will also have a Plant Swap. If you have too much of a certain type of plant in your garden
then dig some up and bring them along (with a label). Share your successes with your
neighbourhood. In turn you may be rewarded with new varieties for your garden.