In recent years, the rise in the number of local people requiring the support of food banks has been alarming and 2017 was no different. During 2017, the B30 Food Bank based at Cotteridge Church provided food to 7501 people, including 4350 adults and 3151 children. That would not of been possible without the incredible generosity of local people who donated 63,541kgs of food. Government policy …
Many local residents will be aware that a new planning application has been submitted for a crematorium off New Inns Lane on the Birmingham/Bromsgrove border. This is the third application that has been lodged by the developers looking to build on the land. Throughout the previous planning applications I, along with Councillors Andy Cartwright, Carole Griffiths and Peter McDonald have made …
The Project, based in Rubery, is a charity providing essential support and advice to the people of South Birmingham, helping local people with a wide variety of issues such as housing and benefits problems and also running a food bank. Very sadly over the Christmas and New Year period, their premises, were broken into and items intended for individuals and families in need were stolen. Among …
This morning I was at Northfield Station to speak to rail users who are fed up by yet another increase in the price of fares on our railways. Commuters told me of their frustration and anger as they have watched train fares surge as their wages have stagnated. At the start of 2018, the Government and private train companies increased the price of rail fares by an average of 3.4%. This is the …
Thank you for visiting my website. If you live in the Northfield area of Birmingham, in the event of emergencies occurring over the Christmas period, I hope the numbers provided at the bottom of this e-mail are helpful. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Kind regards, Richard Burden MP B30 Food Bank 07582143972 info@b30.foodbank.org.uk Birmingham City Council Bin Collections …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Congratulations to Charlee Hone from The Meadows Primary School who designed the winning entry in my Christmas card competition this year. The theme is ‘Christmas Sports in Northfield.’ Once again there were some fantastic entries and I love Charlee’s idea of snowmen playing football with a Christmas pudding! A big thank you to all the schools and …
I was Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield between 1992 and 2019 and a former Shadow Transport Minister. I now chair Healthwatch in Birmingham and Solihull, and the West Midlands Board of Remembering Srebrenica. I also work as a public affairs consultant. I am an effective community advocate and stakeholder alliance builder with a passion for human rights. I am a trustee of the Balfour Project charity and of Citizens Advice Birmingham, and a former Chair of Medical Aid for Palestinians.