Live Theatre Saturday 3rd October

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In partnership with Shindig (Live and Local), Worcestershire’s programme of professional live performances in community venues, Barnt Green Parish Council is hosting the Kepow Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Seven Ages, an improvised, fast-moving comedy show following man’s seven ages of life – from birth to growing old disgracefully. An entertaining night out for all the family at the Parish Centre.

Tickets are £10 for adults, £8.50 for concessions (ie over 65’s and under 16’s).  Not suitable for children under 6yrs.

Tickets are available from

  • the parish council office at 80 Hewell Road, B45 8NF or
  • by phone – 0121 447 9893 or
  • by e-mail to

St Andrew’s Church Hall Saturday 3rd October.  Doors open at 6.45pm and the play starts at 7.30pm

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Community Walk

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Thank you to everyone who came on one of the three walks!  A total of 135 people took part in the walks and enjoyed the refreshments afterwards – pig roast provided by Barnt Green butcher Warwick, liquid refreshments provided by Vinalia –  and the music provided by Alex Rainsford.  The weather was brilliant too.

Bromsgrove Jobs Fair

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Local MP, Sajid Javid, invites interested local residents to his Bromsgrove Jobs Fair in the Spadesbourne Suite, Bromsgrove Council House, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove on Friday 13 February from 10.00am to 3.00pm.

Over 30 local employers will be recruiting for around 1,700 jobs and apprenticeships – including Worcester Bosch, Harris Brush and Manpower in partnership with Jaguar Landrover. The National Careers Service will be running a CV clinic throughout the event and there will be two short employer seminars at 11.00am and 2.00pm on employability skills. A number of charities will also attend for those looking for some initial experience through volunteering.

Troop Aid says ‘Thank you’

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Pam Eves, the Barnt Green Troop Aid co-ordinator has asked the Parish Council to pass on her thanks to all the residents who continue to donate shower gel and other toiletries via the drop-off facility at the parish council office. Although the current need in Afghanistan has diminished, grab bags are now being sent to overseas field hospitals so donations continue to be welcome.

Will electrification derail Barnt Green?

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Residents are invited to a drop-in event at the Scout and Guide Centre, Blackwell Road, Barnt Green on Tuesday 9 December between 12.00 and 19.00 at which Network Rail representatives, and their contractors, will be available to discuss the impact of the rail electrification on Barnt Green, specifically the proposals for road closures, rebuilding the bridges and the station footbridge.

Please take this opportunity to find out about the impact of electrification on the village and to press for the installation of lifts at the station footbridge.

The following is an extract from Network Rail correspondence to Worcestershire County Council’s Transport Planning Officer, David Balme, dated 17 October 2014 regarding the installation of lifts at the station footbridge:

Network Rail fully recognises our obligations under the Equality Act 2010, including the principle of reasonable adjustment. The design of the new footbridge includes space for lift shafts. However, Barnt Green was not on the Department for Transport’s list of stations eligible for Access for All funding in the 2015-19 period. This means there is no automatic clear funding for providing the lifts.

Network Rail are working to close the funding gap with the intention of securing sufficient funds to provide the three lifts for the footbridge and the associated running costs, to be provided when or shortly after the bridge is built.

This is an important issue about which residents should continue to lobby our MP, the Department of Transport and Network Rail.

Barnt Green lights-up!

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St Andrew’s School PTA invite you to join them on Friday 28 November between 5.30pm and 7.30pm at the school for the St Andrew’s Christmas Fair.

The event will be preceded at 5.00pm by an outside carol service in Millennium Park, led by Rev Rob Fieldson, Pupils at the school have made lanterns which they will bring to the carol service. At the end of the service the Christmas tree and Hewell Road Christmas street lights will be switched on. All are welcome.

Sajid Javid wants to telephone you …

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Sajid Javid MP

Bromsgrove’s local MP, Sajid Javid, will be holding the UK’s first Parliamentary TeleForum, ‘Tell Sajid’, on 26th November at 7pm. The TeleForum will allow constituents to sign up for a free phone call from their MP, during which they will have the option to ask questions, or simply sit back and listen to the discussion.

The cutting edge technology, already widely used in the USA, will allow all registered callers to listen in to and take part in a single live, interactive phone call – simply by answering their phone at 7pm on 26th November. It will be the first time that the technology is used in the UK by a Member of Parliament to contact their constituents.

Sajid Javid commented;

‘I’m really excited about this new way of keeping in touch with Bromsgrove constituents. I know that coming along to a public meeting can be difficult to fit in for many people.

Instead, this brilliant new technology will allow us to have effectively a virtual public meeting. You can listen in at home, on a break at work, or on Handsfree in the car. If you have any questions about what I’m saying, you will then have the option to speak to me directly.

I hope as many constituents as possible will sign up for this great and entirely free opportunity. Please register at my TeleForum page now to receive my phone call on 26th November at 7pm’.

To sign up for the free phone call, constituents will need to register first at the following website address: www.vekeo.buzz/sajidjavid

Good news for station users

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The Parish Council is delighted to report welcome progress with two key parish council campaigns associated with Barnt Green station:
(i)   having originally planned not to provide lifts at the new Barnt Green station foorbridge, it seems that Network Rail have now accepted the need for this to be done;
(ii) Network Rail have also indicated that when the new electrified rail service starts running from Bromsgrove, a direct Barnt Green to Bromsgrove rail service will be provided.
Cllr John Jagger commented that he was delighted with the news and looked forward to a formal announcement from Network Rail in the near future.

Barnt Green’s new signposted walks

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Just in time for the Community Walk and Pig Roast on 27 September, there are now 3 new signposted Walk Worcestershire paths around Barnt Green. They are the Barnt Green Circular Walk (6.5 miles), the Barnt Green Waterways Walk (5 miles) and the Barnt Green Lickey Hills Walk (4 miles). Follow this link for maps and further information.

2014 community walk and pig roast

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On Saturday 27 September 2014 you are invited to join the Barnt Green community walk and pig roast. In 2013, over 200 people of all ages took part in what Worcestershire’s Countryside Access Volunteer Officer, Amanda Hill, described as the best Community Walk in the county.

As in 2013, there will be four guided walks varying from 7 miles to 2.5 miles. The walks will start and finish at Millennium Park on Hewell Road, Barnt Green and take in many local beauty spots. All the walks should arrive back at Millennium Park at about 5:30pm in time for a pig roast (vegetarian options available). Individuals and families are invited to come along on the day and join in.

Children are very welcome but, if under 16, should be accompanied by a responsible adult. There is no charge for the walk but pig roast and bar purchases will apply. Dogs on lead are welcome to join the walk.
The timetable is:

1.30pm: Walk 1 (7 miles)* leaves Barnt Green for Withybed Green, the Worcester and Birmingham canal, Bittell reservoirs, Cofton Church, Lickey Woods and Visitors Centre returning to Barnt Green.
3:00pm: Walk 2 (4 miles)* leaves Barnt Green for Withybed Green, the Worcester and Birmingham canal, Bittell reservoirs returning to Barnt Green.
3:00pm: Walk 3 (4 miles)* leaves Barnt Green for Cofton Church, Lickey Woods and Visitors Centre returning to Barnt Green.
4:00pm: Walk 4 (2.5 miles) leaves Barnt Green for Bittell reservoir returning to Barnt Green.
5:30pm Pig Roast.

Thanks to village traders, Warwick Butchers and Vinalia for agreeing to organise the pig roast and licensed bar.

* The route indicated may be reversed.