Archive for the 'Chamberlain Forum' Category

Highbury 2.0

Thursday, November 8th, 2007 | No Comments »

In the 1989’s Birmingham’s leaders gathered at Highbury Hall in Moseley for a summit meeting. It was the second time such a gathering had happened and Highbury 2 spawned the idea to break the concrete collar which was stranggling the growth of the city centre.

With the ring road down it is 2007 and Stef [...]

The smell of trouble - Neighbourhood Policing in Birmingham - new podcast.

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

“We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham.

Sue Beardsmore [...]

 
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Is that politician telling lies?

Thursday, October 5th, 2006 | No Comments »

Imagine being able to check instantly whether or not statements made by politicians were correct. That is the sort of service Google Inc. boss Eric Schmidt believes the Internet will offer within five years.

– wow – for more try here.

A Hug from Government?

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 | No Comments »

A while ago the new headmaster of a large state run secondary school told me about his plan to stop excluding children – no more problem solving by binning the apparent source of the problem. He thought that of all the children who most needed the values and discipline a good school [...]

David Cameron comes to brum - again

Friday, July 14th, 2006 | No Comments »

David Cameron was in Birmingham again today – to give a Chamberlain Lecture on how he sees the relationship between government and communities.

In fact the leader of the opposition was in my own neighbourhood Balsall Heath, an area he admires for the extent to which citizens and volunteers have taken control of their own streets. [...]