Kingstanding Updates from Cllr Clifton Welch and Alex Richards

26/05/2026

24/05/2026

🏊‍♂️🏋️ BANK HOLIDAY CLOSURE NOTICE 🏋️‍♀️🏊‍♀️
Please note that Kingstanding Wellbeing Centre will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday, 25th May.
This includes:
✅ Gym
✅ Swimming Pool
✅ All Leisure Facilities
We will reopen as normal on Tuesday.
Thank you for your understanding and enjoy the Bank Holiday! ☀️

24/05/2026

Wishing everyone a blessed and grace-filled Pentecost Sunday.

Today, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, a reminder of God’s presence, guidance and renewing fire in our lives.

May the Spirit fill our hearts with faith, peace and courage today and always 🕊️

23/05/2026

Taking place today! ⬇️

🤝🇵🇱 Polish Heritage Day Birmingham 2026 is not only a celebration of Polish culture, but also a great example of how local funding and communities can come together to create something truly special ❤️

We are incredibly grateful that our event is also supported by local funding, including Erdington Neighbourhood Network Scheme - ENNS and Birmingham City Council 💜

Thanks to this support, we can continue building an event that brings people together, strengthens communities and promotes integration across Birmingham 🇬🇧🇵🇱

Thank you for supporting local initiatives and community-led projects 🤝✨

See you on 23rd May at Polish Heritage Day Birmingham 2026!

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🤝🇵🇱 Polish Heritage Day Birmingham 2026 to nie tylko święto polskiej kultury, ale również przykład tego, jak lokalne fundusze i społeczności mogą wspólnie tworzyć coś wyjątkowego ❤️

Z ogromną wdzięcznością informujemy, że nasze wydarzenie jest wspierane również przez lokalne fundusze, w tym Erdington Neighbourhood Network Scheme - ENNS oraz Birmingham City Council 💜

Dzięki temu wsparciu możemy wspólnie budować wydarzenie, które łączy ludzi, wzmacnia społeczność i promuje integrację w Birmingham 🇬🇧🇵🇱

Dziękujemy za wsparcie i wiarę w lokalne inicjatywy oraz działania na rzecz społeczności 🤝✨

23 maja widzimy się na Polish Heritage Day Birmingham 2026!

22/05/2026

Commissioners’ intervene to issue Urgent Challenge to any New Council Administration:-

Birmingham City Council’s Local Conservatives have welcomed the clear and direct instructions issued by the Commissioners to any incoming administration. And are urging all councillors to put residents first and work constructively to tackle the major challenges facing the city.

The Commissioners’ instruction highlights critical issues that will define the Council’s improvement journey, including the Oracle re-implementation, the dire budgetary position, proposed governance reforms, high risk and high cost regeneration projects, progress on Equal Pay, and, most pressingly, resolution of the long-running waste dispute with Unite.

The Local Conservatives group have the experience of holding the previous Labour administration to account about these issues over the last decade and a track record of putting forward solutions to resolve them.

Read more on the link in the comments below 👇

Attached is our list of some of the things Birmingham City Council needs to get on with.

Sutton Coldfield Trinity News Vesey News from Anja Pawson and John Cooper Edgbaston News with Cllrs Deirdre Alden and Matt Bennett Four Oaks News from Cllr Maureen Cornish and Raaj Shamji Erdington News from Robert Alden and Gareth Moore Highters Heath, Maypole & Warstock News - Adam Higgs Wylde Green News Reddicap Ward News from Cllr Richard Parkin Mere Green News from Cllr Dr Nitish Raut ,Cllr Meirion Jenkins & Sam Ward. Hall Green South Updates - Cllr Tim Huxtable Graham Knight - Conservatives Working For Northfield. Longbridge & West Heath Campaigners - Ron Storer & Jack Dixon

21/05/2026

Aston Villa victory parade taking place today!

Congratulations to AVFC on their triumph in the Europa League Final yesterday. 🏆💜💙

“The parade will begin on Branston Street in the Jewellery Quarter at approximately 4.30pm and cover a route of approximately 4.5km, taking in Sand Pits, Broad Street and Centenary Square. It is expected to last between 60 and 90 minutes".

21/05/2026

⚽️ 🏆 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦!!! 🏆 ⚽️

It has been a successful year for some of our City's Football Clubs.

With HUGE congratulations to Aston Villa on becoming UEFA Europa League Champions so emphatically last night, and for the promotion, as Champions, of Birmingham City's Women to the Women's Super League.

19/05/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Birmingham City Council's AGM has been adjourned as no power-sharing agreement has been reached between any of the elected parties, and as such no Leader of the Council could be elected.

https://www.birminghamconservatives.org.uk/news/local-conservatives-call-stability-after-council-agm-fails-elect-new-administration

14/05/2026

☕ Coffee Morning — this Friday 15 May @ 10:30 am

Come along for a brew, a biscuit, good company, and a devotion from the Bible.

This is a relaxed space to chat and slow down a bit, so come as you are.

Everyone’s welcome.

13/05/2026

The final results for the Birmingham City Council local elections were confirmed on Monday, with Labour losing overall control of the Council.

Birmingham City Council now moves into No Overall Control, and attention now turns to which parties may come together to form an administration to run the Council.

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11/05/2026