Serving the Local Community
You may be interested in the Mayor’s Community Weekend on 30 June and 1 July which aims to encourage communities to come together and celebrate diversity. The Mayor’s office are working in partnership with the Big Lottery Fund who will be offering grants of up to £500 to groups who want to run an event.
For further information use the link below
https://www.wmca.org.uk/who-we-are/meet-the-mayor/mayors-community-weekend/
Join your local community and be a #LitterHero. Volunteers are needed to carry out a spring clean of Hockley Heath on Friday 9th March 2018 between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm. Meet at the Recreation Ground car park at 10 am. Equipment will be provided by SMBC.
Thank you for your support, HHPC
Your local officers will be holding a drop in surgery at Dorridge Methodist Church, Mill Lane, Dorridge on Friday 23rd February between 6 and 7 pm. Come along and discuss any concerns you might have in the local area.
Tom Attwood (Police, PCSO, Solihull Rural)
Neighbourhood Watch is proud to be supporting Take Five To Stop Fraud Week.
Take Five To Stop Fraud Week is part of the national campaign from Financial Fraud Action UK and the Government, backed by the banking industry coming together to tackle fraud.
The advice being issued this week is really simple but it can stop you becoming a victim of fraud.
Together we can help stop fraud.
To read more about the campaign and to access all the resources go to
Solihull Council would like to hear people’s views on a draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) which will help ensure residents have good access to local pharmacy (chemist) services.
This is a follow-up consultation from a survey carried out in September asking for people’s views on pharmacy services in Solihull.
The draft PNA looks at the current provision of pharmaceutical services across Solihull and whether they meet the current and future needs of residents, identifying any potential gaps in services.
NHS England will use the PNA when making decisions regarding applications for new or changes to, existing pharmaceutical services. It will also be used by NHS England, Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Solihull Council to inform their commissioning of local pharmaceutical services.
The draft PNA has been put together on behalf of Solihull Health and Wellbeing Board using the analysis of local health needs, local information, intelligence, and surveys with the public and pharmacies.
People are invited to read the draft PNA and share their views by completing a short survey at: www.solihull.gov.uk/consultation
The closing date for the consultation is Monday 22 January 2018. Feedback will be used to inform the final PNA which will be ready for publication by 1 April 2018.
For more information contact Claire Cook, Communications Officer, on 0121 704 6136.
Thank you to the Miller and Carter, The Wharf and Hockley Heath Social Club for agreeing to open their doors to support all locals who are in need of refreshment after their work tidying up the village. For more information, please click on the attached file.
Please find below details of the forthcoming election for a Mayor.
Fed up with hearing that GP appointments are hard to come by? Come to a public meeting about the situation in Solihull.
Attendees to this open meeting will be able to hear views from informed speakers on the pressures facing local services, and to take part in the Access to GP Appointments in Solihull Survey, which has been created to review patients’ experiences of access to health services at their GP surgeries.
Speakers will include Tony Green from the Patient Participation Group Network and Dr Susan Harrower from Coventry Road Practice, Sheldon who will be answering questions about the ongoing issues facing GP services and their appointments systems.
Places are limited, so book one now using our booking form or call 0121 704 7861 between 10am-3pm, or email enquiries@healthwatchsolihull.org.uk.
And if you cannot attend, you can still contribute to the survey.
Solihull Council has agreed its budget for 2017/18, which includes an increase to council tax.
At the Full Council meeting on 1 March, councillors agreed a budget of £136.462 million. The Band D council tax figure, excluding police, fire and parish precepts, will be £1,269.13. This comprises £1,209.40 for general council tax and £59.73 for adult social care.
In total, council tax will increase by 4.99% which incorporates a 3% increase to fund adult social care.
The Council also approved a Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) and efficiency plan up to 2020, which is designed to ensure that Council priorities continue to be met against anticipated continual financial constraints. The strategy outlines the Council’s commitment to ensuring resources will be focussed towards services which contribute most to improving outcomes for local people.
Councillor Bob Sleigh OBE, Leader of the Council, said:
“Along with the rest of the public sector, we face a massive challenge over the next few years to deliver public services with a much lower level of funding than previously. This is particularly the case for adult social care with an increasing demand for services.
“However, these are also exciting times for Solihull, with managed growth in the borough’s economy increasing the income we generate locally. This includes participating in a pilot for full business rates retention from April 2017, as part of our involvement in the West Midlands Combined Authority.
“Our priority as a council is to improve and enrich our residents’ lives and to continue to provide essential services at a consistently high standard. We are committed to make the best use of our resources by aligning them to the needs of the people of Solihull.”