Sally Taylor

What a start! Our very first Curiosity Cafe was a whirlwind of energy, ideas, and—most importantly—neighbours getting to know neighbours. The room at Thimblemill Library was absolutely buzzing with the kind of collective creativity that makes Bearwood and Smethwick such special places to live. If you missed the first one, don’t worry, we’re just getting started. A Look Back: What Happened? One of the highlights of the day was seeing our Knowledge & Skills Sharing Station come to life. We...

Welcome to Bearwood Community Hub’s world where we can come together to learn from each other and solve local issues with creativity and positive action. The first “cafe” will be 19th May at Thimblemill Library. The Curiosity Cafe adds to what we already do to help people connect, and it is very explicitly responding to what visitors to our Urban Room at Smethwick Library kept telling us: that we need more space and power to work together to develop solutions to local issues. So whether you...

Bard’s Book Brings Community Together On Saturday 3rd June, around 400 people came to the Dorothy Parkes Centre to see the 400-year-old, publicly-owned copy of William Shakespeare’s works and to take part in a spectacular array of Shakespearean activities! Back in October last year talks began with the Everything to Everybody project about bringing Shakespeare’s First Folio out to Smethwick, and so after months of planning and coordination, the first Saturday in June finally arrived… The...