Borough Councillor Ken Hawkins has set up an online petition so that residents can sign to support retaining current opening hours at the Library. SMBC propose to cut the opening hours on Tuesdays and Saturday afternoons – full details in an earlier post. You can sign the petition at: https://www.change.org/p/solihull-metropolitan-borough-council-retain-dickens-heath-library-opening-hours?fbclid=IwAR3h1XOGdUWUEVNGfMT4YB34iTpwtgSwuAaNVSHMNDLOhssnH91QW9iwu_E
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Big Hours Cut Proposed at Dickens Heath Library
Big Hours Cut Proposed at Dickens Heath LibrarySolihull Council have proposed the cutting of Dickens Heath Library opening hours by 26%, to just 14 hours per week, from 1st April 2020, bringing back the September 2019 plans that the Parish Council successfully opposed and were deferred at that time. The Parish Council was especially disappointed …
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Proposal to Cut the Opening Hours at Dickens Heath Library – Again
UPDATE – We have heard from Borough Councillor Ken Hawkins that the reduction in opening hours will be deferred until after the May Elections. So we have a little more time to make our feelings known! Some of you may already know that Solihull MBC will be cutting our Library’s opening hours as of April …
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Parish Council News – February 2020
Tree Planting Project for 2020
The Parish Council are embarking on a tree-planting project. With increasing awareness of the impact of global warming on the environment, we have given some consideration to what we could do, as a local community, to try and make a difference. Clearly, anything we do will be a small contribution to a huge problem but …
Stop And Think
Remembrance Sunday in Dickens Heath
Garden Competition Results
Litter Picking Equipment Available For Use
We have litter picking equipment available for use by the public. If you would like to borrow the equipment please come in when the library is open 😊
New Council policy to tackle abandoned vehicles
New Council Policy to tackle abandoned vehicles Solihull Council has launched a new policy aimed at tackling those who abandon motor vehicles in a public place. Ensuring a vehicle is taxed or disposing of an unwanted vehicle is the owners’ responsibility. Under the Council’s policy anyone found guilty of committing such an offence can be …
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