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Selly Oak

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The Constituency of Selly Oak is located in the southern part of Birmingham. It comprises four Wards:

Billesley, Bournville, Brandwood and Selly Oak

A view of Selly Oak Constituency Office based on the Pershore Road in Stirchley

Selly Oak Constituency Office, 1459 Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2JL

Local History

There are many theories on how Selly Oak received its name, they range from 'salt ley' or saltway through the meadow because of salt traffic from Droitwich to the North Sea: to 'Sele leah' or clearing with a hall on it or a clearing on a shelf of land. Others claim that it results from the Saxon word 'ley' meaning clearing in the forest, because of its position in the Forest of Arden.

Some later sources claim that the name refers to Sarah's oak (later Sally's oak) after a local witch who was either hanged from it or was buried under it with an oak stake through her heart, which later it was claimed grew into an oak tree.

Achieving Excellence with Communities

How You Can Get Involved

If you live or work within Selly Oak Constituency, we want you to be involved in improving local services. You can raise issues that concern you and contribute to decision making in a number of different ways. As well as your Elected Members ( Local Councillors ), each Ward has a Ward Support Officer (WSO), who can be contacted as follows:-

Your Ward Support Officers are:-
Karen Stevens - Bournville / Billesley Wards (0121 303 8738)
Marcia Greenwood - Selly Oak / Brandwood Wards (0121 464 3650)

We also have an 'Employment and External Funding Officer', who can help community and voluntary / third sector organisations seek external funding (a provision put in place to help with the loss of Neighbourhood Renewal Funding).

Employment and External Funding Officer
Wyn Jones - (0121 303 2382)

All reports that have been to and agreed by Committee can be found under Democracy in Birmingham.

Ward Committees provide a mechanism for members of the public to become involved in the decisions that affect their neighbourhood.

Selly Oak Partnership (formerly the Constituency Strategic Partnership or CSP)
The Selly Oak Partnership brings together the main public sector agencies in the Constituency with representation from local residents, community groups and voluntary organisations.

The Partnership works to achieve the priorities laid out in the Constituency Community Plan (attached below). The plan sets out a number of long-term aims across a range of themes and identifies a number of issues and key actions for tackling them that are critical for achieving that vision.

Please contact our Partnerships, Consultation and Engagement Officer, Saima Ali, for further details on the Partnership and its theme groups which include Children and Young People, Community Cohesion, Economic Regeneration, Environmental and Health and Older People.

Partnerships, Consultation and Engagement Officer
Saima Ali - (0121 303 9987)

Send your comments to
sellyoak@birmingham.gov.uk.
or call the Selly Oak Constituency Office, 1459 Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2JL on 0121 464 9072.

Our Priorities
The Constituency's priorities are documented in both its Community and Development Plans.
The Constituency Development Plan (attached below) serves several purposes:

It sets specific actions that should be achieved by April 2009.
It ensures that Constituency staff are clear about where they should be focussing their work activity and therefore enables a range of projects to be developed under the priorities during the next year (until April 2009).
It enables Officers and Members to consider how resources could be refocused into service priorities.

The priorities and work programmes set out in the Development Plan emerged after considering the remit of the Constituency generally, the priorities of Members, the priorities of service improvement as captured in previous MORI or BMG surveys with residents and from local Constituency knowledge.
The Constituency Development Plan for 2008/2009 was agreed at Constituency Committee on 29 July 2008.
Also attached below is the final report on the 2007/08 Constituency Development Plan.

Constituency Events Calendar
Our Events Calendar (attached below) lists a number of activities taking place within the Constituency on a monthly basis. If you would like to include an activity for future months please email sellyoak@birmingham.gov.uk or contact the Constituency Office on 0121 464 9072.