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News published February 2022

• City centre CCTV network improvements work set to begin

  Works to improve Birmingham City Council’s CCTV network around the city centre – which would see 24 new cameras installed and 30 existing cameras upgraded are due to begin next month (March 2022).

  Published 28th February 2022.

• Birmingham City Council celebrates National Empty Homes Week

  Each year National Empty Homes Week, which this year runs from Monday 28 February until Sunday 6 March, highlights the need to bring empty homes back into use and tackle their negative impact on neighbourhoods

  

  Published 28th February 2022.

• Birmingham City Council responds to the National Rough Sleeper statistics report released by the DLUHC

  Responding to the release today (24 February) of the National Rough Sleeper statistics report by the Department of Levelling Up, Homes and Communities

  Published 24th February 2022.

• Celebration time! Community groups awarded funding to help embrace Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  Funds totalling £300,000 have been given to 65 projects in 36 wards during the 1st round of awards for a city council programme designed to help people celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  

  Published 23rd February 2022.

• Plans for £4.5m improvements to Kings Norton Cemetery and Yardley Crematorium

  Birmingham City Council’s plans to improve facilities and capacity at a cemetery and crematorium in south Birmingham have been unveiled ahead of next week’s Cabinet meeting (1 March).

  Published 21st February 2022.

• BBC MasterChef relocation to Brum set to boost existing plans for Digbeth regeneration

  Today’s announcement that popular BBC television series MasterChef is relocating to Birmingham has been hailed as a boost for long-standing plans to regenerate the Digbeth area of the city.

  

  Published 18th February 2022.

• Helping rough sleepers during storm Eunice

  Due to Storm Eunice our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol remains activated across Birmingham to help people sleeping rough.

  

  Published 18th February 2022.

• Big Birmingham Bikes giveaway

  20 of 500 selected Birmingham residents collected a free bicycle today - 17 February 2022 - courtesy of Birmingham City Council's 'Big Birmingham Bikes' scheme.

  

  Published 17th February 2022.

• Have your say on Birmingham’s 25-year City of Nature plan

  Public consultation begins on the City of Nature 25-year plan to grow Birmingham’s green spaces from 600 to 1000.

  

  Published 15th February 2022.

• Thousands of children helped during winter holiday programme

  The city’s ambitious Holiday Activity and Food programme continued its success with its winter programme.

  

  Published 14th February 2022.

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