Extra Police Presence in Lozells

Following a meeting this afternoon with Inspector Karen Geddes and Sergeant Jill Hughes of the West Midlands Police, I have been assured that despite limited resources following re-structuring of the Police, there will be extra police patrol in Lozells. This is due to an increase in street robberies and robberies in general. The two main targets for criminals are gold and electronic devices. The price of gold has increased substantially over the recession period and gold is seen as a quick convertor ...

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June 06, 2011 - waseemzaffar

Celebrating 10 years of Angelsey Playgroup with Lord Mayor of Birmingham & Khalid Mahmood MP

I had huge pleasure in welcoming newly elected Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr. Anita Ward to my ward to join celebrations of the 10th year anniversary of the Playgroup at Angelsey School. I was also pleased that local Member of Parliament – Khalid Mahmood joined the celebrations. The Playgroup was first opened in 1999 by support received from the National Lottery Funding. In 2008, the playgroup achieved an outstanding inspection for leadership and management, education and care, language and literacy, mathematics, ...

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May 05, 2011 - waseemzaffar

Lozells Neighbourhood Forum Public Meeting

On Wednesday, 25th May, I was delighted to attend the public meeting of the Lozells Neighbourhood Forum at Angelsey Infant School. I was very curious as well as nervous to learn of the attendance at the meeting as it was advertised to start at 9.00am. As I approached the entrance to the school hall where the meeting was taking place, I was pleased to see a queue of people, the majority of whom were women, waiting to gain entrance into the ...

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Local Community Action at its Best in Handsworth

I attended a community event on Saturday morning on Brunswick Gardens in Handsworth in my capacity as newly elected Councillor for Lozells and East Handsworth Ward. Local residents have been working for months with West Midlands Police, Midlands Heart, Groundwork and Birmingham City council to claim back the alleyways that run between Albert Rd and Herbert Rd. Through neighbourhood management led by Handsworth Neighbourhood Manager Tracey Thorne, the local community were able to get some funding to clean up the area and ...

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May 05, 2011 - waseemzaffar

Campaign De-Brief

This afternoon a number of key community activists that were involved in my election campaign met to discuss the campaign. The main objectives of the campaign de-brief was to establish what went right, what went wrong and how we can improve in future campaigns. I am grateful to Dr. Miles Weaver for facilitating the session today. The debate was lively with all expressing their views articulately. During the meeting it became apparant that there are many skills that exist within the ...

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Anti-Robbery Operation

I, along with Police Sgt. Jill Hughes and other colleagues from the Lozells and East Handsworth Police team visited a number of residents on Albert Road, Murdoch Road and Cenetenary Drive last week. The purpose of the visits were to discuss issues affecting local residents and to re-assure them despite the increase in robberies in the local area, the local Police team are working as hard as ever to make our streets safer. I found the discussions refreshing with many ...

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May 05, 2011 - waseemzaffar

Cllr. Waseem Zaffar – Your Voice In Tough Times

I feel privileged to have been elected as Councillor in the ward in which I was born, grew up and have lived my whole life. I would like to thank the people of Lozells and East Handsworth for bestowing me with the honour of representing them. I would also like to pay gratitude to all those that assisted me during the campaign. There are many challenges facing our community and I promise to work with as many local residents, community groups ...

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May 05, 2011 - waseemzaffar

Result Announcement in Lozells & East Handsworth Ward

Result – Lozells and East Handsworth – Lab Hold Name Party Votes % Poll Hussain Talib The Conservative Party Candidate 364 4.74 Islam Sabirul Liberal Democrat 1,483 19.29 Toke David Green Party Candidate 367 4.77 Zaffar Waseem The Labour Party Candidate 5,408 70.35 Electorate: 18,916 Majority: 3,925 Total votes for ward: 7,687 Total percentage votes for ward: 40.64 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/user/MrWaseemZaffar#p/u/0/LgDPXIw4P68]

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May 05, 2011 - waseemzaffar

Waseem Zaffar: Your Voice in Tough Times in Lozells, Birchfield & Handsworth

You may know that I was selected last week to be the Labour candidate in Lozells and East Handsworth at the local government election on 5 May. I feel privileged to be representing the party I joined as a 15 year old in the ward in which I was born, grew up and have lived my whole life. When nationally and locally the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition continue to make irresponsible decisions, it is more important than ever that the residents of ...

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April 04, 2011 - waseemzaffar

Lozells Coverage by Belgium TV – Impact of Government Cuts on Communities

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWlRA9LT5Ag] I was one of the local residents that Belgium TV interviewed during this piece of news of impact of Government cuts on Communities in the United Kingdom.

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January 01, 2011 - waseemzaffar