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    What's going on in Northfield? A place for us all to share stuff we're hearing

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    Young people and concerns around safety

    We had quite a difficult conversation today with some residents in the Weoley area of Northfield. We were talking about how safe people feel in the local area. They told us that they didn't feel that safe for a number of reasons, including: young people riding quads up and down the road, a feeling t
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    Feb 19, 2021
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    Chilling at Nafcaf

    As you know, we were at the Northfield Community Arts Forum (Nafcaf) last night. We had a great discussion, really enjoyed speaking to everyone there. We asked some participants for their thoughts on the discussion - here's some snippets of what they said.
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    Aug 16, 2017
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    Housing issues

    Hearing a lot of complaints about a lack of housing in Northfield and the surrounding area. Some public sector workers are telling us this is creating real animosity toward migrants. 'People are saying, "we need to look after our own first,"' one person told us, 'There's a lot of anger and frustrati
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    May 08, 2017
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    Hate crime

    Anyone else experienced/heard about new migrant families suffering from abuse in Northfield? We've heard a few cases now of people telling us that new Polish, Romanian, and Afghan families in the area have had abuse shouted at them in the street and in one case had their house pelted with eggs. Wou
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    Aug 16, 2017
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    Hate crime around Weoley Castle Square

    We've been hearing that people have been victims of crime in some of the roads leading off Weoley Castle Square. We've asked about hate crime, but people are also telling us about antisocial behaviour too. We recently took part at an event in Weoley Community Church where we asked local residents e
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    Aug 16, 2017
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    What does a flag mean?

    Just got back from a fascinating meeting with some local community peeps in Longbridge. They expressed concerns about a rise in anti-social behaviour in and around Rednal. Moreover, they were also concerned that people aren't prepared to talk to their neighbours about these issues, because people do
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    May 08, 2017

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