Words by Cllr Jex Parkin (Reform UK, Kingstanding) and Cllr John Lambert (Reform UK, Kingstanding)
£20 Million. Your Neighbourhood. Your Say.
Politicians have a remarkable talent for telling communities what they need. Asking first? Apparently, that’s the radical bit.
Kingstanding South-East could receive up to £20 million over ten years through Pride in Place. Better parks? Safer streets? Somewhere for young people? Bringing neglected buildings back to life?
But whose priorities should come first?
And here’s something important: you don’t have to live here to have a view.
Live in Kingstanding? Work here? Run a local business? Shop here, enjoy a pint at the pub, use local facilities or visit relatives? If you have a connection to Kingstanding South-East, we want to hear from you.
Kingstanding Together, an independent community association, is running a five-minute survey for people who live in or use the area.
Because when the projects are announced, we already know the complaints:
“Nobody asked us.”
“What a waste of money.”
“Why didn’t they fix what matters?”
Well, you’re being asked now.
The survey isn’t a vote on individual schemes. Kingstanding Together doesn’t control the funding. But your answers will be shared with the Neighbourhood Board and Birmingham City Council to help inform their decisions.
And we’ll be asking what happens next: who decided, why, and did it actually improve our neighbourhood?
Twenty million pounds is too important to leave to guesswork.
Have your say: www.kingstanding.org/pride-in-place/survey
For more from Cllr Jex Parkin (Reform UK, Kingstanding) and Cllr John Lambert (Reform UK, Kingstanding) click here.
This article was first published in the Erdington Local monthly newspaper on 16 October.
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