The next core group working meeting will be 10am to Noon in the South Vestry All Saints Centre, 2 Vicarage Road Kings Heath B14 7RA . The meeting will be agreeing the Children’s Quarter mission and legal structure. Notes on the alternatives we have in terms of legal structure are on this website at Choosing…Read moreRead more
CQ Campaigns
Next Meeting – 18 May 2017
Young women are more likely to report anxiety and depression
A quarter of young women age 16-24 show symptoms of depression or anxiety. Young women are “significantly more likely” to report they are suffering from anxiety or depression than their male counterparts, statistics have revealed, raising concerns that a high number of young women working in low-paid and insecure jobs is leading to a severe…Read moreRead more
Self-harm is one of the top causes for hospital admission
Self harm is one of the top five causes for hospital admission: that is at least 150,000 casualty attendees a year according to a report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Between 1/4 and 1/3 of young women report self-harming between the ages 15-24. See this article in the Telegraph (more…)
Help Mould Children’s Quarter
Children’s Quarter participants are meeting on Thursday 9 Feb to take the next step in setting it up. Representatives from 20 groups are expected to come to the meeting at Birmingham City University’s Seacole Building in Edgbaston. They will discuss principles of equality and cooperation and aim to agree the basis for Children’s Quarter which will…Read moreRead more
Why Children’s Quarter is Needed
Birmingham is one of the youngest cities in the United Kingdom The ‘median’ (average) age of citizens in UK cities can be compared below: Birmingham 32 years Bristol 33 years Liverpool 33 years London …Read moreRead more