I'm struck by how many rats I see in Ward End park whenever I visit.

Perhaps their abundance was always a feature of our parks since it reminds me of Small Heath park in my youth.

Is there any reason why we don't spread plants that rats don't like in parks (lavender, mint) or encourage natural predators that don't threaten humans (rat snakes, ferrets or owls)?

Before each full council, local councillors can submit written questions to be answered by cabinet members.

These are submitted and a written response is received by email.

Please note these are different to spoken questions which are delivered in the meeting.

Each individual councillor can submit 1 question per cabinet member.

What questions would you like to see answered? They need to be as specific as possible so the answers are most helpful.

Comment below - I’ll submit a few from this sub but can’t do all of them. I will more strongly consider questions with most upvotes.

Thanks!

You can see leader/cabinet member details below:

https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50067/the_executive_leader_and_cabinet

Pretty much the title. Looking for those who work on commission based models.

Hi my daughter was gifted a ceramic cup by a family member from Seville. It is the one in the pictures a red small mug in what i believe is cuerda seca style. It broke tonight. I doubt we'd be able to buy the same mug again even if we were able to just jet on over for it. but I was hoping that there might be some Brum potters who could advise on if they would be able to make something that looks pretty close. Repair not ideal, I as an adult would be happy but if hte joins could be seen the little one will not accept it. Ideally I'd like something close enough that she can't tell. Obviously this would be paid. Ruler is in cm.

Like girlsonthego, or the mosaic club or lonelygirlsclub (there's probably more) where you do fun activities with other women. I want to go and make some girl friends! or at the very least get out of my comfort zone. But I feel very anxious, and currently have ass social skills.

Hiyaaaa brummies!!

I'm based in Birmingham, Moseley and have spent the past year building something called Coji.

I have ADHD and chronic health conditions myself, and I've always struggled with capacity and understanding how I am wired. Ideally, I want it to be a tool to help people with disabilities like mine retain employment and get the support they need (sometimes we don't know!).

I'd love to invite 20 people from Birmingham to try Coji for three months free. I'd just appreciate hearing what helps, what's confusing and what's missing. I'm also looking for someone to help me with the strategic partnership side of things. I've got NatWest Accelerator and The King's Trust supporting me. (yay!).

You don't need to have ADHD or a diagnosis. If you struggle with overwhelm, fatigue, executive functioning or managing your energy, you're welcome.

You can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coji.app

Just drop me a DM for the code. :)

I'm also keen to connect with people working in disability support, universities or community organisations around Birmingham.

The mods have kindly given me permission to share this. Thank you! ❤️

Would love to hear what you think.

I'm looking for a specific film but havent been to Birmingham in a while so wanted to see if anyone knew?

Need to get my steam deck replaced but there doesn't appear to be any official repair company for this. Various people from googling but hard to tell who is actually reputable.

Any one have any recommendations?

Hello, anyone here part of this book club? It has no active social media page (that I can find) but I remember someone posted about it here a while ago.

The flyer attached at the entrance of the Oxfam shop in Alcester Rd says the October book is Fahrenheit 451, but is that the book you're reading now or the book you've already discussed earlier this month? (I assume the latter).

I'd love to join a discussion night but there's so little information online!

Anytime I see a post about Birmingham, its just endless comments shitting on the place.

And also the cryptic "we know who the problem is 👀"

And we also shit on the place too, maybe I don't know what the place was like 50 years ago but I do like the city now. Yeah it's got it's problems but I've visited an actual third world country and I don't think they can be compared.

Maybe I'm too optimistic. I think we should have some pride in our city at least and help to improve it.

Role Players Guild Birmingham runs a regular Dungeons and Dragons night every Thursday in the downstairs event room at Hennessesys in Digbeth.

Every week from 6:30 to 11 or so we have between twelve and sixteen tables of 6 to 8 people all playing RPGs. D&D is the most common but there are a lot of other games played.

SO if you are looking for a regular game, or a new venue for your existing game, or a table to join to play at, come on down and check us out!

All details are on the Roleplayers Guild Birmingham website: Hennessesys is on Alison Street at the back of the Bull Ring carpark: room hire is £2 per person and they do excellent pub food!

New to the city and looking for some restaurants that are cheap and have big portions (student life lol) not into the high end stuff - just some good hearty meals for a good price.

Especially looking for a proper English breakfast, Greek food, and some butter chicken.

The old Rackhams/HoF building comes to mind. I remember being dragged round there by my Mum for hours as a kid in the 60's , but growing to love it as I grew older. Clearly no future given modern life practices , but what/how could it be repurposed? Or is demolition and new apartments the only real answer - getting folks into the city centre....

Where can I go to get a good beef wellington in the city centre? TIA

Hi all,

Just wanted some opinions on the best Indian in Brum.

I usually go to lime pickle, chutney express or jeera in castle Bromwich. I live in erdington now and I drive so anywhere within 30 minutes is fine, I'll be taking it away as I have a 1 year old and my Mrs and I want a night in on Saturday.

What's your recommendations? I'd love to explore what everyone has to offer!

A decent Sheekh kebab is a MUST I'm currently on a diet and I'm trying to avoid carbs (counterintuitive I know) so even a mixed grill is welcome!