James Cattell
Thursday, 25th February 2010
I joined the council in March 2008 as a temporary employee for South Birmingham Empty Properties Team. I also worked for Newtown empty properties and most recently as a full time employee in the rent department where I was BEST Leader for Hodge Hill, Yardley and Hall Green rent......
Dragons' Den - 19 January 2010
Tuesday, 16th February 2010
The first Dragons' Den of 2010 took place at Maple House on 19 January 2010. Read the story of the day here....
'Living It' - January 2010
Monday, 8th February 2010
We are pleased to annouce the first winners of the 'Living It' awards in 2010...
Small Changes Result In Massive Impact
Monday, 8th February 2010
New BEST Leader for Saltley Leisure Centre, Toni Hollis, embraced her role by ensuring she had a sound understanding of the programme and how it could benefit the team and individuals. With the support of the BEST Team she gained the confidence to deliver a productive workshop in July 2009......
Slugs And Snails And Worm Tails
Monday, 8th February 2010
Amy Bickle, BEST leader at the Circle Day Nursery, Kingstanding, and her team, have been developing partnerships with parents by involving them in creating a nursery vegetable patch. As part of their BEST discussion, the team felt they wanted to involve parents more in the life of the nursery, to......
Change Is For The BEST
Monday, 8th February 2010
Two teams from the Early Years division in the Children, Young People and Families directorate have found that focusing on change in the future can improve their working environment in the present! The Information and Support Team for Children’s Centres and the Monitoring and Evaluation Central Support Team work in the......
BEST Helps Team Take Hart
Monday, 8th February 2010
Staff from the Education Welfare Service’s Heart of Birmingham team felt that it would be more beneficial to merge together as one joint BEST team instead of being divided, a decision that has helped create a stronger team spirit and collaborative atmosphere. To reinforce this, BEST leaders......
Success Stories 2010
Monday, 8th February 2010
Continuing from 2009 are the successes for 2010. Check out this section to see what your colleagues across the Council have been up to and maybe you'll get some inspiration for your BEST actions! ......
Upcoming Events
Monday, 1st February 2010
The Lord Mayor Michael Wilkes is hosting his curry evening in aid of the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal. This one off special event is on Wednesday 24th February 2010 in Erdington, Birmingham....
Kevin Wall
Monday, 1st February 2010
I joined Birmingham City Council in 2006 as an IT Trainer in the Housing Directorate having previously worked in several other training roles, including the manager of an employment and training centre for Peabody Trust in London. joined the Change Agent pool in November last year and secured a......



































