Yesterday, Denise and I went to a community forum meeting. This is a forum for voluntary groups in West Bromwich to meet together, share info and find out what is happening in West Brom. The added bonus last night (besides the free tea and biscuits) was that the meeting was being held in the Public.
For those not of West Brom, the Public is a new building dedicated to the arts with lots of ineractive stuff to keep the kids happy on a day out. Basically it is a rectangle with pink windows and 21st century fittings and exhibits. Depending on your point of view, it is either a pink shoe box or an iconic building at the heart of the regeneration of West Brom town centre. It was late opening, over budget and has appeared on News at Ten! It has also led to the Labour and Tory groups on the council threatening to report each other to various scrutiny or standards boards.
Anyway, back to the meeting. First, we had a tour of the building. I have to say I was really impressed and will be going back once everything is up and running. As a resident of West Brom, I am hoping for a discount on the admission price! (Well, £6.95 seems a bit steep and with a cup of tea costing £1.20 it all adds up). The guy leading the tour was brilliant and was really polite to everyone, including the ones asking stupid questions! I know there is always one in any group, except that on this occasion we had more than our fair share of them!
First impressions are that the Public is worth a visit (especially if we get a discount!) If you visit the Public website, be aware the email contact is not working!, so call in for info or 'phone them.
For those readers wanting to know about the meeting, it was over quickly, but I did learn something from SCVO and that is, my group West Bromwich Food Bank cannot apply for some new funding because we have not been in existence for twelve months or more.
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