ACORN's West Midlands region contains the Branches and Groups Birmingham, Coventry, and Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme, as well as many other members in other towns and cities, all fighting campaigns on the issues that matter to them. Join in with an action near you so we can win.
We are stronger together.
ACORN's West Midlands region contains the Branches and Groups Birmingham, Coventry, and Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme, as well as many other members in other towns and cities, all fighting campaigns on the issues that matter to them. Join in with an action near you so we can win.
We are stronger together.
Last month we launched our email campaign to support our member Sephena, a hardworking mum of 4. She’s lived in her Ladywood council flat for over 20 years, and for those 20 years has dealt with leaks, damp, and mould, which have caused severe health problems for her family - her son, Isaac, has been hospitalised multiple times.
With your help, we have since secured a commitment from Ladywood Councillor Kath Hartley to arrange a meeting with the relevant authorities; unfortunately, she has let us down and left Sephena with inadequate repairs and no confirmation of the meeting we demanded. When council agents came to inspect the property recently they refused to investigate the pipes and even accused Sephena of causing the issue herself.
This is completely unacceptable. We are reiterating our demands, which have not been addressed; for the leaks to be repaired, for an independent contractor to be hired to determine the causes of the issues, and for a meeting to be arranged between Sephena and the relevant council authorities to discuss reparations.
This time, you can support our campaign by emailing Councillor Jayne Francis, Cabinet Member for Housing. We believe that Ladywood’s councillors have completely failed in their duties - we need your help to show Birmingham City Council as a whole that these systematic failures are unjust and unacceptable, and the community won’t take them lying down.