learning service - which includes the education centre which lies off Quarry
Road. At this stage, this is about the centre's operation in a service that
is losing money.
The consultation document includes the explanation that the Stansfeld Centre
is set within 17 acres of woodland marshland and meadows. John Stansfeld bought
the land that the centre is built on in 1918 and used it to heal patients with
fresh air. Through his church work he made contact with the Parish of St
Saviour’s in Birmingham and the centre grounds became a boy’s camp for children
from the City.
The centre lost £100k in 2012/13 and has an outstanding maintenance bill.
There is a valuation of £375,000 for the site - which has no referemnce against
it, and must be very old (£375k will get you a semi in Headington - not 17
acres).
There's a consulation at:
https://www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/childrens/outdoor-learning-service-review-consultation