The Hive Effect
Many Minds.One Hive
A non‑profit community and environmental project reconnecting people with nature — and with each other.
WE ARE EVOLVING
TRANSFORMING - METAMORPHOSING
- MUTATING
The Hive Effect started as a dream for a garden. It’s turning into a reckoning for a Council.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD
For 40 years, the Penncricket Lane allotments sat abandoned. We brought a vision of hope, health, and sustainability to Sandwell.
KEPT DOING SOMETHING
REALLY VILE
BUT
In return, Sandwell "Council" gave us six years of lies, avoided our calls, and quietly sold our community’s soul to private developers.
They didn't just sell land; they sold your future.
THEY HAVE
DIVIDED US
to deprive us
Look at the map. From Brandhall to Rowley Hills, our green spaces are being stripped, our libraries turned into private assets, and our children’s "Billies" paved over for profit. While they count the cash in the dark, our communities— some of the most disadvantaged in the nation— are left with the scraps.
Inequality isn't an accident in Sandwell.
It's a business model.
WE ASK THE QUESTIONS
NOBODY ELSE WILL
Where is the Secretary of State's consent for the sale of our allotments? Why does "process" only happen when it benefits a private buyer?
Why do THEY get several £multi-million parks
and why do WE have to be grateful for 1 x £250k park?
Why do THEY get several £multi-million state-of-the-art community centres
and why can't WE get one?
Why do THEY have access to 800+ allotments
and why do WE have less than 100?
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE THINGS
THEY WON'T
They hide behind "procedures." We stand behind the evidence.
WE JUST TELL IT AS IT IS
This site is no longer just a project proposal.
It is a living record of the corruption, greed, and systemic neglect of the Sandwell "Council."
We begged for a sanctuary; they forced a fight
Who are these anarchic clowns with crayons?
See for yourself
This site shows you both sides of Oldbury - Them & Us.​
We highlight THE DIVIDING LINE that permanently divides us.​
We reveal the two faces of two-tiered Sandwell Council.​
We hold those responsible to account.
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No filters. No excuses. No Apologies.​​
Nothing here is rumour.
Nothing is guesswork.
Every claim, every contradiction, every “you’ve got to be kidding me” moment links straight into:
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The Timeline Hub - the chronological and thematic sequences
The Module Hub - the details, the documents.​​
If you want the receipts, they’re there.
At the heart of everything, one principle matters most…
Public land decisions must be open, honest, and made with the community.
A community should never lose green space without transparency, evidence, and a genuine voice in the process.
Two paths. One truth.
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Choose how you want to see Sandwell.
The top menu
These green buttons take you on a stroll to places of possibility & vision - from forward thinking people with common sense & intellect.
This is what we should have had.
THE HIVE EFFECT
This is The Hive Effect. This is Sadunwell. This is Brandhell.
This is the record.