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Greggs Foundation Environmental Grant Scheme

The Gregg Foundation has announced that the next closing date for its Environmental Grants scheme is the 3rd March 2017. The scheme which is funded by the 5p levy on… Read More

New Changemaker Fund Launched

The Santander Bank has teamed up with Crowdfunder to launch new £200,000 fund to support social enterprises and community projects across the UK. For the first time, one of the… Read More

'Parkland' and housing – some more context on yesterdays #brumpark Birmingham Parks Summit

Yesterday Cllr Lisa Trickett published a blog post which talked about how 8 acres of ‘parkland’ might be released for housing each year in Birmingham to help fund the parks… Read More

#brumparks Afternoon session – turning the visions into practical possibilites…

These won’t be complete notes – we’ve been trying to capture quite wide ranging conversations on a number of tables…  their was a specific process to connect actions to the… Read More

#brumparks summit – part two, how to make the visions work?

This afternoon a new group of people are here to work through the visions expressed this morning, what will it take to work. Two people from this morning feed back… Read More

What would you like to create, amplify or destroy in the spaces around brum? #brumparks

We weren’t able to listen in detail to every conversation on each table, but these are the notes were were able to capture.  A key part of the execise was… Read More

What are the worst things that can happen to Birmingham's Parks and Green Spaces

One of the first thing the group of park lovers and users were asked was what are the worst things that could happen in the future.  They discussed this not… Read More

What is the #brumparks summit – the Birmingham Parks Summit

We are blogging from the Birmingham Parks summit at Highbury Hall – 2nd Nov 2016.  You can follow on the twitter hashtag.  The people behind the post are Nick Booth… Read More

Benefits of Green Space on Health

Areas with more accessible green space are associated with better mental and physical health, according to a new POSTnote by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). The POSTnote… Read More

Veolia Birmingham EnviroGrant Scheme

Veolia works with local groups to help provide information about waste and recycling services. Veolia works to support the local community through the promotion and education of recycling. Alongside this… Read More