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    New £200,000 Community Initiatives Fund launched by West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner to help community and voluntary organisations

    Attention Friends Groups! A new £200,000 Community Initiatives fund launched by West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner for community and voluntary organisations to help overcome social effects of Coronavirus isolation over the… Read More

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    BOSF volunteer hours for 2019-2020

    BOSF member groups have recorded 67,478 hours of hard work in Birmingham’s parks and open spaces between 2019 to 2020. If we value those hours by the “real living wage” that amounts to… Read More

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    Road verges in the time of Coronavirus

    There are over 700 species of wild flower growing on the UK’s road verges, nearly 45% of our total flora.  Where wild flowers lead, wildlife follows! The following message is… Read More

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    Online communication tools for Friends Groups

    Due to recent preventative measures put in place by Birmingham City Council in response to the Coronavirus, park’s Friends Groups have been asked to cease organised group workdays/activities to reduce all “organised”… Read More

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    Coronavirus and Green Spaces

    The Prime Minster yesterday stated ‘Parks and Open Spaces are so absolutely important for our country and society’. We all know how critical they are and currently even more so… Read More

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    Great British Spring Clean 2020 is postponed for six months

    The #gbspringclean has been RESCHEDULED to 11-27 September 2020 The campaign, run by Keep Britain Tidy has already had 689,935 volunteers sign up to litter-picking events. However this year’s Great… Read More

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    Birmingham Trees for Life – Project Manager job application

    Birmingham Trees for Life (BTFL) are looking for a new Project Manager! “After 12 years with BTFL our Project Manager Jane is leaving us. We are looking to appoint a new… Read More

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    City Nature Challenge

    This April, Birmingham and the Black Country will compete in the City Nature Challenge for the first time. The City Nature Challenge is an annual competition between cities all over… Read More

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    BOSF – Annual Survey 2020

    Thank you to everyone who has already completed this survey, we really appreciate your support! If you have not yet completed it, there is still time to do so! Click… Read More

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    Grow Social 2020

    Spread a little sunshine in 2020 Grow Social is a brand-new initiative designed to bring people together using the power of plants.  Loneliness is a major health concern in the… Read More

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