Active Streets can help you to create a safe space where everyone is welcome: children can play and make new friends, adults can chat to neighbours and everyone can get active together!
Working alongside your neighbours, we will work with you to create the street event you would like- a friendly and relaxed space with more room for social distancing!
We aim to make you and your neighbours feel safer, by talking through any worries that you and others might have, supporting you to design your street closure, helping build confidence, make connections with your neighbours and reduce loneliness on your street.
This programme is is part of a funding grant with Birmingham City Council, helping to build Stronger Communities.
The Active Streets team will help you every step of the way; holding meetings with your neighbours on your street, planning activities for everyone to enjoy and supporting the street closure on the day. We will submit the application to the council, and help to train up volunteers on your street to ensure your road and neighbours are safe on the day.
Active Streets is committed to creating a safe space for children to plan, for conversations to happen, and for community spirit to grow. We are in touch with an extensive network of local authority services and partner organisations that can help with street events and matters within your neighbourhood.
The best part; this is all completely free! All we ask is that you work with us so your street closure is exactly what you and your neighbours want, from kids fun day, to litter picking, to Zumba, to a friendly chat over a cup of tea, or anything else that you and your neighbours want to get involved with.
Street closures usually last for 2-3 hours, but this can be decided at your consultation meeting. We will let everyone know 10 minutes before we reopen the road, and we ask everyone helps to make sure to leave the road as clean and tidy as we found it. The road will then be open to traffic, so it would not be safe to carry on with any activities in the road after this time.
Want to find out more?
Talk to a member of staff who can answer any questions, concerns or worries.
