Green and Growing

At The Active Wellbeing Society, we support communities to take ownership over green space, particularly the informal, in-between places: the patches of land at the end of the street, the verges and alleyways.  

We work with communities and landowners, such as local councils and housing associations, to reimagine what the spaces around them could be like – from residential roads, to patches of disused land, parks to carparking spaces, and community gardens – and we work together to reclaim these spaces for community benefit, making neighbourhoods feel cleaner, greener and safer.

We believe in reclaiming Birmingham’s green spaces- taking back abandoned urban space, overgrown community gardens, underused parks and turn them into safe green spaces that are inviting, provide a purpose, and can bring the community together.