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Cottesmeadow community days: How new connections began solving local problems.

If you were to find yourself in Cottesmeadow on the first Saturday of each month, you would be greeted by the sight of children playing...

“A burden shared is a burden halved”: How reflective practice supports us to grow

At the Active Wellbeing Society, we recognise the role we play in the systems we seek to change. So since we're serious about driving positive...

Yasin’s story

A journey of growth and transformation through Project Brum

Steve’s story

How an engineering mindset and a passion for equality led Steve to focus on small but mighty actions in temporary accommodation I’m Steve, I’m a...

Stories from the Food Justice Network

The Food Justice Network was set up during the pandemic to coordinate the city’s emergency food response. Today the network brings more than 280 independent...

What do empathy and courage have to do with system change?

There is no system change without inner transformation. When we aim to change things on a grand scale, we are required to change on a...

Community cafes: The third spaces we love and need  

Community cafes: The third spaces we love and need Do you have a friend who Grew up speaking a different language?  Celebrates different religious holidays? ...

Tracy’s story

My name is Tracey, I’m 44 years old. I come regularly to Hay Hall Building in Tyseley to the lunch club group where I meet...

Pull up a chair

Pull up a seat Every Monday at the Meridian Centre you’ll find people doing chair-based exercise to 80s and 90s music. Open to all patients...

Together we can improve the air we breathe 

People in Birmingham are breathing air that the World Health Organisation classes as unsafe for human health. What can you do about an invisible problem,...