As many of you who have followed the campaign since its inception will know, we’ve utilised powers under the Localism Act 2011 to put protections…
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Birmingham City Council (BCC) are inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) for community organisations interested in Sheldon Community Centre. The…
Birmingham City Council has recently published a number of reports setting out properties it is proposing to dispose of across the city…
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Birmingham City Council (BCC) has announced that it is saving four of its Youth Centres that were previously thought to be at risk: The Factory, The Lighthouse, Concord Youth Centre and Shard End Youth Centre.These four centres will now continue to be run and managed by BCC's Youth Service.However…
Join us for a free webinar to learn more about the process of 'Valuing Worth' in the context of Community Asset Transfer (CAT) in Birmingham.This will take place on Tuesday 17th December from 6pm to 7.30pm.This online session is designed to give an overview of the 'Valuing Worth' tool developed and…
The Commissioners who were appointed when Birmingham City Council declared a Section 114 notice in 2023 have released their first assessment of the progress made. Although dated April 2024, the report was only made public last week. You can read it in full here.It's a pretty damning report and…
Birmingham City Council are starting the process of reviewing their Youth Centres and have provided the below information to us at the Save Birmingham campaign.They would like to hear from community groups that are interested in supporting the future running of these centres - please contact them…
Earlier this month, Birmingham City Council released details of its preferred option for managing the library service across the city. The council’s preferred option includes only one full-time Community Library Hub for each of the city’s 10 parliamentary constituencies, with a further 18…
Save Birmingham campaign calls for a pause to drastic council cuts so communities have the time they need to take on community assets.A recent report from the Audit Reform Lab has questioned the calculations made by Birmingham City Council that led to the declaration of a Section 114 notice exactly…
Birmingham City Council are now in the process of auditing their assets, with the potential for some to be transferred into community ownership. But what does Community Asset Transfer actually mean?Luckily for us, the great team at the Neighbourhood Development and Support Unit (NDSU) at BCC…
Our colleagues at FOLOB (Friends of the Libraries of Birmingham) have written an open letter to Birmingham City Council in anticipation of the second stage of the consultation on Birmingham's Library Service, which is due to take place throughout September 2024.The Save Birmingham campaign supports…