A couple of weeks ago Save Birmingham had the pleasure of taking part in the…
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Birmingham City Council has replied to Save Birmingham’s recent letter about the handling of community assets. In the interests of…
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Oddingley Hall last month for our Save Birmingham and Social Economy Drive event, marking two…
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Following the publication of Birmingham’s emergency budget, which is due to be discussed by the City Council Cabinet next week (27 February), community campaign group calls for urgent plan to save the city’s libraries.As part of proposed cuts of more than £300 million over the next two years, the…
Birmingham City Council have announced plans to shut 25 community libraries, leaving just 10 across the city, along with the flagship Library of Birmingham.This will have a devastating effect on local access to the vital services that libraries provide.Here are our top 5 actions that you can do…
We're excited to share that we're now recruiting for a Co-ordinator for the Save Birmingham campaign. This paid role will require flexibility and help with co-ordination, communications and community engagement, enabling us to take our work to protect community places to the next stage.We're…
Tell the council to protect our community places in its budget consultation. Last week, we heard that Birmingham City Council is considering asset sales of £500 million over the next 12 months.And as the local authority plans its finances for next year, it's launched a consultation asking…
Following rare cross-party support for Save Birmingham, we met with John Cotton, the Leader of Birmingham City Council. We discussed how our campaign could work with the council to protect and improve community places.This builds on the support of over 1,000 residents backing the Save Birmingham…
Save Birmingham campaign unites all political parties to protect community places in a key vote at Birmingham City Council on 7 November. This comes after fears that 'bankrupt' Birmingham City Council would launch a 'fire sale' of much-loved buildings and assets.The 'unprecedented' cross-party…
The Save Birmingham campaign continues to be covered in the media, as nearly 1,000 residents sign up to protect community places. Birmingham residents have nominated dozens of community places that matter to them.In recent days we've been covered on ITV Central (Save Birmingham's campaigns lead,…
After just one week, residents of Birmingham nominate 50 community places that matter to them on the savebirmingham.org website.This is the first step in the process to protect community places. Community groups or residents can then apply to officially protect community places from 'fire sales'.…