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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Thank you for the opportunity to respond to your consultation on the future of library services in Birmingham.The Save Birmingham campaign was launched after Birmingham City Council issued a ‘section 114’ notice in September 2023. Led by Co-operatives West Midlands with partners from across the…
Over the weekend, we attended the New Organising Conference in Nottingham and took part in a workshop all about Section 114 notices - the technical term for councils going bankrupt!Despite being in the final slot on Sunday afternoon after a very jam-packed weekend, we still had a great turnout…
Birmingham City Council (BCC) have released a list of community assets that they are looking to dispose of (see below). The following is wording from BCC about their intentions and the process that they are planning on undertaking:To gain a coherent understanding of opportunities, for example…
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…