Birmingham

The Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line Canal between the International Convention Centre (left), Brindleyplace (right), and Broad Street Tunnel (ahead) in central Birmingham, England. A part of the canal originally called Deep Cutting. Photo by G-Man Nov 2004.

Birmingham (BUR-ming-əm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is the second-largest city, urban area and metropolitan area in England and the United Kingdom, with roughly 1.1 million inhabitants within the city area, 2.9 million inhabitants within the urban area and 4.3 million inhabitants within the metropolitan area and lies within the most populated English district.Birmingham is commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom.

Located in the West Midlands county and region in England, approximately 100 miles (160 km) from Central London, Birmingham, as one of the United Kingdom's major cities, is considered to be the social, cultural, financial, and commercial centre of both the East and West Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of the city centre. W

Birmingham community action

Sustainability initiatives

♥ Community involvement

  • The Front Room, "the beginnings of an ambitious, long-term neighbourhood platform in Birmingham to be designed, grown and co-owned by local communities."

Arts, sport and culture

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Communities online

Hyperlocal sites in Birmingham, June 2014

Community energy

BirminghamEnergy Savers, Birmingham City Council originated scheme

Cycling activism

Big Birmingham Bikes, information from Birmingham City Council - Bike North Birmingham, Birmingham City Council project delivered in partnership with Sustrans and Be Active, working to transform the profile of cycling in Erdington and Sutton Coldfield - Birmingham Cycle Revolution,part of the Birmingham Connected vision to reinvent the way people and goods move across the city - Critical Mass bicycle rides in Birmingham - Green Bike Project, community-led bicycle workshop and co-operative based at the University of Birmingham

Food activism

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Growing Birmingham - Martineau Gardens, (Wikipedia)

Health and wellbeing

  • The Active Wellbeing Society, community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives, added 17:16, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Open spaces

Birmingham has 571 parks totalling over 3,500 hectares (14 sq mi) of public open space, more than any other European city. The city also has five Local Nature Reserves, one National Nature Reserve and a number of Wildlife Trust nature reserves. [1]

Martineau Gardens, (Wikipedia) - Wikipedia: Parks and open spaces in Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park

Sustainable transport activism

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Birmingham is at the hub of England's canal network. There are 35 miles (56 km) of canals within the city, of which most are navigable. [2]

Towards sustainable economies

FutureShift, programme to encourage civic innovation in Birmingham and the Black Country [3]

Trees, woodland and forest

Birmingham Trees for Life

Resources

Funding

Birmingham SOUP

LoveBrum, charity supporting ‘hard-to-reach’ projects across Birmingham that are often volunteer led and that deliver real change, with outcomes that can be seen, measured, enjoyed, and loved.

Maps

Public Transport Maps [4]:

Birmingham public transport maps are available from Network West Midlands as follows:

Other resources

News and comment

2020

‘Cities have been invaded by cars. Now they are being liberated’ - Positive News, Apr 7 [5]

How a Belgian port city (Ghent) inspired Birmingham's car-free ambitions, Jan 20 [6]

2019

"Play Out Til Tea" is a great Birmingham Impact Hub idea - but their "neighbourhood of the future" is even better, Jul 21 [7]

From Impact Hub Birmingham to Civic Square, Jun 16 [8]

2013

Pedal power to the people: Brum's £24m cycling boost, August 12 [9]

Events

2017

Beyond (un)employment, collaborative learning circle, Programme starts Wednesday 19th April 2017 birmingham.impacthub.net

2015

March 7 Birmingham GreenFest, Birmingham Botanical Gardens



References

  1. ↑ wikipedia:Parks and open spaces in Birmingham
  2. ↑ wikipedia:Transport in Birmingham#Canals
  3. ↑ podnosh.com
  4. ↑ wikipedia:Transport in Birmingham#Public Transport Maps
  5. ↑ positive.news
  6. ↑ theguardian.com
  7. ↑ The Alternative UK
  8. ↑ birmingham.impacthub.net
  9. ↑ Birmingham Mail
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