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Blue Orange Theatre ‘Click & Play’ project

Blue Orange Theatre have been awarded funding from Awards for All (Big Lottery Fund) to deliver their project ‘Click and Play’, which will culminate in a photography exhibition at the theatre. Participants will not only photograph areas of Birmingham that inspire them for the exhibition, but also take part in drama based workshops to further…

Jewellery Quarter behind the scenes: 10th – 17th June

Businesses across the Jewellery Quarter will hold a series of ‘open door’ events as part of a fringe event for this year’s Birmingham Made Me (BMM), which has been developed to promote innovation and the great products designed and made in the city and across the Midlands. The Jewellery Quarter BID has arranged a series of ‘open door’…

Garden Volunteering Opportunity at the Library of Birmingham

The Library of Birmingham is offering the chance for volunteers to help tend the beds on its elevated outdoor garden terraces, growing plants, including fruit, herbs and vegetables. This is an opportunity for someone who is interested in gardening, but has nowhere to grow, and for people keen to volunteer in their local community. The…

BE Festival seeking Hosts and Volunteers

Our friends over at the BE FESTIVAL are looking for Hosts and Volunteers to help with their event in July 2013. BE FESTIVAL is a Birmingham-based arts organisation dedicated to bringing high quality European theatre to audiences all around the UK, and offering valuable and innovative development opportunities to artists and young people. The ethos…

Who Lives in a House Like This? It’s over to you…

The Jewellery Quarter is a housing estate. Well, it was when it was first developed, but then shiny precious things started to be made in the yards of those houses and Hockley changed forever. It’s over 100 years since new houses were built in the Jewellery Quarter. Now we have a few being built behind…

Put your Community First

Ladywood ward, which includes the JQ, has been chosen to receive money from the government’s Community First initiative until March 2015. The funding is aimed at helping communities come together to identify their strengths and local priorities in order to plan for their future and become more resilient. It funds both new and existing community…