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Humera Sultan – Naturally Birmingham Project Director reflects on the changes that have happen since the project began. It’s been a long while since I wrote a blog for the Naturally Birmingham website. A lot has happened in the last 18 months. We’ve been living through a global pandemic, adjusting to working and schooling fromContinue reading “Parks and Recreation”

Through the summer we asked people to give us their “Earth Stories”. Earth Stories don’t need to be epic tales, simply a chance to understand how people connect with nature, hear their memories, find out their fears and hopes and to give us an insight into what people need and how important green spaces areContinue reading “The Future Starts Today”

We are really pleased to have been working with a group of young people from The Birmingham Children’s Trust “Don’t Dis-ability Group” who have been telling us / showing us why green spaces are important to them. David’s Garden Here we find out about David’s garden project: David’s advice to any young people who areContinue reading “Don’t Dis-ability Group”

And the Magic Kingdom Sometimes the journey to a love of parks and green spaces doesn’t start with a park. In this moving and very honest Earth Story it starts on an allotment plot many years ago. Here Nick, project advisor takes us back to his first encounter with nature. My earliest memories of playingContinue reading “The Golden Tomato”

The Naturally Birmingham Project works with communities and project partners to help “Bring Parks to Life”. We know that across the city Fair, Green, Healthy, Engaged and Valued green spaces are not yet available to all residents – we are working on that. We call this “achieving environmental justice” and our aim is to achieveContinue reading “Stechford Recreation Ground (Yardley Fields)”

This is third blog from Helen the BOSF Volunteer Coordinator working with the community Dawberry Fields Park as part of the Future Parks Accelerator Project. So, Dawberry Fields is getting on the map at last. At 55 years old I’m tweeting, Instagram posting and sending messages and pictures out on Facebook. All trying to raiseContinue reading “Dawberry Fields Park – Consultation and Engagement”

25 YEAR CITY OF NATURE VISION – YOUR CHANCE TO FIND OUT MORE! The FPA Naturally Birmingham project team are currently in the process of establishing a 25 Year vision for the City to become a ‘City of Nature’. At its heart, it aims to address the issues Birmingham and much of the UK facesContinue reading “25 YEAR CITY OF NATURE VISION”

We are catching up with Helen’s work in Dawberry Fields Park developing volunteering. Spring into Summer After some time off over Easter, moving my mother-in-law into a home – its back to Dawberry, with plans to try and encourage some consultation. I booked two coffee chats and planned to have 2 litter picking sessions soonContinue reading “Part 2 – Initial Engagement”

Helen Harvey – FPA Volunteering Development Coordinator working for Birmingham Open Spaces Forum, gives us an insight into her work at one of the FPA pilot sites – Dawberry Fields Park. 13 weeks into a 26-week contract as a Volunteering Development Coordinator and things are finally, hopefully, starting to warm up a bit – inContinue reading “Volunteer development in Dawberry Fields Park”

Witton Lodge Community Association on Healthy Parks Empowering. Invigorating. Stimulating.Powerful words, powerful emotions. And the fact is, it costs nothing to be empowered, to feel invigorated or stimulated. Just step outside. Whether it’s time spent smelling flowers in your garden, taking a walk around your local park or just sitting among nature and wildlife, studiesContinue reading “PARK LIFE – NATURALLY BIRMINGHAM’S WELLBEING REMEDY”