Five years on, playing out in Birmingham has developed into Active Streets, and has grown exponentially. Starting at three streets in Kings Heath in 2013, last year there were 45 Active Street locations, and a total of 80 different events citywide.
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Today was my first event with Birmingham Active streets. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side and had poured it down for pretty much the entire day. But that didn’t knock the confidence of the flood of kids that came running out to get stuck in with the activities and equipment we’d set out. […]
Playing Out began in Birmingham 2013. Here’s an interview with John Hill-Daniel who helped coordinate in those early years. How did you find out about Playing out? I first heard about Playing Out in Bristol online, on Facebook I think. I was already running the Space Explorers community project with funding from Near Neighbours, but struggling to […]
Active Streets is an initiative from the Birmingham Wellbeing Service that provides you with the opportunity to close your road for a few hours at a time, turning your street into a safe, vibrant community space for you and your neighbours to come together, take ownership of your street and enjoy activities of your choice. […]
Playing Out as a movement began in Bristol in 2007, where a small group of residents frustrated at the lack of freedom to play out for their children applied for a ‘street party’ road closure simply to allow street play – see Playing Out website, set up by the Bristol group. Since 2013 we’ve worked […]
Birmingham City Council supports Playing Out under the banner of Active Streets, part of the Birmingham Wellbeing Service, launched in 2015, and there is a council officer who can support you with a wide range of activities that you might want to organise on your street. To find out more, email [email protected] We will provide step-by-step […]
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Active Communities
Over the past few months the Wellbeing Team have been in Handsworth visiting people to find out more about the community and it’s community activists. ‘Active Communities’ event in Handsworth is the first event in a series to bring people together to make things better locally across Birmingham. People came from the police, fire service, […]
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Delivering more to more Streets
The single most important thing about Active Streets is getting neighbours out onto their own streets, talking and playing and yet the most common question Active Streets gets asked is what do you do then? Thanks to the enthusiasm of Project Brum Activators we continue to grow in numbers of Active Streets. Even more exciting than […]
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Active, social, fun!
As a student I have been given the opportunity to participate in an awesome and exciting programme called ‘Project Brum’ which is a programme for students in Birmingham, who provide integral support for the Wellbeing Service. Confused and perplexed, was the expression on my face on the first day of induction. However, as I had […]
On the 6th of August residents of King Edwards Close came together to celebrate 56 years since Jamaica leaving British colonial rule in 1962. Residents prepared delicious Jamaican food and played music in a coming together of young and old. Active Streets joined Handsworth residents on King Edwards Close on this special year, 70 years […]