Manor Farm Park - hosted by the Friends

20/06/2026

🌳With good weather expected this wekend, we want to remind all visitors to Birmingham’s parks to enjoy their visit but please follow our water safety guidance. And please remember you cannot have a personal fire or barbecue in a public park or green open space 🔥

Please make sure you extinguish any ci******es and take your litter home. Read more in comments👇

16/06/2026

🌳 We’re hiring across Birmingham’s Parks & Green Spaces!🌳

As the UK’s first accredited Nature City, Birmingham is delivering on its ambitious 25-Year City of Nature Plan 🌳

To make this vision a reality, we’re expanding our Parks & Green Spaces team, and we’re looking for passionate people to help protect, enhance, and bring our natural spaces to life.

Whether your expertise lies in conservation, operations, community engagement, or technical delivery, there’s a role here where you can make a real difference 🌱

✨Current opportunities include:
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269789/destination-park-operations-lead/
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269792/biodiversity-officer/
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269795/community-activator-and-volunteer-officer/
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269798/parks-events-and-community-engagement-support-officer/r
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269801/destination-site-manager/
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269804/greenspace-development-manager/r
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269807/event-officer-parks-/
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269810/allotments-officer
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/268977/conservation-and-woodland-operative/
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/268814/playground-maintenance-technician/
• https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/269564/animal-keeper-assistant/

From maintaining thriving green spaces 🌿 to delivering vibrant community events 🎉, every role plays a vital part in enhancing Birmingham’s parks for everyone.

📍 Be part of something meaningful
💚 Help create greener, healthier communities
👉 Explore the opportunities and apply today!

15/06/2026

We'll be popping a few of these flyers up on our noticeboards to spread the word about the fantastic, FREE, outdoor playgroup Roam Project provide every Wednesday during term time, 10 - 11.30 in Manor Farm Park.

Thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund for their support

15/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to Lark in the Park on Saturday, we hope you enjoyed the event, it was great to see so many people in the park!

Thanks to Lapal Canal Trust Birmingham River Champions / Uni of Birmingham River Champions Student Page ROAM and West Midlands Police for joining us and to all the volunteers who organised and ran the event on the day.

Don't forget that Roam will be back in the park on Wednesday with their free outdoor playgroup, 10 - 11.30

13/06/2026

Ready to go! Lark in the Park is 12 - 3pm today. Come along and enjoy some fun craft activites, take part in a duck race, enjoy some delicious refreshments, see the fascinating invertebrates that live in the stream, and meet various community organisations like Lapal Canal Trust, the community police, weoley wombles Birmingham River Champions and ROAM

11/06/2026

🌿 Join Birmingham’s Parks and Green Spaces Service – We’re Recruiting! 🌿
Do you have a passion for working with communities and helping people connect with Parks, Open spaces and nature?

The Parks and Green Space Service plays a vital role in caring for and championing the city’s parks, open spaces and nature reserves. As the UK’s first accredited Nature City, Birmingham is delivering its ambitious City of Nature 25-Year Plan, and our Parks and Green Space Service is entering an exciting period of transformation and growth.

We have a number of vacancies and new roles coming forward over the next few weeks starting with the following:

Playground Maintenance Technician
We are looking to recruit a number of Playground Technicians to join Birmingham’s Parks and Play Service. You will play a key role in the inspection, maintenance and repair of playgrounds and associated park infrastructure across the city, helping to ensure our play spaces are safe, compliant and well maintained.
https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/268814/playground-maintenance-technician/

Conservation and Woodland Operatives
Working as part of a dedicated team, you will play a vital role in protecting and enhancing Birmingham's parks, woodlands, nature reserves and open spaces. From habitat restoration and tree planting to sustainable timber production and estate management, you will help deliver practical conservation work that contributes directly to nature recovery across the city.
https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/268977/conservation-and-woodland-operative/

If you’re suitably qualified and experienced — and passionate about Parks, Play, Nature Conservation and Community Engagement — we’d love to hear from you.

(Applications are currently open until the 23rd June )
Please feel free to share with anyone in your networks who might be interested in helping care for Birmingham’s green spaces.

10/06/2026

Roam Project will be in Manor Farm Park today with their free outdoor playgroup 10 - 11.30.

They will also be joining us on Saturday for Lark in the Park 2026 from 12 - 3

Lots of outdoor play and adventure coming up this month!

From weekday playgroups for our youngest ROAMers to our low supervision ROAM Free sessions, there is something for every child to get stuck into. Check the calendar below for all our sessions in Cotteridge Park, Manor Farm Park and Martineau Gardens.

See you in the park!

07/06/2026

As comes to a close, we wanted to say a massive thank you to all our Friends of Manor Farm Park volunteers.

This dedicated bunch work hard all year round to take care of the park and organise events.

So, thanks to those who go out in all weathers litterpicking, but also those who crunch numbers, apply for grants, prune trees, count invertebrates, attend meetings, bake cakes, knit penguins, deliver calendars, run the website, repair noticeboards and everything else that FoMFP get up to every year!

If you'd like to get involved please get in touch, and don't forget next Saturday, 13th June is Lark in the Park, so please come along to the park between 12pm and 3pm. We'll have a tombola, refreshments, duck racing and homemade goods to raise funds for FoMFP and there will be lots of free craft and nature activities to enjoy too!

30/05/2026

Did you know that spending just 20 minutes in a green space can significantly lower your stress levels? 🧘‍♂️🍃

Whether it’s your morning jog, a lunchtime stroll, or a place for the kids to let off steam, our parks are vital for our mental and physical wellbeing. That’s why we celebrate .

We’re hard at work behind the scenes with park managers to bring you a week full of community events this July.

Stay tuned - our event map is growing every day! 📍