Birchfield Community Association

20/09/2026

Birchfield Heritage Trails are available online
Details of the two Birchfield Heritage Trails are now available on our website at https://birchfield.org.uk/heritage-trail/
This includes PDF copies of the trail leaflets and an interactive map with text and photographs of the stops along each trail.

12/09/2026

The weather was perfect for today’s Birchfield Heritage Trail, part of Birmingham Heritage Week. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the tour and shared their memories and insights.

10/09/2026

English classes (ESOL) start on Friday, September 18th, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at Birchfield Community Hub, located at 13 Wilton Road, Handsworth, B20 3RX. This is in partnership with the Birmingham Adult Education Service.

04/09/2026

18/08/2026

The Market Village Community Hub (birchfield.org.uk/market-village-community-hub/) was featured on BBC Midlands Today in a story on the “Poverty Premium”. Research by Fair by Design and Bristol University found that households in the Perry Barr constituency pay, on average, £562 extra per year for essential goods and services, including energy, food, insurance and credit. In Birchfield Ward, the figure is £620 extra per household.

Birchfield Community Association is one of ten organisations in B:CAN (Birmingham Community Action Network) that help residents reduce fuel costs by providing tailored energy advice.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75g3nd32n6o

Households in the West Midlands are paying an extra £241m a year for essentials, according to new research.

13/08/2026

Looking forward to welcoming people to the Birchfield Heritage Trail on Saturday 12th September as part of Birmingham Heritage Week. Bookings open from 10am on Saturday 15th August – birminghamheritageweek.co.uk

08/08/2026

Grab a cuppa and get browsing ☕

The Birmingham Heritage Week 2026 events list is now LIVE!

Take your time exploring our incredible line-up of tours, walks and open days taking place across the city this September.

📌 Please note: this is for browsing only. The full programme opens for bookings next Saturday, 15 August at 10am.

To support with your festival browsing, please note that Birmingham Heritage Week will NOT responsible for ticket sales, so for any questions about a specific event, please contact the event listing directly. All information for their contact can be found on the individual event pages.

birminghamheritageweek.co.uk

31/07/2026

Excellent response to the Birchfield Windrush photographic exhibition at Perry Barr One Stop. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to take a look. It sparked many interesting and thoughtful comments and conversations.
The photographs were taken by two young photographers, Safina Hector and Rose Anderson, with mentorship from Donna Bridgewater of Bridgewater Photographers. The subjects are individuals from the Windrush Generation who live in and around the Birchfield area and regularly attend the Birchfield Community Association's weekly Seniors Club.

29/07/2026

The Birchfield Windrush Photographic Exhibition is at Perry Barr One Stop tomorrow, 30th July, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. We will be in the mall, in front of Boots the Chemist.