Economic Justice Brum

11/06/2026

What happens when people who care about Birmingham's future get in the same room?

Ideas are shared.
Connections are made.
New possibilities emerge.

Join us for the Economic Justice Brum Summer Networking Social, an informal evening to connect with others who want to build a fairer, more inclusive economy for our city.

Whether you're a community organiser, campaigner, practitioner, researcher, policymaker, grassroots activist, or simply interested in economic justice, you're welcome.

📆 Thursday 25 June | 5.30pm-8pm
📍Lightwoods House & Garden
FREE to attend 🎟️ https://buytickets.at/economicjusticebrum/2258339/r/1106f

11/06/2026

Great idea!

Are you a CIC, small charity or local community group in Birmingham?

Join us for an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and build relationships with other CICs making a difference across our city. This will be an informal and friendly event designed to encourage networking, discussion, and the sharing of ideas that can help us all better serve our communities.

Please tag as many CICs, charities or local community groups in this post as possible

🌟 Meet local organisations
🤝 Explore partnerships
💡 Share ideas and best practice
💷 Learn about funding and community opportunities
🌍 Strengthen Birmingham's CIC sector together

📅 Date: 8th August 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
📍 Venue: New Life Baptist Church, Kings Heath, B14 6JZ

☕ Refreshments provided

Let's work together to create stronger communities across Birmingham.

📞 RSVP: Adam – 07507896218
📧 [email protected]

Whether your organisation focuses on community support, education, health and wellbeing, homelessness, youth work, environmental projects, or any other area of social impact, we would love for you to join us.

CommunityDevelopment Collaboration KingsHeath

04/06/2026

Nearly half of Birmingham's children are growing up in poverty.

Following a visit to Birmingham, Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has called for urgent action on what she described as the city's "Dickensian" levels of child poverty.

The scale of the challenge is stark, but for communities across Birmingham, this isn't news. It's the reality families, schools, youth workers, community organisations, and neighbourhood groups are dealing with every day.

Economic justice in Birmingham would mean every child has the opportunity to thrive. That means tackling poverty at its roots, from insecure work, low incomes, and poor housing, to unequal access to services, and a lack of investment in the neighbourhoods that need it most.

Read more here:

Children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza relays appalling examples of kids in poverty during visit to Birmingham

04/06/2026

Impetus is seeking applications from non-profit organisations that:

- Seek to support young people (age 16-24) who are NEET and from disadvantaged backgrounds

- Deliver work-related skills (either vocational or essential)

- Aim for employment outcomes for those young people

The current grant round is open until Monday 15 June.

Our 2026 Skills grant round is officially open!

Last week, official statistics from the ONS revealed that more than one million young people in the UK are not in employment or full-time education (NEET). For young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, the risk of becoming NEET is twice as high as their better off peers.

At Impetus we are determined to close this gap - which is why we are now looking to fund one or two new partner organisations supporting NEET young people into employment, by developing work-related skills.

What's on offer?

🔸 £100k in core, unrestricted funding for an initial period of one year (with potential for us to become a longer-term funder)
🔸Hands-on strategic support from our expert Investment Team
🔸 Access to our network of pro bono experts and peer learning forums
🔸 A platform to influence national policy through our sector coalitions

What are we looking for?

We are looking for UK-registered non-profits that:
✅Seek to support young people (age 16-24) who are NEET and from disadvantaged backgrounds
✅Deliver work-related skills (either vocational or essential)
✅Aim for employment outcomes for those young people

Interested in applying, or know an organisation that might be? Visit our grant page to find out more: https://www.impetus.org.uk/skills-grant-june-2026

02/06/2026

We’re gathering! Breaking into groups today to identify systems failures around NEETS, Community Enterprise, Poverty, Housing, and Local Employment and actions that could improve pathways, access, and opportunity.

27/05/2026

Hitting inboxes now. Nothing too taxing for this hot weather! Just all the details about our next network gathering (on Tuesday) and some news from across the movement.

Read and subscribe: https://mailchi.mp/barrowcadbury/keeping-in-touch-with-our-network-16556093

26/05/2026

Join this 1st in a series of 3 interactive workshops, run for the people of Birmingham, by the Ella Baker School of Organising, in partnership with Birmingham City Council, free and online, on Wednesday 3rd June from 12.30 - 2pm.

22/05/2026

We are looking forward to our next network gathering on Tuesday 2 June 2026.

Time: 10:30AM-2PM (join us for refreshments and networking from 10AM and stay for lunch 1PM-2PM)
Venue: The Signing Tree

We will be thinking creatively about what kind of economy we would build with local investment.

If you'd like to come along, it'd be great if you could get in touch so we have an idea of numbers. Email [email protected] or drop us a message :)

21/05/2026

Moving from extraction to accountability in special educational provision

21/05/2026

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