Mission: possible? How to apply for a grant when the timeline is tight
What do I write in a grant application form? The deadline is very soon! Birmingham Community Matters (BCM) was pleased to deliver a grant application workshop recently, for community organisations applying for a small grants programme with an imminent deadline. Witton Lodge Community Association (WCLA) asked us to support people interested in applying for the […]
BCU student placements and the power of collaboration
Birmingham Community Matters (BCM) recently worked with Birmingham City University (BCU) to give work experience opportunities to four final-year students. This was through BCU’s Social Innovation Impact Programme. Over the eight weeks of the students’ ‘micro placements’, we tasked them with looking at ways to analyse and present our impact data. We also asked them […]
Success for BCM: Reaching Communities England funding will enable us to grow
We are delighted to have secured funding from the National Lottery’s Reaching Communities England fund.
Birmingham COMMUNITY Matters: celebrating our return to in-person events
In March 2022, we held our first in-person BCM session for two years.
MiFriendly Cities programme: a celebration
MiFriendly Cities was a three-year initiative to help our region become even more ‘migration friendly’.
B30 Get Together events 2019
We tried something new in south Birmingham this year: two ‘B30 Get Together’ evening events.
Local Innovation Fund: how we used our grant
We used our grant to hold events, collaborate and offer and peer-to-peer support.
Power of Little: the first 18 months of Birmingham Community Matters
We held an event to find out what people like about BCM.