Mission: possible? How to apply for a grant when the timeline is tight
![Jo Burrill from BCM facilitates a grant application workshop for Witton Lodge Community Association](https://www.birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Grant-application-workshop-for-Witton-Lodge-Community-Association-1024x576.jpg)
How do you complete a grant application form when the deadline is almost here?!
BCU student placements and the power of collaboration
![Birmingham City University logo](https://www.birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Birmingham-City-University-logo.png)
We gave work experience to four final-year BCU students.
Funding success for Birmingham Community Matters – and our story so far
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We want to thank our funders and tell you the story of BCM so far.
Birmingham Community Matters is recruiting
![BCM logo on teal background](https://www.birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/BCM-logo-square-on-teal.png)
Jobs at BCM! We are looking for two people to join our team in April 2023.
Success for BCM: Reaching Communities England funding will enable us to grow
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We are delighted to have secured funding from the National Lottery’s Reaching Communities England fund.
Welcome to the new BCM website
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Birmingham Community Matters has a new website.
Birmingham COMMUNITY Matters: celebrating our return to in-person events
![Entrance to Soho Community Hall, with BCM banner](https://www.birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Entrance-to-Soho-Community-Hall.png)
In March 2022, we held our first in-person BCM session for two years.
Black Lives Matter
![Black Lives Matters logo](https://www.birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BCM_Black-Lives-Matter.png)
Birmingham Community Matters stands with the Black Lives Matter movement.
‘Everyone has something to learn’ … including us!
![Poster from 2020 advertising Bournville's carillon](https://www.birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Bournville-carillon-poster.png)
We’ve been holding our sessions at different venues around Birmingham and we learn something new every time.