Birmingham

Black Heritage Walk Network will be delivering a Windrush Heritage Exhibition,as part of the ‘This Is My City Festival Community Zone at the T20 fixture at Edgbaston Stadium on Saturday 26th June 2021.

During Easter 2021 we teamed up with Sporting Elite CIC to deliver a series of sports heritage workshops to young people attending the holiday camp, as part of a wider project funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. 

Black Heritage Walks Network is proud to annouce its involvment in the UK's first Black Health Matters Summit.

We are offering volunteer internships and micro placements as part of Birmingham City University's Business Law and Sccial Science Careers+ programme. The programme provides opportunities for students at BCU seeking work experience to help develop those skills that employers are seeking in order to improve your graduate employment options!

During Black History Month 2020, Black Heritage Walks Network joined Centrala  to bring the Black and the Central and Eastern European communities together through talking about our histories and struggles and how we made the UK our homes.

The event,  From Windrush to BLM, From WWII Migrants to EU was held at Centrala space and streamed live on Facebook. It showcased the similarities between the settlement of both communities in the UK and the heritage. The event also featured local artists and food. 

Black Heritage Walks Network remembers Kevin Duffy who was very close to the community in Handsworth. Kevin used Handsworth Library as a hub, to reach out to people no matter what their life story may be and in doing so he believed they would be entertained, informed and their lives enriched. He encouraged many activities involving people from all parts of our varied society here in the UK.

We are pleased to announce that we received a £1000 grant from McLaughlin & Harvey’s for much-needed equipment required to upgrade our walks and activities.

McLaughlin & Harvey is the lead contractor at the Alexander Stadium redevelopment in Perry Barr, in the run-up to Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.

Black Heritage Walks Network has joined a national initiative with individuals and organisations that have come together to form a collective to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence.

The launch of Freedom 50 Outdoor Arts Exhibition took place on 22nd May at Birmingham REP and Library. The exhibition highlighted 50 years of Bangladesh using photos from Bangladesh and the UK.

Sistahood On Wheels in a community of Black Women who enjoy roller skating or blading and like to join a Sisterhood of like-minded women. The organisation was founded by Naomi aka ‘Nia Speaks’, a beginner skater who started roller skating in the streets and nearby parks in Ward End and Pype Hayes during the Covid 19 lockdown.

Black Heritage Walks Network have teamed up with Active Communities programme, to showcase a series of black heritage walks within Birmingham. The virtual walks are part of a series of sensory walk series within the which supports communities to become more socially, physically and civically active. Heritage tours are easy to get involved in, a good way to be active while spending time outdoors, and help build connections to local place, people, and history.