Bringing community to your doorstep’ begins to tell the story of our street events, and the role they play in community building here in Firs and Bromford. This summer we have done 5 more street events, and they have all been wonderful. Activities and conversations have given neighbours the opportunity to show up, feel part … More What ‘hosts’ can teach us about how to be a community

It takes a village to raise a child is a well known proverb, attributed to African culture, which is commonly used to describe a belief that it takes an entire community of different people interacting with children in order for every child to fully flourish, and grow in a safe environment. This proverb has started … More #VillageVision: It takes a village to raise a child

Street Connecting is part of a wider inter-generational project called Together We Can! We have reached the end of year 1 and a report has been compiled to bring together all the learning, the impact, the stories, the challenges and our next steps. Read on to find out more and for the link to download … More Together We Can! Our annual report is hot off the press!

Bill and Pete, two of our kitchen leads, at pop-up BBQ event at Ambridge House The Real Junk Food Hodge Hill Kitchen has become a popular weekly ‘bumping space’ locally, with over 20 regular volunteers welcoming over 100 people (adults and children) every Thursday through the doors of St Wilfrid’s Community Centre, a volunteer-run centre. … More The story of the Real Junk Food Kitchen

We are privileged to tell our story as part of Cormac Russell’s reflections on 8 touchstones of Community Building. Cormac introduces our story….. The craft of community building is an intentional one, community animators and connectors are endlessly curious about how they can better create the conditions by which everyone’s gifts can be discovered and … More Touchstone Five: Building Connections and Social Interactions

As a child I remember when the Lions Club would bring round Father Christmas on his sleigh along the street I grew up. It was magical! Since moving to Bromford nearly 10 years ago I had never seen this happen here. For some reason the Lions Clubs and other groups who bring Father Christmas around … More How Father Christmas can bring a community out of their front doors

In our community Tom Wheatley and his family have been decorating their home with an increasingly spectacular display of lights for 10 years. They do it purely and simply to bring a smile to people’s faces and raise money for charity. To officially ‘Turn on’ the lights the family organise a street party. They talk … More How lights can truly ignite community spirit and a feeling of hope