by Libby Harris | May 9, 2018 | Blog, Events, News
“Calling all current volunteers and those from days gone by” Ever wondered how the warehouse started up, and who were the early pioneers? Saturday 16th June is when you could find out. We need young volunteers from today to interview those from 40 years ago for a...
by John Davison | May 3, 2018 | Blog, Blog, Planning
The National Planning Policy Framework, NPPF, lays out what we the community expect of development. It also makes it clear to those developing our urban and rural habitats, what we aspire to and what we expect. The NPPF has been seen by some as a ‘shackle’ that...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog, Blog
How long have you been with BFOE? I’ve been working with bfoe for around 12 months. What do you do at BFOE? I’m very hands on so I’ve been involved in maintenance around the Warehouse whilst the building work has been going on. I also do a lot of...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog, Issues we work on
At the ‘Stand up to Racism’ conference in Birmingham on Saturday 2nd December the many parallels between racist viewpoints and policies and the causes of climate refugees were discussed. Hundreds of millions of people in Syria, sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and South...
by Jodie Etheridge | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change
I’m Jodie, a volunteer for Birmingham Friends of the Earth. The organisation was invited to the ‘Tread Lightly conference 2017’. This is an annual conference hosted by Footsteps, a group which brings together groups and faiths in Birmingham to respond to the challenge...
by Jodie Etheridge | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, Blog
As winter draws in and the days start to get shorter we have come to end of our main season for stalls and events. It’s been a fantastic one which I feel honoured to have co-ordinated. Lots of money has been raised, in particular for us to buy our beehives in Digbeth...
