


Green investment sometimes pays
Many years ago I was a member of a group that included some Birmingham Friends of the Earth members who travelled to a former coal mining community in South West Wales. There we spoke to members of a community cooperative in what was clearly an economically devastated...
Festival of music
Festival of music, art and dance. Cotteridge We are going and we hope to see you there! Organised and run by the volunteers of Friends of Cotteridge Park CoCoMAD Starts with a parade from Cotteridge, 12:00 Saturday 7th July. From 12:00 in the main field, Birmingham...
Planning our land and lives, NPPF
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...