The Warehouse - Birmingham Friends of the Earth's Little Green Community

26/08/2026

Lovely video from Hayley Salter Photography about the open day we held last Saturday to help raise awareness of how much the Birmingham Friends of the Earth Warehouse matters to the community and to help people fill out the MRHA consulation.😍

Reminder that this is the LAST week to fill out the consulation. You have until FRIDAY to get your response in; it can be short and simple if your knowledge of rail infrastructure is limited!

Our campaigns webpage on this: https://birminghamfoe.org.uk/help-us-save-the-warehouse/

More detail on how to respond to the consultation: https://birminghamfoe.org.uk/further-information-how-to-respond-to-the-bordesley-chords-consultation/

The MRHA consultation webpage: https://www.mrhalliance.co.uk/consultation

We are really grateful to everyone who has got in touch, offered support and advice, and understood (as nearly everyone has) that we strongly support the rail proposals and are keen to work constructively with the Alliance to enable this in a better way.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

24/08/2026

This is your LAST CALL for responses the MRHA rail consultation. For everyone who loves and uses the Warehouse, or cares about the rest of Digbeth and about better rail infrastructure, you have until FRIDAY to get your response in. Link to our webpage below. Get that form filled in!

19/08/2026

Something else you can do at our Open Day this saturday - go bike shopping at Sprocket Cycles! The city centre's only remaining independent bike shop.

18/08/2026

Reminder that our open day is this Saturday, August 22nd. Come along to get help filling out the MRHA's consultation on the railway works that threaten the Warehouse and enjoy some fun activities put on by people who use our building.

Excited that so many people who use our building have generously offered to contribute to our big Save The Warehouse open day. Birmingham Friends of the Earth campaigners will be running a clothes swap and mending sessions and groups that meet in our building including SHE Choir Birmingham, Happy Accidents Improv, The Philosophers’ Yard and Secret City Arts will be running activities or performing.

And, importantly, we will have copies of the paper MRHA consultation and volunteers on hand to help fill it out. We know engaging with consultations is daunting for a lot of people and we're here to help.

BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse will be open and selling refreshments.

18/08/2026

The latest film organised by Birmingham Friends of the Earth is this Wednesday at the Mockingbird Cinema & The Nest Bar and Kitchen. Koyaanisqatshi is a classic documentary looking at the relationship between humans and our planet, narrated in the Hopi language with music by Phillip Glass.

Introducing… Koyaanisqatsi !! This film is our newest instalment in the BFOE season of film, in collaboration with Screen B14 - Kings Heath Community Cinema

This documentary film questions aspects of the relationship held between humans, nature and technology.

We hope to see you there! Tickets available through the link below 👇

https://mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdCinema.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_0.TcsWebTab_0.TcsPerformance_1675284.TcsSection_528

14/08/2026

Seems we're not alone in seeing parallels with our situation and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy... Birmingham Science Fiction Group, who meet in our building have taken the theme and run with it - https://weknow0.co.uk/?p=3244

The SF Group generally meet on the second Friday of each month (with the exception of August, so not tonight!), so if you're a SF fan, go check out their page.

Like many people, when I first heard about it, I assumed it was something to do with HS2. HS2 has been quietly munching its way through tonnes of cement, hard core, steel and oh-so-much-money that the site – part sandpit, part go kart track in appearance – has become part of the landscape on ent...

14/08/2026

Excited that so many people who use our building have generously offered to contribute to our big Save The Warehouse open day. Birmingham Friends of the Earth campaigners will be running a clothes swap and mending sessions and groups that meet in our building including SHE Choir Birmingham, Happy Accidents Improv, The Philosophers’ Yard and Secret City Arts will be running activities or performing.

And, importantly, we will have copies of the paper MRHA consultation and volunteers on hand to help fill it out. We know engaging with consultations is daunting for a lot of people and we're here to help.

BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse will be open and selling refreshments.

11/08/2026

A strange and wonderful film / screened down the road from us at the Mockingbird.

Introducing… Koyaanisqatsi !! This film is our newest instalment in the BFOE season of film, in collaboration with Screen B14 - Kings Heath Community Cinema

This documentary film questions aspects of the relationship held between humans, nature and technology.

We hope to see you there! Tickets available through the link below 👇

https://mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdCinema.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_0.TcsWebTab_0.TcsPerformance_1675284.TcsSection_528

10/08/2026

We understand that filling out consultations can be daunting so we're having an open day on August 22nd where volunteers will be on hand to help people fill out the MRHA consultation. We'll have printed copies of the materials and the BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse will be open selling refreshments.

We also want this to be a fun day showcasing all the amazing people who meet here and things that go on here, so Birmingham Friends of the Earth Campaigners are running a clothes swap and mending cafe, The Philosophers’ Yard, Happy Accidents Improv, SHE Choir Birmingham and Secret City Arts will all be performing or running activities.

07/08/2026

It's all feeliing very Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy around here...

In the middle of the hottest, driest summer yet (again) we are fighting to save our building when we're all facing the much greater threat of human-induced climate change.

But seriously - building greener public transport infrastructure is necessary for transitioning away from fossil fuels BUT it cannot come at the cost of community assets and creative spaces.

https://birminghamfoe.org.uk/a-weary-climate-activists-guide-to-the-galaxy/