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Social or Affordable Housing?

Mary Keating of the Save Smallbrook campaign argues that the proposed demolition of Smallbrook Ringway Centre in favour of the building of tower blocks won’t help Brummies on the Housing Register. Housing is a key issue for many of our…

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Save Smallbrook

It’s not over yet. The Save Smallbrook group is stepping up its campaign to rescue one of Birmingham’s most significant heritage buildings from demolition. We have instructed a top climate and heritage barrister to act on our behalf following the…

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Last chance to save Smallbrook Ringway Centre

It’s happening – Smallbrook Ringway Centre application is going to Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee.  JOIN US ON THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 10:30am.   Council House, Victoria Square, rooms 3 & 4. Please book here: Save Smallbrook Ringway Centre Please join us…

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Save Smallbrook Queensway objection letter August 2023

The next step in the campaign to Save Smallbrook Queensway by zero carbon house, Brutiful Birmingham, The Modernist, and The Twentieth Century Society is an objection to the Design Stage Whole Life Carbon Assessment report, written by the developer’s agent Turley. It’s viewable by…

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Volunteers needed for sharing and greeting

Can you help with distributing flyers and posters, setting up/invigilating and exhibition, setting up our retrofit Wendy house and helping with our retrofit street performance, meeting and greeting people, making tea, being human signposts? Retrofit Balsall Heath is hosting two…

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Letters from the Global South: 30 June – 14 July 2023

We are excited to welcome a free travelling exhibition called Letters from the Global South. Letters from the Global South is a project offered by Zero Hour, IFEES (International Federation of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) and Muslims Declare. Do book on…

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Retrofit Balsall Heath Open Day – 30 June 2023

We at Retrofit Balsall Heath are celebrating our first anniversary year! Retrofit Balsall Heath has a vision to cut people’s fuel bills AND make homes warmer. We would love to share with you what we have achieved in one year…

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More press coverage of Save Smallbrook Queensway!

The campaign to save Smallbrook Queensway has been covered by The Birmingham Post and Private Eye. The Birmingham Post has published a robustly argued piece by Mary Keating: “Democracy demolished as objections hit a brick wall.” Mary, who represents Brutiful…

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Save Smallbrook Ringway!

Zero carbon house has teamed up with Brutiful Birmingham, The Modernist, and The Twentieth Century Society to advocate retrofit for a very special building.  The Ringway Centre, by James Roberts (1962), on Smallbrook Queensway is one of the few Brutalist…

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RETROFIT REIMAGINED

All are warmly invited to RETROFIT REIMAGINED mini-festival in Birmingham, 13-16 July!  zero carbon house is collaborating with: Civic Square, New Economics Foundation, Dark Matter Labs, Architects Climate Action Network ACAN  and a galaxy of Retrofit stars to explore the question: “What…

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