The project aimed to help Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities from inner-city areas to make more use of Birmingham’s country parks.
Focussing on the BME communities of east and south-east Birmingham, it linked to five major parks:
- Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, which is the largest park in the city and also a National Nature Reserve
- Lickey Hills Country Park, Frankley
- Cannon Hill Park, Edgbaston
- Kingfisher Country Park, Shard End
- Shire Country Park, Moseley
These last two parks are both based by the River Cole, which acts as a green corridor through east Birmingham.
Evidence suggests that country parks are not being used as much by black, minority and ethnic communities, and so the project was established to get more people from the BME communities using the parks. This project has been developed as a partnership project between Birmingham City Council, CSV Environment, Natural England, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission and the Black Environment Network.
Activities in the country parks have included organised health walks, nature walks, and taking the children out for a fun day out.
The project is no longer open to new groups, but we are hoping to build on the successes achieved to date in the near future.
For more information, please contact Zohra Mahmood
Telephone: 0121 328 3400
Email: zohra@csvenvironment.org.uk.
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