The Front Room

The beginnings of an ambitious, long-term neighbourhood platform @CIVIC_SQUARE. A place to come together, organise and grow our collective resilience.

[The Front Room @__TheFrontRoom]

Everyone has something to share and something to learn. Discover invitations extended by us & our neighbours throughout June: https://t.co/pgVT8kNJJZ

We'll be posting here less, but you can:
+ sign up: https://t.co/a8fqn29xUw
+ join https://t.co/J1WKEQkz4D
+ follow @CIVIC_SQUARE

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Join us at Edgbaston Reservoir this Thursday 22nd June at 5pm with @johnjamesmunro in conversation with @A_Parasram, co-author of Frequently Asked White Questions, offering a practical entry point into conversations about race.

Register here: https://t.co/q7RVn8Bfhx #BeyondBooks

[The Front Room @__TheFrontRoom]

Everyone has something to share and something to learn. Discover invitations extended by us & our neighbours throughout June: https://t.co/pgVT8kNJJZ

We'll be posting here less, but you can:
+ sign up: https://t.co/a8fqn29xUw
+ join https://t.co/J1WKEQkz4D
+ follow @CIVIC_SQUARE

[ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur @ImmyKaur]

A gorgeous winter celebration today @__TheFrontRoom, with a sprinkle of snow, lots of love, old friends and new popping by. What an honour and what a year ❤️

[CIVIC SQUARE @CIVIC_SQUARE]

We're excited to introduce you to the first #NeighbourhoodDoughnut Portrait, painted by many people together in Ladywood, Birmingham UK: positioning neighbourhoods as the foundations for the hopeful, creative, just transition that we know is in our hearts: https://t.co/wCkH7B8WDQ

[CIVIC SQUARE @CIVIC_SQUARE]

@ImmyKaur @DoughnutEcon @KateRaworth @rob_shorter @inderjitkaur77 @MonaEbdrup @byngtown @danielyep @Hopin "We didn't start this by going 'right, let's have a huge conference'. We started this around coffee tables. We started this with making. We started this in school playgrounds on a corner of grass with tools. We invited anybody who would come, and we started to unpack."
—@ImmyKaur

[Byng @byngtown]

Special times at @__TheFrontRoom today wrapping up the #NeighbourhoodDoughnut Launch and also one of our last days hosting in the park for this year. Since 2020 this has been my favourite place to come summer and winter alike. Deep thanks to everyone we got to share today with 💛

[CIVIC SQUARE @CIVIC_SQUARE]

Beyond the Neighbourhood Doughnut Portrait Launch, we have a beautiful week planned for you all during the half term holiday and the final week of the Floating Front Room for 2022, with #BeyondBooks, a new Neighbourhood Quest, and much more.
Join us: https://t.co/tDn9a1cWeJ

[Bear Bookshop @bookshop_bear]

Lots happening with us for half term-and there’s still time and space to book-link in bio because there’s too many to list here!

[CIVIC SQUARE @CIVIC_SQUARE]

Following 3+ years of taking the ideas of @DoughnutEcon off the page with neighbours, researchers, partners + visionaries, join us Thursday 27th — Saturday 29th October 2022 as we launch the first Neighbourhood Doughnut Portrait in Ladywood, Birmingham UK: https://t.co/hd2lcVtZsO

[ThatNikkiBi @ThatNikkiBi]

Looking forward to our next #BeyondBooks event. Young readers have the most inquisitive minds & sharing @HibaNoorKhan1’s book #OneHome will be a joy. Full of stories of activists from across the 🌍, this book perfectly encapsulates the idea of home. https://t.co/S6WLLYa5sb

[Caribbean International Film Fest @CaribbeanUp]

Ticket links are up and we're asking everyone to share far and wide!📢The Caribbean International Film Fest (Sept 17-23 in the West Midlands) is the only Festival in the UK celebrating Caribbean stories - please support the cause - all invited! #CIFF2022
https://t.co/gfGxhx36UP

[The Front Room @__TheFrontRoom]

As we celebrate two years of spending time at The Floating Front Room with you all, September heralds a change of season as we create room to sing, room to read, room to play, make, dream, and of course room to grow 🥬

Call in soon and find out more here: https://t.co/o498JHv1vb

[The Front Room @__TheFrontRoom]

This Saturday we'll be back serving smiles and making Room To Grow together at South Loop Park + on Sunday we'll come together around what makes us feel at home in our streets at T.E Convenience plus a micro film fest screening in the @CIVIC_SQUARE studio. https://t.co/o498JHv1vb

[The Front Room @__TheFrontRoom]

After an energising 3 weeks packed with Regenerative Neighbourhoods Festival activity we are ready for an abundant August of ecological care, foraging flora, #BeyondBooks + breaking bread together, with more still to be added to the calendar.

Take a look: https://t.co/o498JHv1vb

[Rob Shorter @rob_shorter]

What's your Doughnut Dream? #DoughnutEconomics

[Thom Bartley @ThomBartley]

A few shots from a lil' visit to @centre_alt_tech with @CIVIC_SQUARE the other day.

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For the final day of #RetrofitReimagined we warmly invite you to join us in the best company at Link Road, where we've been working, learning and dreaming together with the street's amazing residents. Visit tomorrow for coffee, screenings, growing + more. https://t.co/jkLl2KM686

[Charlotte Bailey @Charlotte_Inks]

I'm gathering stories for the Good News of B16, a printed newspaper co-created by, and for, the neighborhood :D drop by the Red Shed on Saturday from 10am to pick up a Reporter kit, at 12pm for a workshop imagining headlines of the future, and 2.30pm for a live radio broadcast ^^