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Show Your Heart
Over the coming weeks and months, you’ll hopefully start noticing orange hearts appearing around Brum. You may have already spotted them on social media. But what’s it all about? The orange heart is the symbol adopted by Together With Refugees – a new coalition of national and local organisations, refugees living in Britain, and people…
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Poetry from Refugees on Sale
7th October is National Poetry Day, and as we begin our theme Who We Are about standing Together With Refugees, a reminder that a wonderful book of poetry is available to buy at Peace Hub: Soaring with Clipped Wings A book of poetry written by Asylum Seekers and Refugees, to share something of their lives…
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Join us to Think Global, Act Local & Get Equal
Our theme for July, August & September is: Think Global, Act Local, Get Equal: how can we Build Back Better for everyone? Economics can feel like an abstract, academic topic, not for the likes of us to worry about. But at it’s heart, the economy is about the things we all make and do –…
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Keep taking action to support our Mental Wellbeing
Our theme Speak, Listen, Change is coming to an end at the Hub, but there are still plenty of ways to keep taking action to support our collective Mental Wellbeing, and demand equality for people experiencing Mental Health problems. The charity Mind have regular campaigns – you can support their current campaign Fund the Hubs,…
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Encouraging Action for Peace
Now that we’ve reopened, if you pop down to the Hub on Bull St in Birmingham city centre, you might notice something a bit different about us. As well as freshening up our sign with a new purple background, we’ve also added our new strapline: Peace Hub: Encouraging Action for Peace The aim of this…
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Looking forward, looking back, opening up
We’re pleased to announce that Peace Hub is back open to the public as of Tuesday 25th May 2021. We’re be open for you to drop in 11am-5pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, for a cuppa and a friendly chat about our current theme Speak – Listen – Change. A central part of our work for…
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Take Action for a Mental Health Spokesperson
There are simple steps we can all take to support our own mental wellbeing, and care for each others. There has been great work in recent years to make us all more aware of these issues, and become better at having open and supportive conversations with those around us. Alongside this inter-personal approach, how can…
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Join us to Speak, Listen, Change
Our theme for April, May & June 2021 is: Speak, Listen, Change – how can we support each other’s mental health & wellbeing? ‘Mental wellbeing’ is our general emotional state: how we feel and how well we can cope with day-to-day life. It is part of our broader ‘mental health’. For many of us, the…
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Tyseley: Refuse, Rethink, Recycle
Let’s challenge Birmingham City Council to stop burning 75% of the waste that they collect from households and businesses. Tyseley Incinerator is where Birmingham’s general waste is currently burned – the plant is the biggest single source of carbon dioxide emissions in the city. The contract for this rubbish burning will soon be running out,…
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Join us to explore a Burning Issue
For the first part of this new year, Peace Hub will be returning to our theme a Burning Issue exploring: How can we respond to the Climate Emergency? Communities, governments and international bodies around the world are declaring a ‘climate emergency’. Here in Birmingham, our city council made a declaration in June 2019, with unanimous…