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Peace Babs – from worry to action
Worried about the state of the world, but don’t know where to start? This month a friendly group of Brummies got together to start supporting each other, sharing our concerns. Join Peace Babs at the BRIG cafe to share ideas for simple steps we could take together, to start making a difference! Thanks to everyone…
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Celebrating Diversity, Challenging Hate
West Midlands Against Racism: Unity March and Rally to bring thousands together in Birmingham. Sunday 4 October 2026 | 1pm | Victoria Square Community organisations, campaign groups, trade unions, students, faith organisations, climate activists, Palestine solidarity groups and LGBT+ organisations from across the West Midlands will come together in Birmingham on Sunday 4 October for…
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Take action for Peace this autumn
Take action for Peace this autumn! A range of actions and witness you can take part in for peace & social justice this autumn – including locally here in the West Midlands, and beyond…
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Courage! Refugee Week 2026
Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The theme for 2026 is Courage. For refugees around the world, courage is often a daily necessity. It is the courage to face unknown journeys, learn new languages, navigate unfamiliar systems, or simply to…
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Call for unity, inclusivity & respect on St. George’s Day
Peace Hub has supported this open letter, alongside other organisations and individuals in the West Midlands, calling for any events around St George’s Day to ensure that “everyone in our community feels welcome”. This is prompted by publicity for this year’s St George’s Day Parade in Shirley, Solihull, indicating that Raise the Colours are involved…
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Staying Together as Brum
Birmingham builds on national anti-racism march with renewed local action. Birmingham organisations and activists are calling for sustained local action following the historic Together Alliance march in London on Saturday 28 March, which brought together hundreds of thousands of people in a national show of unity against the far right. People from across Birmingham travelled…
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Solidarity & Hope
At Peace Hub we’ve been having conversation with many people recently, who are feeling a sense of anxiety about the platform that racist rhetoric and symbols are being given in the media and in public spaces. Below we share local campaigns and resources you can use to help connect with others and start building a…
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How can we reduce violence and build peace?
The West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) brings people together to reduce violence, vulnerability and exploitation in our region. They are doing a survey to help better understand how people feel about current levels of youth violence in the West Midlands. The idea is to listen to communities and use this information to support the…
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Peace begins with all of us!
We’re pleased to announce that our new theme for the next three months is: Peaceful Brum – how can we create peace in our city? There’s lots of great work for peace & justice happening across our city. Sometimes it’s obvious, other times we may be walking past a peaceful place every day without thinking…
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Safe & Sound?
We’re pleased to announce our new theme at Peace Hub, from now until the end of 2022: Safe & SoundHow can we create security for everyone? Traditionally we see security as safety from threats. So often at the Hub, when we’re suggesting actions to support each other, people react with a note of fear: “it…