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Grassroots Channel The Grassroots Channel shares stories and ideas from active citizens. It certainly isn\'t party political but is designed to inspire and encourage others. It is produced by Podnosh and supported by the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network Login to Add this to your Playlist Format : Community Radio PodcastDirectory.com's listings of the Grassroots Channel Podcasts
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5 things Beth Kanter has taught me….. Updated: 2010-01-11 11:33:55 Description: Beth Kanter is the social media expert for non profit organisations. Last year I made this promise to pay more attention to her prolific blog output. Today is her 53rd birthday, and in keeping with a small tradition built up over the last 3 years, sh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leading the way for young people: A new podcast from the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-20 15:29:51 Description: Carl Sheward and Joshua Barwell are two Junior Volunteer playworkers at Pype Hayes Community Focus. Both 16-years-old, when they are not studying for AS-levels they are spending their free time getting those younger than them involved, doing fun days...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A lifetime devoted to the community: A new podcast from the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-20 14:30:18 Description: John Barron is 90 years old and has spent a lifetime working for his community. He has volunteered at St Mary’s Hospice in Sellypark since it opened, and also introduced the Annual Flag Day – a street collection day for the hospice –...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The reluctant activist: a new podcast from the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-20 15:20:39 Description: This is the story of Michael Tye, the man who helped set up Aston Vision Ministries Association in 1984. The organisation aims to reach people in the community, particularly asylum seekers, by helping them with language and social integration. For h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A whole lot of courage: A new podcast for the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-20 15:20:42 Description: When Suzanne Coward’s daughter Sarah, who has learning difficulties, turned 23, she realised she could use direct payment money to set up a cafe, Stepping Stones. Situated in Sutton Coldfield at the United Reform church, the cafe offers a day e...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Helping the community where we can: A new podcast from the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-20 15:24:02 Description: This is the story of Dolores Pinkney who runs the Dojo project in Handworth. She has been working tirelessly for her community since she moved to Birmingham with her family in the 1960s, and now she has been nominated by Kevin Duffy for Birmingham Ci...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Training Adults to understand Young People – a new podcast on the Grassroots Channel. Updated: 2009-10-19 16:01:22 Description: Nicole White and Rourke Holmes have been training adults. They volunteer with different organisations in the Erdington Constituency of the City of Birmingham to help they appreciate how young people view the world. The aim is very simple, to impr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hawksley Young Volunteers: A new podcast on the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-19 16:42:13 Description: Aimee Coakley first came across the Hawksley “young vols” as a small child. She watched them working in her neighbourhood in Kings Norton in Birmingham and wanted to be one. Thanks to that experience she has traveled as far afield as Fr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heavily Involved in Northfield – a new podcast for the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-19 16:51:19 Description: Involve is Northfield’s Young Peoples Forum – it was set up in 2005 for 12-19-year-olds to meet monthly. Involve are given money by local government, which they can then distribute to young people to help them run various activities or pr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Faith and climate change: A new podcast from the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-20 14:32:43 Description: Four years ago, after running an Islam and the Environment Week, Maud Grainger decided looking at climate change with faith communities would be a great way to take action. The group Faith and Climate Change was set up by Maud Grainger with help from...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making Britain a better place: a new podcast from the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2009-10-20 15:21:02 Description: Noorin Ahktar wants to change Britain. She goes out interviewing the people at the top – leaders of the council, councillors, public service providers and holds them to account in a way accessible to her community. Her aim is to make sure some ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Refucast - the podcast for refugees - new on the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2007-06-22 19:41:55 Description: Mikko Kapanen and Shauna Magunda are two students at UCE in Birmingham who used their final year project to experiment with podcasting to tell the stories of refugees in the city. This programme talks to them about how and why they did it and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Better Schools for Birmingham? New Podcast on the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2007-08-29 13:42:48 Description: Naseem Akhtar is angry - quietly, productively, but all the same angry. She believes the families of Birmingham deserve better schools, schools which have greater aspirations for their pupils, schools which aim to do more than achieve an averag...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pimps, prostitutes and Grandad’s Army - new podcast on the Grassroots Channel Updated: 2007-09-11 10:14:08 Description: This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Clean Medina - the Jihad on Litter in Brum. New podcast. Updated: 2007-09-18 13:23:50 Description: Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far too messy and they want to change that. So they’ve launched a “struggle’ agai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The smell of trouble - Neighbourhood Policing in Birmingham - new podcast. Updated: 2007-10-30 17:58:54 Description: “We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Big Green Challenge Hits Brum - new podcast Updated: 2007-11-02 20:24:31 Description: NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quinzone, Safe Haven and Community Policing - new podcast Updated: 2007-11-20 14:38:22 Description: PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently since 2001, merging policing with youth work. For him finding the right people for the job and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Podcast: Solving a Stinking Mess in Bordesley Green Updated: 2008-03-13 18:18:20 Description: Click here for more video and audio from the Grassroots Channel. If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do? Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Performance Rew...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD About Brum podcast features social media surgeries Updated: 2009-07-10 15:10:34 Description: Some of you may know that podnosh began as a podcasting business in 2005, with the Grassroots Channel - audio stories of active citizens in Birmingham. At the last social media surgery Christopher Woods interviewed me for what has become the first ep...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Solving a stinking mess Updated: 2008-03-13 12:00:00 Description: If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do. Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Programme Reward Grant (NPRG), a 10,000 pound pilot programme in Birmingham, to allo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Saint of Street Racing Updated: 2008-02-02 12:01:00 Description: Is there a solution to street racing in Birmingham? Masood Ajaib of the Washwood Heath based community enterprise Commpact thinks there is. He has signed up for an experiment to find a communal way of turning a dangerous Saturday night on Landor St...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cracking crime one fridge at a time. Updated: 2008-02-02 12:01:00 Description: There is an established link between grime and crime, which is why Kingstanding Neighbourhood Forum is using public money to crack crime one fridge at a time. This podcast, and the youtube video you can, see explain how the forum has been using 10,00...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham Sparkbrook the experiment Updated: 2008-01-29 09:00:00 Description: Neville Davis of the Sparkbrook Neighbourhood Forum in Birmingham talks about the pro and cons of a huge effort they made to clean up rancid sites in their neighbourhood, all with a 10,000 pound grant from the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Neighbourhood Police - beyond the clip round the earhole. Updated: 2007-11-20 12:00:00 Description: PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently and for years. For him finding the right people and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of community policing. Anti social behavi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Does Birmingham have the million pound eco innovator Updated: 2007-11-05 09:00:00 Description: The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a 1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent. Easy then! This podcast is ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The smell of trouble - Neighbourhood Policing in Birmingham Updated: 2007-10-30 12:00:00 Description: We must aim higher is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Neighbourhood Policing briefing Updated: 2007-10-29 12:00:00 Description: This pdf written briefing sets out where the ideas behind Neighbourhood policing have come from and what they might mean, including examples from the West Midlands largest city Birmingham. It relates to our earlier programmes I am the grass now and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Jihad on Litter Updated: 2007-09-18 01:30:00 Description: Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far to messy and they want to change that. So they have launched a struggle against rubbi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Pimp, the Prostitute and Grandad's army (yes it is clean) Updated: 2007-09-11 10:00:00 Description: The story of Chris Hoare, a grandfather who's worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to st...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "A law of nature is that we fight things to get things" Updated: 2006-01-19 08:00:00 Description: The Grassroots Channel exposes Birmingham to the scrutiny of outsiders. We talk to residents from two Dutch cities about what they make of our strengths and weaknesses. They give us suprising answers, useful to all. Plus details on how Residents 4 ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "You can not do it alone" Updated: 2006-01-05 08:00:00 Description: The remarkable story of a woman who changed her life after a short spell in prison. Justice Williams took that experience and turned it into Venta Millones, a social enterprise which strives to give young people an alternative to a future embroiled ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Better Birmingham Schools Updated: 2007-08-29 02:00:00 Description: Naseem Akhtar is a serial activist. Now she is turning her attention to schools in Birmingham. She wants to know why the results are not better. So this time on the Grassroots Channel we ask what she expects and try and find out why she is willing ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Refugee Podcast from Birmingham Updated: 2007-06-22 07:30:00 Description: Shauna Magunda and Mikko Kappinen are two Birmingham based students experimenting with podcasting to tell the stories of people who arrived in the city as refugees. Refucast was their final degree at the University of Central England. The Grassroots...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tips on public speaking Updated: 2007-05-30 12:00:00 Description: It terrifies most of us so that's why this short podcast talks to Adam Askew of Oxfam on his steps to making public speaking work for you and your campaign. You can find the tips listed on our blog at www.podnosh.com/blog ID=77...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lobbying - the dark art demystified Updated: 2007-05-24 12:00:00 Description: Active citizens do it all the time, but what does it take to lobby effectively. This programme hears from two people about their experience of lobbying politicians and councillors as part campaigns for Friends of the Earth and with the CPRE to resis...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Black Patch Park Updated: 2007-05-15 06:00:00 Description: For four years Councillor Bob badham has been the villain thwarting the friends of Black Patch park in their campaign to protect this green space in Sandwell from industrial development. Now the council has changed it's plans and Simon Baddeley of th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lisa Tarbuck, networks and community safety. Updated: 2007-05-10 04:00:00 Description: More on the future of community networks in Birmingham, including thoughts from the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership, plus Lisa Tarbuck in Brierley Hill on hoodies, adolescence the National Youth Theatre and stronger communities. ID=74...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Community Networks - The Future Updated: 2007-03-07 03:30:00 Description: In this programme the Bishop of Birmingham steps up to make the case for community networks in Birmingham. The Rt Reverend David Urquhart tells the channel that those in power need to find the money to allow networks to continue to benefit the city....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Highgate apprentices challenge the government Updated: 2007-02-22 04:00:00 Description: In this programme two teenagers from Highgate in Birmingham challenge the government to help them find new ways to support young people. Gareth Deeming and Stephen Hughes have recently returned from spending a day with ministers and civil servants i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shantytown Shuffle Updated: 2007-02-14 08:00:00 Description: How one community organised and campaigned its way from living in wooden shacks in Barcelona to their own newly built apartment blocks. Chris Bongard tells the story of fledgling street level democracy emerging in Spain at a time when the country was...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Made in Birmingham by Digital Citizens Updated: 2007-01-31 12:00:00 Description: This programme has been mostly made by the people of Birmingham. On February 14th 2007 we had a very fine day in Victoria square at the first birthday bash of Digital Birmingham. For this programme the visitors to the marquue recorded their comments...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Money Talks at the Northfield Young People's Forum Updated: 2007-01-27 05:00:00 Description: Jenni Rowley and Selina Okunnu of the Northfield Young People's Forum talk to us about how power is shifting towards the young people of Birmingham. From April 2007 the forum, run by 11 to 19 year olds, will have up to 80,000 pounds to offer as grant...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beth Kanter on Online Fundraising Updated: 2007-01-27 05:00:00 Description: Beth Kanter of the Sharing Foundation explains how they used the internet to raise 100,000 dollars for children in Cambodia. Beth is an expert on the internet and non-profit organisations and in this podcast she talks about how you can combine tools ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simple Online Fundraising PDF Updated: 2007-01-24 10:00:00 Description: This is not an audio file but a written document which guides you through some simple things you can do to raise funds online. It is aimed at community groups who are not registered as charities. This b:cen briefing is a support document for the nex...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham Passions 6 Updated: 2007-01-07 02:00:00 Description: Our sixth and final feast of passion, finding out the many motivators for the people from the Bimringham Community Empowerment Network. Story telling resumes with the next programme from the Grassroots Channel. ID=65...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham Passions 5 Updated: 2007-01-05 02:00:00 Description: More short and simple explanations of what motivates the passionate people of Birmingham. ID=64...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham Passions 4 Updated: 2007-01-03 02:00:00 Description: In the fourth of the Grassroots Channel's New Year quickies, three more people involved with the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network answer the question: what is you passion? ID=63...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham Passions 3 Updated: 2007-01-01 02:00:00 Description: Part 3 of our New Year 2007 exploration of the personal passions of the people from the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network. ID=62...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham Passions 2 Updated: 2006-12-28 02:25:00 Description: The second of six short programmes on the passions which drive b:cen members. Normal story telling will resume in the New Year. ID=61...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham Passions 1 Updated: 2006-12-14 06:30:00 Description: The first of six pithy programmes to get us into a new year. Normally we would tell you full blown stories of active citizens in Birmingham and if you check our archive you'll find some crackers. With these shorts we take a handful of people associat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Perfect Play in Birmingham Updated: 2006-12-14 06:30:00 Description: Dens of Equality is built on a simple idea - that for children play is a human right. Its mission is to make play totally inclusive and accessible - regardless of the needs or a individual child. It does this through supporting a network of autonom...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Masood heads for The Hague Updated: 2006-11-30 03:30:00 Description: Masood Yasin travels from Washwood Heath in Birmingham to The Hague ( Den Haag ) in the Netherlands to meet active citizens in Holland. Find out what his thoughts were on new approaches to young people, their jobs and education plus why he wants to ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heritage and Community - Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery Updated: 2006-11-12 06:20:00 Description: On Remembrance Sunday we meet two people who've put 18 months of effort into building a community group around and a new charity to support their local cemetery in Birmingham. The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery have found an unlikely way to stren...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From Paintballing to Leadership Updated: 2006-10-31 12:10:00 Description: TYGA is a youth group in Balsall Heath in Birmingham which began with fun and conversation and yet in just over a year has raised thousands for charity through a 500 mile bike ride, travelled to Pakistan to help with earthquake relief and started a r...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Until My Dying Day - Nock's Brickworks Birmingham Updated: 2006-10-22 01:30:00 Description: Mike Overton has fought for years to prevent developers building homes on an old waste tip and clap pit in Erdington in Birmingham, UK. He talks to Emma Lewis of b:cen about the site and why protecting it matters so much to him. Also in the programm...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Soweto Kinch on living in Birmingham 19 Updated: 2006-10-03 06:15:00 Description: Soweto Kinch is jazz and hip hop musician living in a tower block overlooking the Hockley Fly over in Birmingham. Oddly enough he’s just finished working with the newsreader Moira Stewart to release the first of two albums which tell the story of li...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Junior Street Champions Updated: 2006-09-20 08:41:00 Description: Programme 23 meets Sherez Sarwar, and 18 year old who's working to improve his neighbourhood in lozells in Birmingham. We also learn about Street Champions and flag up an opportunity to win a national award from BURA....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham's own residents regeneration university Updated: 2006-08-11 04:05:00 Description: Programme 22 with the details of a 4 day university for residents involved in regenerating their neighbourhoods. This programme hears from Resident 4 Regeneration - Europe - on their plans for a four day event in Birmingham next month which will bri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No pay makes you powerful Updated: 2006-07-27 05:47:00 Description: Programme 21 is a fascinating, and sometimes emotional, conversation between two directors of the Witton Lodge Community Association in north Birmingham. The Association has been central to the physical and communal regeneration of Perry Common in t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Time to teach the pros Updated: 2006-07-08 02:00:00 Description: Programme 20 hears from Gill Taylor, who runs the government's new Academy for Sustainable Communities. She tells us why she wants residents to unleash their expertise on re-educating professionals. Sounds like one more burden on active citizens? P...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 100 Million Pound Future Updated: 2006-06-22 12:00:00 Description: Programme 19 on The Grassroots Channel meets another of Birmingham's social entrepreneurs. Roger Telphia is Chief Executive of Future Health and Social Care. The charity is a multi award winning organisation which already has a substantial turnover. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Generating Market Forces Updated: 2006-06-15 01:35:00 Description: Programme 18 talks to Duncan Ross and John Bodycote from Kings Norton Farmers Market about why they chose to become a community interest company, the value of the farmers market, local politics and the fine art of keeping a generator going. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birmingham the Curio City Updated: 2006-06-02 02:00:00 Description: Programme 17 from the Grassroots Channel and the story of the people striving to reunite a community divided by powerful economic forces. Community artist Sanj Cavanagh and volunteers Julia Downer and Cherie Moore are working with children to cre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD It Shouldn’t Be So Common Updated: 2006-05-17 10:56:00 Description: Programme 16 of the Grassroots Channel hears about the link between gun crime in Birmingham UK and gun crime in Boston, Mass. Simon Walker, of the community arts project Curio City, tells us about Alex and Isaura Mendez, two visitors to Birmingham w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blair, Blears and Bollards Updated: 2006-05-08 03:57:00 Description: Programme 15 turns out to be a curious mixture of Blair, Blears and Bollards. This time we handed over the microphone to a school and a youth group. Find out what they make of a government initiative and the Chestnuts Neighbourhood Forum in Birming...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Once They Are Hooked" Updated: 2006-04-21 05:43:00 Description: Programme 14. Angling is just about catching fish - isn't it? Apparently not. Andy Walker tells the story of how fishing rejuvenates young lives and protects communities from crime. His Birmingham based organisation, Get Hooked On Fishing, is wor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "We don't like to go in the parks" Updated: 2006-03-26 03:30:00 Description: Programme 13 from the Grassroots Channel comes not from Birmingham but from Dortmund in Germany. We've been demonstrating podcasting to a group of young people from cities across Europe. Listen to Simone and Ethel as they try podcasting for the firs...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "The Worst Slum in Europe" Updated: 2006-03-09 10:30:30 Description: Programme 12 eavesdrops on a conversation between two people whose relationship began with intense frustration and conflict. This time the Grassroots Channel meets Natalie Brade and Councillor Sir Albert bore. One a politician, the other a practica...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Light the blue touch paper" Updated: 2006-03-02 11:25:00 Description: Programme 11. Our listeners talk back and in this programme we hear from a one living in Birmingham and another in the Philippines. Lisa Broad and Keith Cannell both talk about how hearing stories from other people is influencing the way they see t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Generosity is a key ingredient' Updated: 2006-02-24 02:40:00 Description: Programme 10. Generosity - how can that revive a neighbourhood? The Church of England in Birmingham thinks it may make a huge difference. In fact it seems now is a good time fo us all learn something about generosity - including the church and its ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Pavement to Parliament" Updated: 2006-02-16 06:00:00 Description: Programme 9 on the Grassroots Channel tells the story of the Birmingham based group who use techniques developed in 1930's Chicago to revitalise individuals, families and communities. Then they take what they have learnt directly to the law makers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Im the grass now" Updated: 2006-02-03 11:59:00 Description: We talk to a group of neighbours who work unpaid to keep their local police station open, hear from listeners to the Grassroots Channel and get a tiny taste of a Little Britain. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD XMAS cutting from Naseem Akhtar Updated: 2006-01-02 08:00:00 Description: In our final festive extra, Naseem Akhtar of Birmingham's Residents 4 Regeneration, offers a few holiday thoughts. By the way, our next programme is back to our normal format....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD XMAS cuttings from Gurdev Kaur Updated: 2005-12-31 08:00:00 Description: Another seasonal extra on Birmingham's Grassroots Channel. This time a few short thoughts from Gurdev Kaur of the women's empowerment group, Sikh Nari Manch. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD XMAS Cuttings Val Douglas Updated: 2005-12-29 08:00:00 Description: Relax - nothing stodgy here. The Grassroots Channel continues your high fibre, low cholesterol podcast diet for the Christmas Season, this time with a few thoughts from a fab Brummie, Val Douglas. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD XMAS cuttings Paul Slatter Updated: 2005-12-26 08:00:00 Description: The Grassroots Channel brings you some extra cuttings for Christmas Season. We promise no indigestion. This time some thoughts from Paul Slatter, manager of the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network. Normal programmes will of course be back in th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Just a mum who cares" Updated: 2005-12-22 08:00:00 Description: Meet a formidable member of the Birmingham Community Empowerment network. This time on the Grassroots Channel we tell the story of Maureen Murphy and her decades of campaigning to protect and improve her neighbourhood in Sutton Coldfield. Plus of co...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD XMAS Cuttings Val Douglas Updated: 2005-12-22 08:00:00 Description: Relax - nothing stodgy here. The Grassroots Channel continues your high fibre, low cholesterol podcast diet for the Christmas Season, this time with a few thoughts from a fab Brummie, Val Douglas. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "The garden fence to natter over" Updated: 2005-11-24 12:00:00 Description: Programme 4 from the Grassroots Channel tells the story of Neville Lilly and how he turned his childhood passion for gardening into a project which has already helped more than a thousand Birmingham children. Not content with that, he has now built a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Become a Decision Maker" Updated: 2005-11-10 12:00:00 Description: More stories for people who care about where they live. The third programme from the Grassroots Channel tells the story of Masood Yasin - a young man in Birmingham who decided he had a choice to make: should he leave his own neighbourhood for somew...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Fun is the most important thing" Updated: 2005-10-14 12:00:00 Description: This time the Grassroots Channel brings you the story of how a threat was used to transform a neighbourhood. Emma Woolf talks about the campaign to protect Cotteridge Park in Bimringham, how school children got involved and how it blossomed into so m...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ?We?re cuckoos in a wealthy middle class elite?. Updated: 2006-03-31 00:00:00 Description: ?We?re cuckoos in a wealthy middle class elite?. This is the first podcast for the grassroots channel - a series of programmes sponsored by the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network.We?re starting with stories of active citizens in Britain?s sec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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