Day One | Friday 15th September | 12.30pm – 6pm
Moseley Road Baths, 497 Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9BX
12.30pm – 1.30pm:
Community Lunch with ChangeKitchen CIC
1.30pm:
Welcome talk from John Christophers (Zero Carbon House, Retrofit Balsall Heath), Immy Kaur (CIVIC SQUARE) and Charlie Edmonds (CIVIC SQUARE, Future Architects Front)
2pm – 6pm:
Range of talks and panel discussions, WeCanMake x Better Block Front Lawn Retrofit Kits co-build, foraging walk with Jasdeep Sandhu (FORIJ, Spatial Radio broadcasting, faith space, children’s play space + more.
Dinner | Friday 15th September | 7pm – 9pm
At the Zero Carbon House, 103 Tindal Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9QU
Day Two | Saturday 16th September | 10am – 6pm
Moseley Road Baths, 497 Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9BX
10am:
Welcome talk from John Christophers (Zero Carbon House, Retrofit Balsall Heath), Immy Kaur (CIVIC SQUARE) and Charlie Edmonds (CIVIC SQUARE, Future Architects Front)
12.30pm – 1.30pm:
Community Lunch with ChangeKitchen CIC
10.30pm – 6pm:
Range of talks and panel discussions, WeCanMake x Better Block Front Lawn Retrofit Kits co-build, Spatial Radio broadcasting, WeCanMake film screening, faith space, children’s play space + more.
About Retrofit
Retrofit Balsall Heath is a community-led neighborhood project in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, UK. The project aims to ‘retrofit’ Victorian terraced houses in this lower-income inner-city neighborhood to improve energy efficiency, reduce heating bills, and address environmental concerns.
The key aspects of this project include:
- Community-Led: It is led by local residents and community organizations rather than being directed by the public sector.
- Participating Organizations: Several local organizations are involved in this initiative, such as IFEES (Islamic Foundation for Ecology & Environmental Sciences), The Sultan Bahu Trust, MECC Trust, Al-Abbas Islamic Centre, Balsall Heath Church Centre, Fruit & Nut Village, Zero Carbon House, BHIOP (Balsall Heath Is Our Planet), and Saheli Hub. These organizations bring their expertise and resources to the project.
- Goals: The project’s goals include improving the energy efficiency of housing, reducing the environmental impact of the community, and providing energy advice to vulnerable residents.
- Innovation: Understand the unique features like the first solar church in Birmingham (Balsall Heath Church Centre) and the UK’s first certified zero-carbon retrofit home (Zero Carbon House) as part of the project.
- Diverse Initiatives: The project covers a wide range of activities, from ecology and environmental work to women-only cycling and well-being programs (Saheli Hub).
Retrofit Balsall Heath is an innovative, community-driven effort to make positive changes in an inner-city neighborhood, focusing on energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and community well-being.
More about Civic Square here – https://civicsquare.notion.site/Retrofit-Reimagined-2023-7aec7fbb992f4a4a97ca7d969a48b216
More about Retrofit here https://www.facebook.com/RetrofitBalsallHeath
Why not come for a swim too? View our swimming timetable here
Balsall Heath’s Living Room is part of the Diving In Programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund
