Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Museums Trust

Arts Council awards £33 million coronavirus funding but gives nothing to Birmingham museums

Birmingham Museums Trust, which runs several high profile public attractions, is facing “a very uncertain future” today after an application for crisis funding during the coronavirus pandemic was turned down by Arts Council England. There is mounting criticism of this controversial decision as the Arts Council England (ACE) issued a total of £33million emergency response…

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Northfield Arts Forum provides arts activities for all ages in the local area

Northfield Arts Forum launches fundraising campaign to cater for their community

A local arts collective in Northfield is raising money to build a new, accessible space for the communities they work with. Northfield Arts Forum, also known as NAF, is a grassroots arts organisation that have been providing community arts activities to the areas of Northfield, Kings Norton, Weoley Castle and Longbridge for over eight years.

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Victims Khaola Saleem and Raneem Oudeh were murdered in Solihull on Bank Holiday Monday

12 stabbings in one week leave Birmingham shaken. Here’s the victims…

Twelve stabbings in and around Birmingham have left the city shaken this past week, as Bank Holiday Monday began with news a double murder. Mother and daughter Khaola Saleem and Raneem Oudeh were tragically knifed to death in Solihull, triggering a national manhunt to trace the killer. A 21-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of the…

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