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 somewhere ‘better’ or step up and take action.
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Author: Nick Booth
Fun is the most important thing.
This time the Grassroots Channel brings you the story of how a threat was used to transform a neighbourhood.
Cuckoos in a white middle class nest
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 second largest city: Birmingham.
Barbara Willis Brown tells us how she worked to rebuild communities by confronting prejudice. A tennis project in the city brought young black children into the leafy middle-class environment of the tennis club, overcoming misconceptions from both sides.
Her philosophy on revitalising communities is: “If it hasn’t got a challenge in it let everyone else do it.”
Background music is copyright of a small local band called score. The Grassroots Channel is produced by Nick Booth of Podnosh. First available in October 2005