In the next 4 episodes, the Grassroots channel brings you some extra cuttings for the christmas season. We promise no indigestion! Read more
Category: Neighbourhoods
The garden fence to natter over
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. Read more
Become a Decision Maker
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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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