BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS is based upon the shared humanitarian values of justice, dignity and self-respect. It offers local organisations across Birmingham a way of acting on their shared values and ideas, whilst simultaneously developing their people as citizens and communities of action. By joining together, we are building a strong and influential broad based organisation, winning respect in the corridors of power and effecting positive change in local communities.

BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS is funded through local fundraising and supported by grants from the Barrow Cadbury and Carnegie UK trusts.

How We Do It
BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS provides training in the theory and practice of effective organising to local people in their organisations so that communities can bring about positive change in their own neighbourhoods. Learning takes place ‘in action’ and through residential workshops both locally and nationally.

YOUNG CITIZENS, the youth wing of BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS has a three year track record of organising young people around quality of life issues and has developed an ‘active citizenship’ teaching programme for schools, to be taught as part of the ‘citizenship’ curriculum.

We are guided by research such as listening campaigns and aim to address, through action, issues that threaten individuals, families and neighbourhoods. Research, analysis and evaluation are thorough. Action is firm, direct and persistent.