Birmingham Bike Foundry

So many of our customers have been asking for these, especially for the Gear Shift e-cargo bike hire. Please share and fill in this survey widely

Residents across Birmingham have been asking for bike storage solutions, which could follow on from residents' parking schemes. Please fill out the survey to let me know if you would support a bike hangar on your road and I will present your views to Birmingham City Council. https://tinyurl.com/BrumBikes

There will be a ride in Birmingham on Saturday remembering Alex Pretti an ICU nurse murdered by the state leaving 1pm Victoria Square. Immigrants are part of our community, here in Birmingham and in Minneapolis where Surly Bikes, and Park Tool are both based - things we are familiar with in our shop.

Rojava in Syria is under attack from ISIS. There is a solidarity demonstration tomorrow at 1pm in Victoria Square which some of our workers will be attending.

Cities are under seige and the black flags of ISIS have been seen in Syria again, something made possible by the U.S and general western endorsement of the dictator Assad's replacement Jolani (previously leader of the fundamentalist al Nusra Front).

Back in 2017 when the Syrian Defence Forces there were battling ISIS in Raqqa our co-operative undertook a fundraising campaign which raised £10,000 for a womens bakery co-operative in the city of Kobane. Kobane is now under siege again from many of the same forces they defeated, and who have been prison broken with support from government soldiers.

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Rojava Co-operative Fundraiser 2016 Support Women in Rojava: Resist Fascism, Build Co-operation Radical Routes, a network of co-operatives working for social change are looking to raise £15k fo...

Two exciting opportunities from workers.coop the federal organisation we are members of

1) £5k funding for people starting climate focussed worker co-ops (like ours!) Deadline 31st Jan - feel free to send us an email if you are local and thinking of applying : https://www.workers.coop/own-the-future-our-first-co-op-support-programme-starting-in-march/

2) A part time job opportunity: https://www.workers.coop/were-hiring-a-business-operations-and-movement-building-coordinator/ deadline 12trh Jan

We're hiring a Business Operations and Movement Building Coordinator - workers.coop Business Operations and Movement Building Coordinator Salary: £36,000-£38,000 FTE, dependent on desired benefits package.Location: Remote (UK

Another great review! whether it's a last minute holiday tune up or a stocking fillers, BBF is open until the 23rd.

https://buytickets.at/stirchleycooperativedevelopment/1844637

Come along to the second Community Plan meeting focussing on the land next to Aldi Tuesday 23rd. Help design the massing (the shape and size) of the building. The meeting will be 7-9pm at Stirchley community Church. It is an accessible venue and there will be snacks!

Select tickets – Creating a community plan for Stirchley: Session two Shape and Form – Stirchley Community Church Creating a community plan for Stirchley: Session two Shape and Form – Stirchley Community Church, Tue 23 Sep 2025 - We want to create a community-led plan for more affordable, ecological co-operative housing, and retail or leisure on the proposed McDonalds site in Stirchley, Birmingham. Join us fo...

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Come down to Birmingham Bike Foundry for our 15th anniversary celebration on Saturday October the 18th. If you'll want dinner provided by Loaf please order a pizza ticket otherwise just pop by and say hello. There will be our own DJ Arrhythmia (Matt!) from NTS Radio with sounds on the https://brum.coop/ Equaliser big orange soundsystem. Drinks available from Stirchley Wines next door. Starts from 5pm!

15th Anniversary Celebration Pizza ticket PIZZA Your local bike co-operative is fifteen years old! We are hosting a 15th anniversary celebration in our shop; as we are moving to a new home at SCD in the New Year it will also be some sort of a goodbye to the 1539 Pershore Road era of BBF. Former worker and NTS Radio […]

Tuesday 26th 7pm at the Baths, Join Stirchley Co-operative Development to plan affordable, co-op housing and community spaces on the proposed McDonald’s site in Stirchley! We’ll hear from Barcelona’s Sostre Civic and Unit 38 architects, who’ll help us create a community-led vision. Get your £2 ticket now to shape Stirchley’s future—let’s build for locals, not corporations! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stirchleycooperativedevelopment/1785485

We have a few exciting events planned in August (did anyone say anniversary celebration?!) but this is the first we are promoting:

Stirchley Co-operative Development (of which we are part!) want to create a community-led plan for more affordable, ecological co-operative housing, and retail or leisure on the proposed McDonalds site in Stirchley, Birmingham. People are welcome to come along, hear from experts doing this similar things in Barcelona and London and take the first steps of forming a plan.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stirchleycooperativedevelopment/1785485

Tomorrow evening one of our mechanics will deliver this online introductory session on the cooperatives and their history. It will cover both housing co-operatives and worker co-ops like ours. This is part of a training series https://www.stirchley.coop/scd-training-series/ which is open to the public delivered by Stirchley Co-operative Development.

Sign up here : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intro-to-co-ops-co-op-history-tickets-1142995272629?aff=oddtdtcreator

SCD Training Series – Stirchley Co-operative Development Categories News SCD Training Series Post author By admin Post date January 9, 2025 No Comments on SCD Training Series As we welcome 2025, Stirchley Co-op Development (SCD) is excited to announce a series of free online workshops, open to anyone interested in co-ops. These monthly, beginner-friendl...