Join us for the first ever Birmingham Fungi Festival on Sunday 26th October 2025!

Improving a stretch of the Birmingham Mainline Canal foraging habitat for birds, butterflies and bees.
In November 2012 the Canal and Rivers Trust, with support from the Birmingham & Black Country Nature Improvement Area, started work on a project to improve linkage between the Dudley and Birmingham canal networks.
The 'Main Line Canal Wildlife Enhancement' project linked the Netherton Branch Canal, Gower Branch Canal and Sheepwash Urban Park Wildlife Sites to the heart of Birmingham via the canal network.

Wex Photo Video have donated £1,000 worth of vouchers for winners of our 2020 Photo Competition. Wex was established in 1997 offering a dedicated service for photographers and videographers at every level; a service that has been enjoyed by over 800,000 customers. This dedication to service, imaging expertise and outstanding customer support is underpinned by competitive prices and the UK’s largest range of photo and video products. Its dedicated contact centre and UK-wide stores provide expert advice 7 days a week by phone, email, live chat or in person.

This award-winning formula has resulted in Wex becoming the UK's largest online specialist photographic retailer and winner of the ‘Retailer of the Year’ as voted for by customers and readers of Digital Photo / Practical Photography magazines for the past six years, as well as numerous other service awards for over 15 years.

Business partner since September 2022.

The Birmingham & Black Country Local Nature Partnership (LNP) is one of 48 government approved partnerships set-up to embed the value of the natural environment in local policy and decisions for the benefit of nature, people and the economy

The LNP Board comprises high level decision-makers representing business and the private sector, local authorities, the DEFRA agencies, Natural England, partnerships that benefit the natural environment, the health and well-being sector and the voluntary sector. The LNP is chaired by Georgia Stokes, CEO of The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country. The Trust also provides a secretariat function.