For all the latest litter picking news and for a large dose of community spirit, take a look at the King Heath & Brandwood Litter Picking summer newsletter! Find out about how you can get involved, when upcoming litter picks are, and what incredible impact this group have in our local area. With 6,769 hours […]
Tickets now on sale for Birmingham Youth Theatre’s production of Jekyll and Hyde. Stage2, Birmingham’s longest-running youth theatre, is delighted to announce that, following the success of their 5-star production of Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid in April, tickets are now on sale for their summer production of Jekyll and Hyde by Evan Placey, […]
Active Travel Ambassadors in Kings Heath My name is Jenny and, as well as being a Kings Heath resident, I work for Modeshift as the Active Travel Ambassador Coordinator for the West Midlands. The Active Travel Ambassador (ATA) programme, funded by Active Travel England, is for secondary school students. It is designed to empower […]
With very little movement on what is now ominously being referred to as ‘The Birmingham Bin Strike,’ the task being faced by the Kings Heath & Brandwood Litter Pickers has become increasingly difficult in recent months… Nevertheless, a group of their marvellous volunteers can still be spotted on the High Street every Sunday morning, helping […]
Nothing says Mother’s Day quite like an overpriced trip into town, culminating in family meltdown… Well, what if we told you all that could be avoided, simply by staying local, and shopping small? Check out our updated Mother’s Day Gift Guide for our top recommendations of where to go and what to buy in Kings […]
10th March 2025 Anne Shaw Executive Director Transport for West Midlands 16 Summer Lane Birmingham B19 3SD Re: Kings Heath Railway Station Road and Footpath Closures Dear Ms Shaw, I am writing to you on behalf of the Board of Directors of Enjoy Kings Heath, the Business Improvement District for this part […]
Kings Heath & Brandwood Litter Pickers: Winter Newsletter Amidst the chaos of recent bin strikes, Kings Heath & Brandwood Litter Pickers have been hard at work, helping to clean and maintain the local area throughout the Winter months. You can keep up to date with everything that they’ve been up to by reading their […]
Your Community Centre Needs YOU Be part of securing the future of Kings Heath Community Centre at the upcoming BKH Ward Forum: Saturday 18th January; 11.00am – 13.00pm; Kings Heath Community Centre. As you may be aware, Birmingham City Council has recently invited proposals from any organisations interested in assuming the ownership of a […]
Celebrating Poplar Road on Small Business Saturday As Christmas inches steadily closer, most Brummies have become accustomed to the swarms of frenzied shoppers that descend upon the Bullring each weekend, scouring the season’s offerings for the perfect gift. But little do they know that just a stone’s throw (or a ride on the number […]
New Voluntary Member: Leaflet Delivery UK This week, Enjoy Kings Heath is delighted to announce the latest addition to its ever-growing network: Leaflet Delivery UK (Birmingham South). Handling the design, print and distribution of your leaflets, Leaflet Delivery (LDUK) aims to provide businesses with a time- (and cost-) efficient way of connecting with local […]
Kings Heath Celebrates World Sustainability Day 2024 We’ve heard it all a thousand times before. Rising sea levels, extreme weather patterns, loss of species: these frightening realities have now become common knowledge, having dominated the headlines for almost half a century. But as we draw to the end of the hottest year on record, […]
Just like the area that it represents, Enjoy Kings Heath will always be welcoming of innovation, no matter how eccentric. So it may have come as no surprise when the BID announced that its next networking event would be taking place at a funeral home. Having first established itself in Kings Heath during the 1950s, […]
Kings Heath Street Fest returns to the high street on Sunday 15th September! From 12pm – 6pm, the community will be coming together with live music, a funfair, artisan market and plenty of family fun on offer! Head to our Facebook event page for all the latest Street Fest updates.
We are currently seeking a creative Kings Heathen to join the BID as our Marketing & Business Support Assistant, helping shape everything that the BID does and further strengthening the Enjoy Kings Heath brand. 2024 has been a great year for us, with the installation of 39,000 LED lights in trees along the high street, […]
Eid al-Adha or ‘big Eid’ is one of the most important events for Muslims around the world. With our own large and diverse Muslim community in Kings Heath and surrounding areas of Birmingham, it’s only right that the celebration brings the whole community together to celebrate this important event together, whether personally religious or not. […]
Last Thursday, the BID hosted its spring Networking Event, presented by Andy Doodles, hosted in the back room at The Station, with catering generously provided by RES Accountants. Continuing with our mission to make networking fun and different, the theme for this event was ‘caricature speed-dating’. The event kicked off with Andy, local artist and […]
The Kings Heath and Brandwood Litter Pickers have been busy over the last few months and have just sent out their latest newsletter. Featuring a report from the chair as usual, as well as a report from our very own BID Manager Matt, you can download and read the newsletter here. As ever, if you […]
Have you ever wondered how we manage to keep the streets clean in Kings Heath? The battle to keep the area free of tags is a constant one – but luckily we have a team of brave volunteers and some high-tech gadgets to back them up! The leader of this crack team of graffiti-removers is […]
The Kings Heath and Brandwood Litter Pickers have been busy over the last few months and have just sent out their latest newsletter. Featuring a report from the chair as usual, as well as a story from Colmore School, you can download and read the newsletter here. As ever, if you would like to get […]
Yesterday, Kings Heath BID hosted its first Networking Event of 2024, and it was a great success! In true Kings Heath style, we didn’t go for a formal dinner, but got active with an amazing circus skills workshop courtesy of Joe from CircusMASH! He took us through various circus skills from juggling to aerial silks, […]