Announcement: New programme

We’re excited to announce that between now and 2025, Multistory will work with artists and local communities to co-produce Green Roots, an artistic programme as part of the wider West Bromwich Town Improvement Plan. The Town Improvement Plan aims to animate the town centre with new green parks and places for meeting, and to nurture environmentally resilient communities.

If you’re keen for West Brom to get greener and to learn more about the environment here in Sandwell, then we’ve got a wonderful new programme of events and training opportunities for you to get involved with. Putting art and creativity at the heart of things, we’re working with The Wildlife Trust to offer you the chance to grow your creative skills, share your stories, and sow the seeds of change in your local community.

Activities taking place across the programme will include community mapping exercises to document wildlife in the local area and record people’s stories and relationship to their natural surroundings. A series of seasonal walks will take place yearly, where we’ll investigate the wildflowers and weeds that are growing in hedges and on the pavements and verges of the town. You’ll have the chance to meet the non-human inhabitants of West Brom; including local pollinators (bees, moths & butterflies); trees; plants; visiting birds and more. There will also be a range of creative workshops to take part in, to co-create a map and guide that charts a green trail connecting the high street to Dartmouth Park and Sandwell Valley.

Questions we’d love for you to join us in exploring through the programme are:

What is the impact of climate change on Sandwell communities? What are the green issues in your local area? How do our environments affect our health? What does a multispecies community look like? Are green spaces accessible to everyone? What would West Brom need to be a place where everyone can flourish?

We’ll be sharing updates and opportunities soon!