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Northfield Ecocentre teaches people how to live more sustainably through our groups, advice services, events, courses and lots more! Have a look around then come and visit us.
We're open 10am - 5pm Tuesday to Friday for general public enquiries but we recommend you call beforehand to avoid disappointment.
Win a Home Energy Makeover!
Northfield Ecocentre and the Energy Saving Co-op have partnered up to offer 200 houses the chance to do an energy makeover of their home with no upfront costs! We are also Read more
Ecocentre
Northfield Ecocentre is a charity that works with the local community to help people find ways to live better and protect the environment. Read more
DIY Bike Trailer Making Workshop
Saturday 25 February 2012, 10am - 5pm, £40. Read more
Valentine's EcoKids Event
Tuesday 14 February, 2 - 4pm. Children aged 3 - 8yrs. Learn to make chocolate truffles & recycled heart decorations and more... Read more
New Ecokids Events!
Activities during school holidays. Ecocrafts, nature trails & more! For Kids aged 3-8yrs, Read more
School of Green Living
Northfield Ecocentre are pleased to announce the launch of the Northfield School of Green Living, a series of courses aimed at making sustainable living easier and fun! Aimed at beginners, the workshops cover a range of skills from cycle maintenance to Read more
Fact Sheets
We offer free, impartial advice on how to save energy. Read more
Give a Car
We have recently partnered up with a social enterprise called Give A Car. They will take your old car off you and any money they make from the cars they will give to us! Read more
Recycle Rabbit Family
Recycle Rabbit is our mascot who was originally designed by a 10 year old from Wychall Primary School. You'll find him and his family dotted around our web site and Read more
Update on RecruitmentPosted in Bloggies on January 24, 2012 by Georgia Stokes We have had an enormous amount of applications for the position of Energy Advisor. If you applied for this role you will hear from us but due to the high numbers interviews will take place next Tuesday 31st January. We will contact everyone who applied to thank you for your application. Unfortunately due to the numbers of applications we will only be able to provide feedback to those shortlisted for interviews. Thank you all for your patience with us.        
Free Energy ServicesPosted in Bloggies on January 18, 2012 by Georgia Stokes
So the colder weather has arrived at last, how snug have you been at home? If you’ve been feeling the cold or are worried about your next energy bill Northfield Ecocentre can help. Or perhaps you would like to spend some money to make your home warmer and more energy efficient to reduce your future bills. Thanks to new funding we are now able to offer free energy advice home visits to suit all household budgets.
Sustainability Forum - Love Where You LivePosted in Latest Updates on December 21, 2011 by Luke Olly
Sustainability Forum - Wednesday 25th January, 6.00pm - 8.45pm The 'Love Where You Live' campaign aims to gain commitment and inspire people to think about the local environment and make their neighbourhoods better places to live. Birmingham City Council has been chosen as one of a handful of local authorities to work with Keep Britain Tidy as an ‘Ambassador’ partner for the campaign. Come to the Forum and find out what the benefits of the ‘Love where You Live’ campaign are to you? What can you pledge to do that will make Birmingham a better place and what are you already doing that makes a difference?
the Forum is being held at Highbury Hall, 4 Yew Tree Road in Moseley and as it's Burn's Night we are having a little celebration to reflect this and will be serving haggis, neeps and tatties (vegetarian option available).
Featured in Inside Housing MagazinePosted in Bloggies on December 16, 2011 by Jane Baker
To view the article online click here
Thank you to all our Volunteers!Posted in Bloggies on December 16, 2011 by Jane Baker
This week we held an event to celebrate the important contribution that our volunteers have made to the ecocentre in 2011. Without our volunteers many project and events would simply not have been possible - such as planting trees as part of our Northfield's Orchards projects, running our gardening and sewing groups, research work for our energy advice service, marketing our services, writing fact-sheets, running public events and outreach stalls, establishing the Friends of Victoria Common group and of course the work of our volunteer Management Committee... and so much more. Thank you and congratulations on all your hard work. Your skills, enthusiasm and commitment are amazing! If you are interested in becoming a volunteer at Northfield Ecocentre in 2012 give us a call on 0121 448 0119 or visit our jobs page.
We are recruiting!Posted in Bloggies on December 15, 2011 by Luke Olly 2012 looks to be an exciting year for Northfield Ecocentre. We intend to be expanding our energy advice service and are therefore recruiting for a new Energy Advisor and Marketing role. Please go to our jobs page for more information and to download the job description and application form. The deadline is the 18th January 2012
Successful Christmas Event!Posted in Bloggies on December 09, 2011 by Jane Baker A big thank you to everyone who came to our Spruce up Your Christmas event on Saturday! And of course to our wonderful staff, volunteers and supporters who made it happen.
Tree Planting Begins!Posted in Bloggies on November 25, 2011 by Jane Baker
A big thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who helped planting trees in Northfield today....
Ecoteams on Video!Posted in Bloggies on November 22, 2011 by Stuart Bowles Northfield Ecocentre has been running a Ecoteams and Energy Advice Service at Optima Community Housing. The aim of the projects is to raise awareness about the easiest ways to save energy, reduce water usage, recycle and use public transport. Optima Community Housing set up a young persons media group for the October Half Term and they made a video of Northfield Ecocentre in action. They filmed me (Stuart) giving energy advice to a resident of Optima Community Housing. They also filmed some of the Ecoteams that I delivered. It was great to be able to give advice with the thought that it was part of a wider promotion project. They also said that the film was going to be shown at Optima's Annual General Meeting.
Spruce Up Your ChristmasPosted in Bloggies on November 22, 2011 by Jane Baker Christmas is not far away, and once again we are holding our annual festive event. All welcome! See poster below for more details. For more information about events at Northfield Ecocentre visit: www.northfieldecocentre.org/activities/events
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We're pleased to announce that our new Birmingham wide energy advice service for housing associations has been featured in Inside Housing Magazine.
Up coming events
| Gardening Group (weekly) Thu Feb 02 @10:00AM - 12:00PM |
| Sewing & Crafts (weekly) Fri Feb 03 @10:00AM - 12:00PM |
| February Eco Kids Tue Feb 14 @ 2:00PM - 04:00PM |
| DIY Bicycle Trailer Making Sat Feb 25 @10:00AM - 05:00PM |
| April Eco Kids: Easter Wed Apr 04 @ 2:00PM - 04:00PM |
| April Eco Kids: Spring Sat Apr 14 @ 2:00PM - 04:00PM |
Northfield Ecocentre, 53 Church Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2LB Email: enquiries@northfieldecocentre.org Tel: 0121 448 0119