City of Nature pilot project

Alliance operating model, roles and responsibilities

  • BCC City of Nature Board Chair to monitor until March 2023 – Governance
  • BCC City of Nature Officer covering the whole of the City of Nature Environmental Justice work including the Alliance Project – Project Management.
  • BCC Parks Project Group – professional advice, data management and business as usual change management.
  • BCC Park Ranger – on site assistance where required and local knowledge – Delivery support; and other BCC Parks staff as required.
  • Future Parks Accelerator – Naturally Birmingham Team (while the FPA project is live and then Alliance members) – Business support.
  • Alliance Members (working with BCC Rangers where possible) – on site delivery of actions
  • Green Champions
    • Paid or unpaid staff that take a lead role in co-ordinating green space activities including but not limited to police officers, teachers, children, community leaders, etc
    • Volunteers (unpaid involvement) who carry out more specific tasks on a day-to-day basis

Objectives for the BCoN Alliance

  • Continue to identify organisations across Birmingham that deliver outcomes in line with the aims of the Our Future City and City of Nature Vision and invite them to join the Alliance membership to help delivery of actions identified in the City of Nature Delivery Framework.
  • Establish and maintain a forum for BCoN Alliance members to come together, whether online or in person to contribute to decision making regarding action taken in each of the 6 Red Wards as identified in the five-year plan.
  • Communicate information between BCoN members, communities, and other stakeholders.
  • Maintain relationships with people interested / involved with the City of Nature project, including but not limited to volunteers.
  • Leading the development of a Green Champions Network App.
  • Help deliver opportunities for volunteers to be involved in site development and management not already resourced.
  • Deliver educational establishment engagement not already resourced.
  • Deliver community engagement activities like Earth Stories.
  • Identify Community Leads (Green Champions), who are individuals willing to train to lead community activities on a voluntary basis.
  • Help to identify funding opportunities and investment to develop a sustainable funding model for the delivery framework including but not limited to, paying for assistance with bid writing for any established groups.
  • Delivery of actions required to bring parks up to Birmingham Fair Standard – even in areas that do not have established Friends of groups
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