Welcome to the Neighbourhood Futures Festival 2025!

Brought to life by Birmingham Settlement, the Centre for Urban Wellbeing and 40+ local partners, you’ll find a packed programme of nature connection, art, family-friendly performance and thought-provoking activities exploring how we can combat global issues within our own neighbourhoods.

On Thursday you’ll find workshops & talks on Birmingham’s green spaces & community wellbeing – great for interested neighbours, educators, students and community organisers.

On Friday we hear from young people in the city – perfect for students, youth groups, educators, schools, parents & families, but all are welcome! At the weekend, find joyous family fun all day long! 

Open 10am-5pm every day.

Across all four days, the Neighbourhood Futures Festival buzzes with activity and connection!

Start your morning with yoga or mindfulness in nature, enjoy daily Forest School fun, get creative in our pop-up craft tent, write a postcard to nature, or join a hands-on workshop.

You’ll find sports & games on the festival field, community stalls & spaces to chill in nature.

Little ones can explore our play zone with a willow tunnel and giant chess, while grown-ups relax on the terrace at the Red Shed Café and soak up the festival vibes!

The 2025 festival opens with a lively day of conversation, ideas, and action. Co-hosted with the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Urban Wellbeing, this year we ask how we can talk about climate in the context of inequality, division & everyday pressures.

With Ewa & David Birmingham Settlement, 10am

Start your day at the festival with gentle morning yoga or a mindfulness session! 

Stretch, breathe and ground yourself before a day full of creativity, conversation, and connection. No yogi experience, kit or kaboodle needed!

We provide the birdsong, just bring yourself and enjoy a peaceful moment by the Reservoir before the action of the day unfolds.

With UoB Centre for Urban Wellbeing 10.30am-12pm

Join this lively panel discussion exploring how we confront the climate crisis through the lens of everyday lives, needs and futures.

How do we talk about climate in a way that connects? Re-imagine the future of nature, care, and justice in Birmingham’s landscapes. Hosted by Jessica Pykett, Professor of Social and Political Geography with:

• Dr Emma Ferranti, UoB, West Midlands Climate Adaptation project
• Dr John Munro, UoB
• Martin Holcombe, CEO Birmingham Settlement
• May Fisher, LivedIn
• Phil Beardmore, Balsall Heath Housing Coop/Energy Confidence
• James Harvey, Specialist Risk Engineer – Climate Resilience, Zurich UK

Throughout the day: Visit the interactive exhibition Adapting to Extreme Weather in the West Midlands. Lunch can be purchased in our Red Shed Café, or bring your own.

Find out more about our panel and Friday here.

Various hosts, labs run 1pm-1.45pm, 2pm-2.45pm, 3pm-3.45pm

Join our Neighbourhood FutureLabs and take a deeper dive into Neighbourhood Climates. 

From rethinking housing and land, to fixing broken systems with GenAI, explore bold ideas for better neighbourhoods.

Whether you’re a local organiser, curious neighbour, academic, student, or practitioner, Neighbourhood FutureLabs offer a space to share ideas, experiment and connect community action with research and thought.

Browse all Labs and learn more about our hosts here.

With Susanne Boerner, White Owl Shamanism & Assistant Professor in Human Geography, University of Birmingham, 4.30pm-5.30pm

Close the day with a relaxed fire ceremony celebrating new connections made at the festival.

The fire ceremony is based on the concept of ‘daré’ (Shona language), a community gathering for the purpose of giving and receiving healing where people come together to share ideas, stories and dreams, to create and to celebrate, and to support each other in their personal and collective healing.

Celebrated as shamanic fire-ceremony, the gathering will be held outdoors in a circle around a small fire, to collectively release what is no longer needed as well as to transform and bring in renewal, by connecting self, each other, the elements and the land.

Day two of the festival is all about connection! Co-created with our volunteers, young climate activists, students & youth groups, we explore how young people connect with the city, its spaces & its futures – & each other. All ages are warmly invited to listen, share experiences & learn alongside the next generation.

With Beth Birmingham Settlement, meet 9.30am at Old Joe, UoB Campus. 

Lace up your running shoes and join Beth from Birmingham Settlement to run from the University of Birmingham to the Nature & Wellbeing Centre at Edgbaston Reservoir!

Meet at Old Joe (the big clock tower) for a gentle 5km run or jog along the canal to the Neighbourhood Futures Festival. Sustainable travel in action!

A great way to get active, connect with other young people, socialise and get stuck in with activities when you get on site! All abilities welcome in this friendly social, where no runner is left behind.

This run is entirely voluntary, alternative ways of traveling to us are absolutely fine!

With Ewa & David Birmingham Settlement, 10.30am

Kick off your festival day with some chill morning yoga or a laid-back mindfulness session in nature!

Stretch out, breathe deep and get grounded before a day packed with creativity, talks, and good vibes! No experience or equipment needed.

We provide the birdsong, just bring yourself and enjoy a peaceful moment by the Reservoir to get set for the awesome day ahead!

With Karina Kanda, UoB student & Birmingham Settlement 11am-12.30pm

Join us in the amphitheatre to hear from young advocates across Birmingham on the opportunities that lie ahead for their futures.

Sparking conversation and holding space for young people to discuss what urban futures currently look like in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Hear from inspiring individuals who are making change in the city, and help find solutions to urban challenges.

Own the future – your voice, your ideas, your impact! Talk climate, speak your truth – and be part of the change!

Learn more about our youth panel and the full day here.

Chill, chat & eat with Ramadeep Niijar, young nature activist, Global Rewilding Alliance Intern, BBC Wildlife Trust Trustee Birmingham Settlement & Partners, 12.30pm-3pm

BYO picnic or grab a sandwich the Red Shed Café and join us for a laid-back picnic under the bonga tent. Meet friendly folk, hear from local groups, create something green, and spark change! Meet new people, ask big questions, and get involved in local action for bolder futures.

Throughout – craft, create, connect – make nature postcards, join in chill drop-in crafts, and decorate something wild while chatting with friendly faces! 

Drop-in to our community partners & try a wellbeing session with Birmingham Mind, find out about Environmental Youth Leadership with The Shropshire Wildlife Trust and browse our community stalls!

With Birmingham Friends of the Earth, 12pm-3pm

As the government prepares to release its updated Climate Plan later this year, we want your voice at the centre of the discussion.

Join us in conversation corner for an interactive session full of activities. Together we will be exploring what we need locally to create a greener, fairer future for all. Activities include:

• Mindful colouring
• Help us create a climate action mind map
• Write a messages to local MPs
• And more!

This is your chance to shape the narrative and push for real change. We’re gathering community opinions to form a collective response that will be presented to decision-makers.

Let’s make it impossible for them to ignore the people of Birmingham!

With National Literacy Trust, 12.30pm-1pm

Calling all young people! Join National Literacy Trust for no-pressure reading, relaxed conversation, and stories that connect.

We will be sharing Mate Arias – a series of poems by Lewis Buxton – including themes of exercise, pop culture and mental health. Come along even if you don’t like reading or poems, or if you’ve never read poems before – the session will mainly involve chatting and a chance to try something new!

The National Literacy Trust will also be giving out free books for all ages, all day at their stand.

With CIVIC SQUARE, 1pm-2pm

How can neighbourhood infrastructure protect us in times of crisis, & help us build alternative futures?

Following a screening of the short film ‘Retrofit Reimagined: The Future is Already Here’, Immy Kaur invites us to explore ‘3ºC Neighbourhood‘, research by CIVIC SQUARE and Dark Matter Labs seeking to understand the current risks UK urban neighbourhoods face over this century due to climate and ecological breakdown under a high emissions scenario.

It is one of several pieces of research underpinning Neighbourhood Public Square, a site of regenerative civic infrastructure at the heart of Ladywood, Birmingham, co-building and democratising access to the spaces, tools and resources for a bold, imaginative, distributed transition. This is a conversation for those of us rooted in Ladywood, as well as anyone thinking about urban infrastructure more broadly.

Image credit: Illustration by Carlos Peñalver

With Social Life & the Centre for New Midlands, 2pm-3pm

Neighbourhoods have a profound impact on our lived reality and day to day experience. A good neighbourhood is not just aspirational, it is essential for communities to thrive. Yet, there is no recognised standard for what makes a “decent neighbourhood”.

What makes a place feel like home? Join Social Life and Centre for New Midlands to draw, paint, write, and reimagine where we live.

We will report on work by the Centre for the New Midlands (CNM) and Social Life to develop a Decent Neighbourhood Standard, and reflect on the demonstrator project delivered in partnership with Witton Lodge Community Association (WLCA) in North Birmingham.

 With CleanUp UK & Birmingham Settlement  For young people 3pm-4pm or join us after school until 4.30pm

Litter harms birds, animals, and pollutes the reservoir and neighbourhood. It also affects our health, wellbeing and how we feel about where we live. 

Join The Nature & Wellbeing Centre crew with Clean Up UK on an after-school litter pick around the Reservoir. Meet your neighbours, make friends and take action and help protect local wildlife and green spaces!

 With Birmingham Settlement,10am-5pm

Drop into Birmingham Settlement’s Roots Forest School, open all day for fun in nature!

Get busy with nature crafts, family yoga, pond-dipping, minibeast safaris and fun on the festival field. Wild adventures await!

🌲10.30am–1pm: Drop-in Forest School for nature crafts & play
🧺 12.30pm–1.30pm: Community Picnic & Play (BYO or grab from the Café)
🧘 1.30pm–2pm: Family Yoga with Ewa
🐜 2pm–3pm: Pond Dipping & Minibeast Safari
🎨 3pm–5pm: Nature Crafts & Wild Play in the Nature Zone
🏃‍♂️ 3pm–close: Family Sports & After-school Litter Pick

All activities are free and drop-in, some may have limited capacity at busy times.

Celebrate nature & community with a joyful, family-friendly day full of creativity, play & connection! Enjoy outdoor theatre, live music, art, insightful workshops & Forest School, plus sports & games all day long!

With Women and Theatre, 11.45am-12.45pm

Hop on for a powerful, playful ride with On Ya Bike!, an engaging short play created by the acclaimed Women & Theatre.

Originally commissioned by WMCA Cycle & Walk, this lively performance explores the real barriers working class women can face when it comes to cycling and active travel and how small changes can have a wheelie big impact!

With humour, heart and honesty, On Ya Bike! brings voices from the community to life, encouraging us all to think differently about how we move through our cities. Followed by a friendly discussion.

This performance is suitable for all, particularly those that find it difficult to cycle in the city. We are also joined by Cycling UK and New Routes to help you navigate the route to getting on ya bike!

With Little Settlers Volunteer Charmaine, 10.30am-11am

Start your festival day with a fun, gentle session for families with young children to move & stretch in nature!

Led by our friendly volunteer instructor this session combines simple yoga poses and fun to support wellbeing, imagination and connection. 

No yoga experience or equipment needed, just wear something comfy and come ready to move!

Perfect for children aged 0-5 and their grown-ups.

✨ Spaces are limited, so arrive early to avoid disappointment! ✨

With New Routes Bike Project & Cycling UK, 11am-2pm

Come along and chat to Cycling UK about the fantastic free Big Bike Revival events across the city.

From getting your bike ready to ride, or gaining confidence to cycle after some time away from two wheels, there’s something for anyone who wants to start cycling for the first time or get back on your bike.

Local group New Routes Bike Project will also be on hand to help you to fix your broken bikes, so bring along your wheels to get back in the saddle.

With Mary from Birmingham Settlement Morning workshop 11am-1pm, afternoon workshop 2pm-4pm

Sewing is a brilliant life skill that helps you reuse, repair and get creative, saving money and reducing waste at the same time!

In this fun, hands-on taster session, you’ll learn basic sewing techniques while making your own unique tote bag from repurposed fabric.

Whether you’re totally new to sewing or want to refresh your skills, this is a great way to start thinking about how we can all make simple, sustainable choices in everyday life.

🧵 All materials provided.
🧷 Booking required at the Festival Information Point – spaces are limited!

With Veolia, drop in 11am-2pm

Drop-into the Veolia pop-up craft and recycling tent for a hands-on art session that transforms waste into works of art! 

Try out Styrofoam foam printing on recycled paper (roughly 20 minutes per print) and learn more about recycling and reuse from the friendly Veolia community crew.

 Visitors can create a print that they can either take home, or that can be incorporated into a larger community piece. 

With National Literacy Trust, 11.30am-12.30pm

Join us for some relaxing reading out loud!

This session is perfect for children aged 6-12 and their families. We will be reading short stories and poems published by local company, The Emma Press. We will read from:

Please Don’t Read the Footnotes Please – by Rob Walton. Rob’s hilarious short stories cover horses, chocolate and time capsules!

Moon Juice – by Kate Wakeling. These are beautiful and musical poems covering giddy comets, magical machines and worrier warriors.

The National Literacy Trust will also be giving out books for all ages, all day at their stand.

With Nathan Lunt 11.30am-12.30pm

Poetry has always drawn inspiration from nature, celebrating the beauty all around us in carefully curated words.

But as cities grow larger, roads grow longer, and human influence stretches further and further through expansion, pollution and never-ending “progress”, can we still find space to celebrate nature while we have the chance?

Join poet Nathan for a guided walk around the festival site, where we will tune into the natural world noticing how it’s shaped, disrupted, and sometimes harmed by human impact. From buildings to rubbish, we’ll explore the contrast between the wild and the man-made.

Along the way, we’ll use poetry to reflect, respond, and imagine better futures.

Suitable for adults and ages 12+

With BIFoR – Birmingham Institute of Forest Research 12.30pm-1.30pm

Did you know there’s a futuristic forest right here in the Midlands?

Join the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) for a hands-on session where families can learn how trees help fight climate change, and what we can do to protect them.

You’ll discover more about one of the world’s biggest climate experiments and meet our “time-travelling” trees! Then get creative and grow your own ‘solution tree’ to share your ideas for a greener future.

Your tree will join our digital woodland as part of a growing global message ahead of COP30 in Brazil. Perfect for families, students and adults interested in solutions to the climate crisis.

Image credit: Thomas Downes

-With RoguePlay Theatre First performance 1pm-1.30pm & workshop 1.30pm-2pm, second performance 3.15pm-3.45pm & workshop 3.45pm-4.15pm

RoguePlay is an award winning contemporary circus company, creating a unique style of theatre using aerial and ground based circus, dance and spoken word. They produce shows centred around empowering women, advocating for inclusivity and the climate crisis. 

Internationally-toured Forests packs a powerful punch, challenging forestry practices, our over-consumption of timber, destruction of rainforests and displacement of indigenous peoples. Be amazed as you enjoy fiery acrobatics and dance in this highly-visual family-friendly show.

After the performances, stay for a workshop aimed at young people and families, explore birds, monkeys and bears before having a go at the acrobatics.

With Birmingham Settlement Roots Forest School

 Join our Forest School, Roots, for a hands-on clay craft session where you’ll sculpt your own mini forest creations and habitats using natural materials. What creatures live in in the forest? What do they need to stay healthy, happy and safe?

Learn about how we can care for trees and the life they sustain.

With a range of nature crafts and play in the Forest School area all day!

With Katie Tonkiss, Aston University, drop in 1.30pm-3.30pm

At this drop-in workshop, children will design their own neighbourhood using nothing but pavement chalk and their imagination.

This is a chance for them to think about what they want from their neighbourhood, while also reflecting on what makes a happy, sustainable place to live for everyone.

Come and join the fun, stay for five minutes or fifty – all welcome!

With Birmingham Opera Company 1.50pm-2.30pm

For half an hour only, the Neighbourhood Futures Festival amphitheatre is transformed into an opera house!

Listen to an exciting programme of songs and arias performed live in this fun sing-a-long session for everyone.

The friendly Birmingham Opera team will also be around if you fancy finding out how to get more involved.

All ages welcome, just bring your ears (and maybe your singing voice)!

With Generous Waste, 2.30pm-4.30pm

A workshop exploring the supply chains behind everyday materials we often overlook. How do the things we use daily travel from production to disposal or reimagination? What labour, materials, and histories are embedded in their journeys?

In this hands-on workshop, we will trace the supply chains, ecological impact and cultural narratives of everyday objects, uncovering the hidden stories that shape our material world. In the first part of the session, participants will focus on theory and mapping, collaboratively exploring the economic, environmental and social forces influencing the lifecycle of materials.

In the second part, we will translate these insights into creative works through experimenting with printmaking, writing and bio-ink painting on handmade paper crafted from recycled materials. Through this process, we will reimagine waste as a site of storytelling, creativity and transformation.

 With Toni’s Tots Drama 2.30pm-3.30pm

Join a delightful interactive adventure especially for little ones! Step into a Magical Garden Drama with Toni’s Tots – a world of imagination, colour and growing things!

Let imaginations bloom and explore a garden filled with music, puppets, bubbles, and plenty of surprises along the way!

Expect magic, movement, and lots of fun.

This workshop is suitable for children ages 2-8 years old and their grown ups.

 With XR Brum Beats Samba Fusion Band Workshop 2.30pm-3pm on the Central Field, or watch a performance at 4pm-4.30pm in the amphitheatre.

Would you like to make noise in support of the environment?

Brum Beats is a musical division of XR Birmingham. They play joyful samba fusion – with songs designed to include all abilities. Their rhythms generate hope and channel rage, bringing people together in the face of climate emergency.

Drum with BRUM BEATS, Extinction Rebellion’s joyful drum band.

Please note, the workshop is targeted at teenagers and adults. Smaller children are welcome, and can be provided with smaller drums – but must be accompanied at all times.

With Birmingham Settlement

Dance like nobody’s watching and tune into your favourite beats without making a sound!

Joyful and uplifting, let’s dance ourselves happy in nature’s nightclub! Who needs Glastonbury anyway?!

Join us for our final day on the field with another joyful, family-friendly day full of creativity, music, play & connection!  

With Little Settlers Volunteer Charmaine, 10.30am-11am

Start your festival day with a fun, gentle session for families with young children to move & stretch in nature!

Led by our friendly volunteer instructor this session combines simple yoga poses and fun to support wellbeing, imagination and connection. 

No yoga experience or equipment needed, just wear something comfy and come ready to move!

Perfect for children aged 0-5 and their grown-ups.

✨ Spaces are limited, so arrive early to avoid disappointment! ✨

W ith Mary from Birmingham Settlement, workshops running 11am-1pm, and 2pm-4pm.

Sewing is a brilliant life skill that helps you reuse, repair and get creative, saving money and reducing waste at the same time!

In this fun, hands-on taster session, you’ll learn basic sewing techniques while making your own unique tote bag from repurposed fabric.

Whether you’re totally new to sewing or want to refresh your skills, this is a great way to start thinking about how we can all make simple, sustainable choices in everyday life.

🧵 All materials provided.
🧷 Booking required at the Festival Information Point – spaces are limited!

With Raising Voices, 11.30am-12.45pm

Back for another year, the Raising Voices team are ready to raise the amphitheatre roof (well, they would if we had one!) for an eclectic afternoon of comedy, music and local talent next to the Reservoir!

This family-friendly event is full of fun, laughter and community spirit – with performances from some of Birmingham’s best and brightest.

Bring your friends, neighbours, your eco-glitter and your good vibes to enjoy the sunshine (we hope), connect with your community (guaranteed) and celebrate the incredible creativity happening right on our doorstep.

Facilitated by Fateha Begum for The Other Way Works, 11.30am-12.30pm

Join Fateha Begum for a drama workshop in our Forest School as we bring to life A Rainbow for Amala – an interactive storybook about climate change impacts set in Birmingham.

Warm up with some fun drama games and exercises and then create your own short scenes in small groups and be inspired by the nature around you. You don’t need to have already read the book to take part!

This workshop is recommended for ages 8+.

Check out The Other Way Works Instagram and Youtube. 

With Brazilian Zouk Birmingham,11.30am-12.30pm

Learn to dance Brazilian Zouk-Lambada!

This taster class offers a fun and friendly introduction to one of the most beautiful and flowing partner dances. Originating from Brazil, this dance is characterised by its captivating music, fluid body movements, and unique head movements.

Please note, this session is for adults.

With Centrala, 12pm-2pm

Get crafty with the wonderful Centrala for a one-off, family-friendly workshop.

This session brings together women and children – especially from Afghan, Syrian, migrant, and local communities.

Pop-in for a joyful and mindful day of creativity, connection and nature-inspired making in this peaceful, welcoming space. 

Book your spot here.

With Community Musician Pete & Lizzie Birmingham Settlement 1pm-2.30pm

Make a musical instrument from scrap & foraged natural materials!

Suitable for children of all ages, join us to make drums, shakers, castanets, panpipes, jingle sticks – whatever you want to blow, bang, shake, rattle and roll!

We will begin by taking a trip into the undergrowth to forage for suitable sticks, seed cases, pebbles, leaves and twines. We’ll use these together with collected scrap materials to make our own personalised hand crafted and decorated musical instruments.

If we’re feeling creative we could form a band, make up a song and perform it to mums, dads and passers by!

With LolliHop Puppet Theatre, 1pm-2pm

LolliHop Puppet Theatre are bringing their grumpy yet loveable cat Sourpuss to meet and greet you as you explore the festival.

Sourpuss is a marionette or string puppet and he loves a tickle under the chin. If you’re lucky he may even sit on your lap!

Keep your snacks out of sight though, because he has been known to pinch treats while your backs are turned…

With Jelena & David Birmingham Settlement Time tbc

Join our Money Advice Team for an informal session sharing tips and advice on ways to waste less and save more!

From social tariffs and budgeting to energy saving and everyday hacks, we will hopefully all find the one simple change we can make that collectively, helps to make a big difference!

With Bristol Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CENSOF), 1.30pm-3pm

What if your phone could be connected to a community-owned mast? What if mobile networks could run through the soil, using microbes for connection? What if you could smell the sea through your phone?

Join us in a hands-on workshop to explore, imagine and create the future of mobile networks. We will use our own day-to-day experiences with communication technologies from the past, the present and the futures and ask provocative questions about how things could be different. We will use speculative fiction and erasure poetry to play with our ideas on future communication technologies.

No previous knowledge is needed – just curiosity and playfulness!

With Paperback Theatre, 2pm-3pm

“There’s a world outside and I want to see it!”

Mole has been stuck inside for far too long. Finally escaping their underground home they team up with good friends Ratty, Badger and the loveably roguish Toad on an adventure to blow away the winter cobwebs. Mole and the gang must go head-to-head with a motor-car, Her Majesty’s Constabulary and a legion of Weasels, Ferrets and Stoats taking up residence in Toad Hall.

Can our plucky band of heroes save the day? Find out in Paperback Theatre’s charming open-air adaptation of The Wind in the Willows.

“fun, funny and utterly charming” ~ Brum Hour

With Birmingham Settlement

Dance like nobody’s watching and tune into your favourite beats without making a sound!

Joyful and uplifting, let’s dance ourselves happy in nature’s nightclub! Who needs Glastonbury anyway?!

With the Birmingham Choir with No Name, 3.30pm-4.30pm

Birmingham’s Choir With No Name (made up largely of people whose lives have been affected by homelessness) is delighted to be performing in the festival amphitheatre for the second year running!

With a suite of songs up their sleeves, this year they seem to be singing a few about the rain – the perfect repertoire for a festival that is encouraging people to connect more with nature in the face of climate change! On the same theme, they’ll also be performing Michael Jackson’s Earth Song and encouraging everyone to join the Caravan Of Love in a journey towards to a more positive future!

If you’re concerned this sounds a bit heavy going, fear not – CWNN’s general vibe is bright and sunny and will have you grinning, clapping, swaying to the music and singing along with along with some of your favourite songs from across the decades!

With Ewa Birmingham Settlement, 4pm

Join us for Family Yoga as we unwind together.

Stretch, balance and breathe in a playful yoga session designed for children and their grown-ups!

Spend quality time with your little ones while discovering calm and connection after the excitement of the festival!

No experience needed, everything provided.

With Manoj Yoga, 4pm-5pm

A soothing and restorative way to end the festival… join Manoj for a memorable session using sound as a way for us to connect with ourselves and nature surrounding us.

The session will use a variety of instruments such as gongs, crystal bowls and so much more.

Suitable for over 12s.

With Birmingham Settlement and friends, 4.30pm-6pm

All are invited to have their voices amplified in this friendly open mic session celebrating the creativity, talent and diversity of our community!

Sign-up for a slot on the day and showcase your music, poetry, spoken word, storytelling or performance.

All ages and abilities are encouraged to express themselves in this safe, welcoming and supportive creative space!

Sunday Stalls & Exhibitions

• New Baby Network
• Ladywood Project
• YA Creates
• FoodCycle
• Incredible Surplus
• Money Advice – Birmingham Settlement

Our 2025 Festival Sponsors

It really does take a village! The Neighbourhood Futures Festival is delivered in partnership with University of Birmingham Centre for Urban Wellbeing and many other passionate, environmentally-conscious organisations, artists, educators and wellbeing providers – far too many to mention here but we are eternally grateful to you all!

We are so grateful to our 2025 festival sponsors for helping us to make the festival happen. Thank you to our Festival Zone Sponsors this year:

 Ladywood NNS, The Veolia Sustainability Fund, Calthorpe Estates, and Urban Splash for their generous support.