National Trust Birmingham

We're looking for a new Business Services Co-ordinator to help support us in Birmingham and the West Midlands. 💻

It's the perfect role for someone who's brilliant at organisation, upholding high standards in service and presentation, and enjoys working across beautiful locations within the National Trust.

The details:
• 37.5 hour work week
• Occasional weekend working (roughly 1 in 6)
• Required to travel to four National Trust sites within the portfolio. Main base at Birmingham Back to Backs.

Find out more about the role: https://rebrand.ly/tgrefh6
📸: National Trust Images/Oskar Proctor

🐧 Birmingham, the puffins are coming!

Join us in Centenary Square tomorrow (31 May) to watch LIVE footage from the Farne Islands and discover more about one of the UK's favourite seabirds.

✨ Live puffin footage
✨ Free puffin badges
✨ Quizzes and activities
✨ Talks from nature specialist Ajay Tegala at 2.30pm and 4pm

📍 Outside the Library of Birmingham
⏰ 11am–5pm, 31 May

🌈 We were proud to join thousands of people from across the city at Birmingham Pride on Saturday for the annual parade and festival. 🏳️‍🌈💜💛💚💙

There was plenty of colour, fun and smiling faces, and it was amazing to be part of such a positive celebration.

Thanks to everyone who marched, cheered and celebrated alongside us. What a day Birmingham! 🙌

National Trust in the Midlands

Coming soon! 📣

Sounds of Birmingham is a collaborative project led by Birmingham Music Archive, Birmingham City FC Foundation, National Trust and The Listening Planet, celebrating the city’s cultural and natural heritage through sound. Bringing together communities, musicians and Martyn Stewart’s extraordinary sound archive, the project will create new music that connects people to place and honours Martyn’s legacy in his home city.

🐦Volume One: The Birmingham Dawn Chorus🐦

Launching the project’s first chapter, The Dawn Chorus will explore the city's early-morning sounds - from parks and gardens to canals, streets and schools. Featuring archival and new recordings, community listening walks, school workshops, musician commissions and shared public moments, it will be an open invitation to listen, connect and co-create new music that celebrates Birmingham’s . 🌳🦆🎶



📸Rob Coleman

🌟 We’re hiring: Welcome Manager – Birmingham Back to Backs 🌟

Do you have a passion for people and a talent for making everyone feel welcome? We’re looking for a dynamic Welcome Manager to lead our small but vital team at the Birmingham Back to Backs.

In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll:
✨Lead a team delivering outstanding visitor experiences & smooth daily operations
📚Grow a thriving second-hand bookshop that supports our charitable work
🎓 Manage group and school visits
🏡 Play a key role in bringing heritage to life for all our visitors

If you're a confident leader who loves people, thrives on variety, and wants to make a real impact — we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply now: www.careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/ #/vacancy-detail/174987



Image: ©National Trust Images/John Millar

📢Our Sky Gardening Challenge launches today!
Do you, or someone you know, live in a flat with a balcony or an outside space?

We're inviting everyone living in a flat to give gardening a go this spring and summer. Discover the joy of growing by sowing seeds, planting up pots or adding a window box. You'll also be helping nature and giving your own wellbeing a boost.

To receive a free handbook, packet of seeds, regular hints and tips, sign up to the Sky Gardening Challenge 2026 at https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/skygardening-challenge - there'll also be a chance to enter a competition opening this June.

📣 We’ve updated the name of this account to National Trust Birmingham. 📣

You’ll still see plenty of stories and updates from the much-loved Birmingham Back to Backs, alongside news and updates about our wider work across the city.

🌸 Celebrate the Festival of Blossom 🌸

Get your hands in the soil and make a real difference! Join us for a hands-on canalside gardening session as we transform a local green space 🌿

🌱 Planting, composting & building natural structures
🌍 Support urban habitat restoration
🤝 Learn about community-led nature projects

📍 Grand Union, Unit 19 Minerva Works, Fazeley Street, Birmingham
⏰ 10:30am – 2pm
🥪 Lunch provided
👕 Wear suitable clothing for muddy ground
🛠 Equipment provided
🎟 £2 per ticcket

To book your tickets, visit https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmingham-west-midlands/birmingham-back-to-backs/events/75487133-adcd-4aef-a660-693ee0c13f17

Beaver cam’ is coming to Brum!

This Saturday (14 March) friends and colleagues from the National Trust are sharing their love of beavers, one of nature’s most elusive mammals, with people in Birmingham via a large screen in Victoria Square.

Join them between 10am and 4pm to watch the incredible footage National Trust teams have captured of these industrious rodents and learn why they are so important for healthy ecosystems.

As well as seeing beaver antics, you’ll also be able to test your beaver knowledge, ‘direct the camera operator’ and learn a few fun facts.

Did you know beavers can remain underwater for up to 15 minutes? Or that the semi-aquatic creatures have protective eyelids to see underwater and can close both their nostrils and ears to prevent water from entering?

If you’re planning to visit the Back to Backs on Saturday, or just happen to be in the city centre that day, visit our pop-up beaver screen in Victoria Square between 10am-4pm.

We're hiring: Community Engagement Co-ordinator

Do you believe heritage and nature should be accessible to everyone? We're looking for a Community Engagement Co-ordinator to help connect more people with local history, culture and community at Birmingham Back to Backs.

In this role, you’ll work with local communities and partners to create meaningful and inclusive experiences, ensuring community voices help shape how we engage with heritage and nature across Birmingham.

✨ What you’ll do:
• Build strong relationships with diverse communities and partners
• Develop inclusive engagement activities across the city
• Help shape projects that connect people with heritage and place
• Support the delivery of community programmes and events

📍 Location: Based mainly from Birmingham Back to Backs
📅 Interview date: 2 April 2026

If you're passionate about community engagement and making heritage accessible to all, we’d love to hear from you. Visit the National Trust jobs website and search for IRC171298.