We’re hiring for a Community Engagement Officer!
Application deadline: 01/092025
Expected start date: 15/09/2025
Salary: £25,000 pro rata
Full details about the job and how to apply: centrala-space.org.uk/get-involved...
08.08.2025 16:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our new ESOL for Health & Wellbeing project is here!
Free classes for migrants & refugees in Ladywood to improve English, access healthcare & boost confidence.
Project funded by Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System
🔗https://centrala-space.org.uk/communities/fairer-futures-fund/
07.08.2025 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Centrala - Empowering Migrant Communities Through Improving Health Literacy
Centrala announces a new project empowering migrant communities through improving health literacy
We’re excited to share that we’ve launched a new project to tackle health inequalities in Ladywood, helping migrants and refugees build the language and confidence to access healthcare.
Project funded by Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care System
Read more: centrala-space.org.uk/2025/07/23/e...
23.07.2025 15:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Directed and produced by Centrala
Executive producers, Lexi Bushell & Ryley Morton
Filmed by Ryley Morton, Kimberly Barber, and Spence Hackett
Edited by Lexi Bushell
Commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society
18.07.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Queercore in the Second City documentary launch and gig, 22/08/25, 18:00 @ Centrala
More information: centrala-space.org.uk/2025/07/18/c...
18.07.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Eco Creations: Nature-Inspired Workshop for Women and Children, June 2025
16.07.2025 14:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Directed and produced by Centrala
Executive producers, Lexi Bushell (@cameragirllexi) & Ryley Morton (@ryleymorton_photography)
Filmed by Ryley Morton, Kimberly Barber (@kimncamera), and Spence Hackett (@theritualimage)
Edited by Lexi Bushell
15.07.2025 12:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A storm is brewing…
22/08/25, 18:00
Commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society for the annual conference at the University of Birmingham, 2025 (@rgs_ibg)
More information is coming at the end of this week.
15.07.2025 12:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
In Birmingham’s punk underground, hardcore is queer
A defiant queercore scene has emerged in the West Midlands, providing safe spaces for its LGBTQ+ youth. We speak to those leading the charge
"On an industrial estate in the semi-gentrified landscapes of Digbeth in Birmingham, scores of queer punks are packed into a small, unassuming art gallery and music venue named Centrala."
@huckmag.com
www.huckmag.com/article/birm...
11.07.2025 15:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Centrala Presents: Bégayer + Dzieba & Hedge Priest, 05/08/25
A night of electronic, experimental Eastern folk
£8 ADV/ £10 OTD
centrala-space.org.uk/events/centr...
11.07.2025 14:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week at Centrala!
centrala-space.org.uk/events/
05.07.2025 12:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Directed and produced by Centrala
Executive producer, Lexi Bushell
Filmed by Ryley Morton, Kimberly Barber, and Spence Hackett
Edited by Lexi Bushell
04.07.2025 12:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SAVE THE DATE
22/08/25
Commissioned by Professor Pat Noxolo on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference at the University of Birmingham, 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social
More information is coming soon.
04.07.2025 12:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Centrala Summer Solstice, June 2025
Thank you to all the bands and musicians who helped us celebrate, thank you to @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social for making this possible under the Community Recovery Fund, Canal and River Trust, and NNS Ladywood!
The air was full of warmth, connection, and community
28.06.2025 13:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week at Centrala!
More info on our website: centrala-space.org.uk/events/
27.06.2025 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's going to be a fun night!!
27.06.2025 15:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week at Centrala!
More info on our website: centrala-space.org.uk/events/
21.06.2025 13:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This Refugee Week, Centrala is proud to launch Under the Same Sky, a new anti-racism campaign shaped by solidarity, urgency, and the belief that change is possible when communities come together.
Funded by @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social
Full statement here centrala-space.org.uk/2025/06/20/c...
20.06.2025 15:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GUM TAKES TOOTH, bass-driven electronic chaos
Moths of the Moon, fragile, haunted beauty
Monoxide Brothers, Brum’s own fuzz-fuelled wreckage
FACTORY CULT, icy debut from Machiavellian Art members
Experimental noise + post-punk gig
Friday 27 June 2025
Centrala, Birmingham
Tickets in our bio!
19.06.2025 12:17 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Six months of community, reflection, and joy, read more about the project:
centrala-space.org.uk/communities/...
Funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
Delivered with @reimagineredditch.bsky.social
Photos by Angela Grabowska
#OurCulturesOurStories #CentralaSpace #ReimagineRedditch #LetsCreate
18.06.2025 12:41 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Bleh. Music. Mumbles, scribbles n scratches
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Author of White But Not Quite: Central Europe's Illiberal Revolt.
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