Birmingham’s Nigerian Igbo community organise and celebrate Iwaji, an important heritage, during the month of August. The festival is a way to talk about, share and keep the cultural traditions alive. The New Yam festival, known as Iwaji, is the celebration of the importance of […]

The Vaisakhi celebrations will take place in Handsworth Park on Sunday 26 April to mark the Sikh nation’s collective birthday. The festival is one of the largest in Europe and welcomes up to 100,000 people on the day. The event will be a free and opened […]

This year’s celebrations of the Commonwealth Day were held on 9 March 2015. Birmingham Commonwealth Association led a vibrant programme of events which started with a flag raising ceremony in front of the Council House. Commonwealth flag was raised by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr […]

Local government experts met in Edinburgh on 28-29 October to look at devolution and decentralisation challenges faced by councils in European countries that are part of the Commonwealth. The Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities kindly hosted the recent CLGF European members meeting. This event comprises […]

The Association of Jamaican Nationals (Birmingham) UK is organising a service of praise and thanksgiving to mark the 52nd anniversary of Jamaican independence and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War. The programme includes choral and dance performances as well as poetry […]

The inaugural meeting of the Birmingham Commonwealth Association trade and business group met at Mills and Reeve law firm on 16.07.2014. The group, chaired by Peter McClintock, partner and Head of the firm’s Africa desk, welcomed local business people; professional services; the Federation of Small […]

Consul for Jamaica Mr Wade Lyn, CBE was delighted to host Jamaica’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Hon.  Arnaldo Brown M.P. on his second visit to Birmingham.  His visit was primarily to launch the Diaspora Mapping project as well as strengthening […]

For the following three days, Victoria and Chamberlain Square will be transformed into colourful and vibrant festival venues! There will be Caribbean food and drinks as well as life performances by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. Visitors can also get involved in workshops and have […]

The Commonwealth Association has now been established under the Chairmanship of Mr Keith Stokes – Smith. Like the other Associations membership and focus centres around business and trade; education; culture; community; sport and local government. As the Commonwealth currently comprises some 53 countries the work […]