Better Streets for Birmingham CIC is a volunteer organisation and needs to generate money to help pay for our campaigns and day-to-day running costs. We don’t charge a fee to be a registered Supporter of Better Streets for Birmingham.

We apply for grant funding, but this can only be spent on costs for funded activities and events.

We are currently in receipt of a grant from the Barrow Cadbury Trust, which specifically pays for administrative support for the organisation, as well as a new project to grow transport activism in the city.

If you can afford to donate, you will be supporting Better Streets for Birmingham CIC in achieving our objects and campaigning for change.

We would very much appreciate your donation.

How we’ll use your money

Your donation will pay for:

• Our platform for communicating with supporters by email (£11.50 per month)
• Our social media management platform (£130 per year)
• Engagement materials (£250 per action, £60 per flyer print)
• Hiring rooms for meetings (£30 per meeting)
• Running the organisation:
  • Having a mailing address (£72 per year)
  • Public liability insurance (£560 per year)
  • Finance system (£240 per year)
  • Filing our company returns (£60 per year)

We also use donations to fund engagement projects like the B is for Better Pledge and the 2026 election posters, as well as other costs to support the organisation.

Your donation will not pay for:

• Paying committee members for their time – they are volunteers
• Designing leaflets and posters – this is kindly provided by a volunteer
• Our cargo bikes – they were donated at the end of a Brum Breathes project

Transparency on where we hold the money

You will pay your donation to Stripe. If you set up a recurring donation before 2025, this might be through PayPal instead. We will transfer this to our Better Streets for Birmingham CIC account. Our bank account requires several committee members to authorise a payment.

We publish an annual report on what we’ve spent money on as part of our Annual Supporters Meeting, as well as submitting annual accounts and other returns to Companies House.

Make a donation

You can make a donation on our Action Network donation page. We ask for your address so we know the source of our income.