About the board

Mission

We want to play our part in establishing Birmingham's position as a thriving golden city, as the beating heart of the UK both commercially and culturally.

A place in which diversity is not a weakness, but a strength to be celebrated, where no one is excluded from the opportunities that the city can offer.

A place where we can look back at our heritage with a sense of pride but also look forward with a sense of optimism — a golden decade of opportunity in a Bolder, Brighter Birmingham.

Purpose

Birmingham City Partnership Board is a non-statutory partnership. It does not hold any formal decision-making or budgetary powers for the city of Birmingham.

It exists to provide strategic leadership, sponsorship and direction that enables Birmingham to respond ambitiously and effectively to the challenges, risks and opportunities facing the city and ensure an inclusive and sustainable recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

It ensures a unified and amplified single voice and advocacy for the city as it seeks to 'level up' and overcome long-standing inequalities so that citizens live longer, healthier and happier lives.

Functions

• To agree on the key challenges, risks and opportunities facing Birmingham
• To identify goals and objectives that support Birmingham's response
• To shape policy, priorities, and programmes of activity that will help Birmingham 'level up'
• To promote, facilitate, and support the sharing of intelligence, data, insights, and information
• To guide the development of an agreed set of 'state of the city' indicators
• To seek assurances and commitments from relevant statutory and strategic partnerships
• To champion citizen engagement and involvement in policy and programme development

Page last updated: 12 January 2023