Urban Rooms are spaces where people can go to understand, debate and get involved in the past, present and future of where they live, work and play.

Welcome to Flourishing Edges a space of co-creation where the experimental meets curiosity, and complexity joins uncertainty. In this unconference, we gather from kaleidoscopic backgrounds to rehearse learning together for flourishing futures.

Air We Share is an invitation to creatively explore air quality and work with an artist in a group to collaborate on a piece of visual art which will represent air quality data (a data visualisation). The artwork will be exhibited alongside six others in seven locations across the West Midlands between January and March 2025.

How might we create a digital archive that lasts for 100 years? We’re collaborating with community technologists to do this, and welcome all interested local people to contribute.

Stories of Place draws on collage, photos, stories, poetry, sounds, maps, research from the past, present and imagined futures of Dudley High Street. Inspired by these stories, we prototype experiments together to bring us closer to futures where we can flourish as part of our planet.

What if… we helped people understand the River Stour in new and different ways?
What if... people adopted all 30 miles of the Stour along parts where they live?
What if... the Stour was recognised as a recreational route?

This project weaves connections between art, community and nature. Each session will be an invitation to meet a chosen plant companion and learn about their virtues. Deeper connection will be guided through activities like tea tasting, crafting folk medicine, sharing our personal plant stories and collaborative creativity.

Tending Place, People and Planet is a learning, doing and creating journey taking place in the Ekho Wellbeing Garden (at Hawbush Community Gardens). The project is based around permaculture principles and growing in a regenerative way.

Exploring the Edges is a series of collaborations with local groups led by and supporting people who may be marginalised as a result of discrimination.

Getting into Hot Water is a long term social art project exploring water and climate in Dudley with aim to question the habitual ways by which we know water, stimulate dialogue regarding our relationship with water, engender a sense of curiosity and wonder, and create a change in ourselves.

Stitchers in Time are disrupting narratives of isolation and decay in a post industrial town through relational and creative practices. The stitchers acknowledge past narratives of place and people whilst simultaneously reframing them within new narratives of Dudley that look to environmental technologies and ‘what could be…’.

We are Makers invite members of the public to join them all over the Borough. Take part in free activities, working together to create colourful craft-based fun. Ruth and Odette use crafting to help open up friendly conversations about how we can all ‘MAKE’ Dudley a great place to be!

Time to Make sessions are free and relaxed spaces to get creative, grow connections, build skills and share ideas. Everyone is welcome to take part in the workshops or bring their own creative projects to work on. Time to Make is project brought together by an informal collective of Time Rebels: Becky, Rick, Dan, Rachel + Zoe.

What if… local people curated a programme of films which inspire climate action? Thinking or talking about climate change can feel overwhelming and leave us unsure about what to do or whether we can make a difference. Alongside the vitally important truth-telling by all kinds of people, there are stories of care-taking and change-making. Lots of filmmakers have shared stories of hope, stories of everyday people taking action.