Tag: George Cadbury
Striking 120-year-old lantern slides used by Cadbury’s to promote their vision for better working and living conditions have been unearthed. Bournville…
Created September 17, 2026
Striking 120-year-old lantern slides used by Cadbury’s to promote their vision for better working and living conditions have been unearthed. Bournville…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created September 11, 2026
Filming for The Cadburys, the story of the Cadbury family, is currently underway in Birmingham. The six-part series will follow the…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created June 11, 2026
Bournville Heritage Open Day is back on Saturday 12th September 2026, 10am-4pm. Visit George Cadbury’s famous garden village as 19 historic venues…
Posted in: Your neighbourhood
Created September 16, 2025
You may know that Bournville in Birmingham was created by chocolate-maker and social reformer George Cadbury. But did you know he…
Posted in: News, News & Events, Uncategorized
Created August 21, 2025
Rare archives celebrating the people who have lived, worked and socialised in Bournville are on display as part of a free…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created July 10, 2025
One of south Birmingham’s most iconic heritage buildings will re-open next weekend and local people are being invited to help shape…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created May 27, 2025
Bournville Village Trust’s (BVT) Chair of Trustees, Caroline Cadbury, has opened a new community garden in Bournville named after her great…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created April 15, 2025
Last month, we shared an update about the Rest House visitor centre, which sits in the centre of Bournville Green. Until…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created November 4, 2024
He was the young Birmingham architect who designed some of Bournville’s most recognisable buildings when he was just 21 years old.…
Posted in: News
Created August 15, 2024
Bournville Heritage Open Day is back for 2024, on Saturday 14th September from 10am-4pm. Visit George Cadbury’s famous garden village as…
Posted in: News
Created July 3, 2024
Bournville Village Trust (BVT) is values-led charitable trust working to create and sustain communities where people can thrive. We were founded…
Posted in: About us, Charitable trust
Created July 3, 2024
By the late 19th century, brothers George and Richard Cadbury had seen the chocolate business, started by their father John, flourish…
Posted in: Foundation and legacy
Created May 4, 2023
A community-led tree-planting project to honour one of Birmingham’s greatest social reformers has been launched. The George Cadbury legacy centennial project…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created May 4, 2022
A Birmingham museum has launched a new schools programme that will bring the story of one of the city’s greatest social…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created January 19, 2018
An award-winning museum founded over 100 years ago by world famous chocolate-maker George Cadbury has been awarded a £14,000 Heritage Lottery…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created October 20, 2017
The chief executive of a housing trust credited with introducing the benefits of open space into modern town planning is to…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created April 4, 2017
One of Birmingham’s oldest community centres – set up with the help of the son of chocolate-making pioneer George Cadbury –…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created March 28, 2017
Visitors to a Birmingham museum founded by world famous chocolate-maker George Cadbury can enjoy a raft of new interactive experiences thanks…
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Created July 13, 2016
Young Cub scouts were true to their motto by coming prepared with sleeping bags and torches for a celebratory sleepover at…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created June 29, 2016
It’s the Birmingham village credited as laying the foundations for latter-day garden cities thanks to its tree-lined streets, open spaces and…
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