Skip To Main Content
Grand Unionis an arts organisation based in Digbeth, Birmingham.

Home

A landscape image of a dilapidated industrial space. The large space has a dirty wooden floor, brick walls and exposed wooden rafters. The ceiling is very tall and natural light floods in through the many glass-less windows.

Working with the City

Grand Union is committed to a considerate and collaborative approach to urban regeneration. We recognise that to create an urban environment that is welcome, inclusive and supportive for everyone, we need to create many opportunities for community-led planning. 

A landscape image of two people sat at a table covered with an orange table cloth, eating from paper plates. The image is taken from over their shoulders, so we can only see their hands and the plates of food.

Art & Ecology Recorded Stories: The Growing Project Harvest Celebration 2024 Soundscape

EventsOnline
A landscape image of a pale brown hand wearing several bracelets and silver rings holds a small red-pink reddish above a table made of dark brown branches. Upon the table there is a variety of plants and fruits such as apples and flowers.

The Growing Project

The Growing Project is a transformative community programme using art making, gardening, cooking and simply being together as a way of offering support and friendship to people passing through difficult times. Our project partners include organisations who support vulnerably-housed people and those experiencing crisis.

A landscape image of people standing and sitting outside in front of a small, bright blue shed-like structure with red shutters. The two figures at the centre of the image are dressed in blue and black, and bright yellow respectively. They smile at the scene around them.

Become a friend

Support the work of Grand Union by becoming a friend.

A video projected onto a custom made screen.

Education

A collection of objects found digging on the site placed on a wooden plank; below is red-ish soil. The objects are stones, fragments, bones and shells. One shell looks like it has had bites taken out of it as a result of the process of button making.

Research

Artist Projects

A landscape image of two hands working with clay. Upon a large, pale wooden surface, a wet-clay plate is being made upon a white stand. The hands are covered in clay, and white fabric is visible on the table to the right of the plate and stand.

Creative Production

Since 2019 the Growing Project has partnered with Modern Clay, a co-operative clay studio in Digbeth run by artist members, which produces ceramics, runs public workshops, and designs bespoke projects with charitable organisations. Collaboratively with The Growing Project, Modern Clay developed clay-making workshops for participants, sharing the benefits of working creatively and enacting their belief that creative expression is vital to well-being.