DON’T miss out on festive plans because of COVID. Get your first, second or booster jab – and get protected. Find YOUR nearest COVID jab clinic HERE

Get PREPARED: download a copy of your NHS COVID Pass or save it to your device before you go out. Discover how to use the COVID Pass HERE.

GREAT winter holiday activities and food for eligible kids start MONDAY, 20 Dec! And Bring it on Brum clubs are set to run right across Brum: find out more – and book!

Tell us how YOU would spend the council's budget using our new interactive Budget Challenge webpage. Submit your balanced budget – and let us know what YOUR council spending priorities are.

Especially at Christmas, if YOU see someone begging on the streets or at the roadside – and don’t know how best to help – there is a BETTER way to give!

Thanks to next year’s Commonwealth Games, Stronger Communities grants are up-for-grabs to help promote understanding of how migration has shaped brum; work with women from diverse and marginalised backgrounds; or create heritage walking trails! What’s stopping you?

Applications are NOW OPEN for Birmingham City Council’s Graduate Scheme. This two-year National Development Graduate Programme could move mountains for YOUR career. APPLY for our graduate scheme HERE.

A cherished, longstanding Birmingham tradition has been restored this year: Christmas music by candlelight in St Paul's Square. Come and listen to superbly chosen sequences of choral music from across different six centuries!