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Get ready to witness the thrilling spectacle of ‘Bulls in the City’ as it charges into Birmingham during the summer of 2025!
Picture this: a dramatic parade of larger-than-life sculptures, each one a unique masterpiece of artistry, depicting the legendary Birmingham Bullring Bull. But wait, there’s more! These majestic sculptures aren’t just static displays; they’re part of an exhilarating, free-for-all adventure trail designed to thrill families and tourists alike!
Imagine wandering through the bustling streets of Birmingham, uncovering one stunning bull after another, each bearing the creative imprint of a local artist and proudly sponsored by a local business.
Working with Wild in Art, this colourful and exciting art trail will engage local communities and bring thousands of visitors into the city. All while raising awareness of Birmingham Hospice and the importance of the care it provides the people of Birmingham and their loved ones.
Now, as Birmingham Hospice unveils plans for a trail of bull sculptures throughout the city, they’re not just celebrating this iconic figure—they’re harnessing its power to create meaningful connections and support a vital cause. By bringing a herd of uniquely designed bulls to Birmingham’s streets, the hospice aims to unite the community in a shared appreciation of art, culture, and philanthropy, all while raising crucial funds to provide expert, compassionate care for those at the end of life.
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After the summer trail, the sculptures will be auctioned off to raise money for Birmingham Hospice. You will have the opportunity to own a bull of your own and make a difference to ensure the future of your local hospice.
Find out moreBecome a sponsor
Sponsorship of Bulls in the City is an unprecedented business development and employee and community engagement opportunity. Sponsorship packages can be tailored to your objectives and offer an excellent return on your investment. Don’t miss out on this unparalleled chance to make a difference while boosting your brand!
Positive activation of your sponsorship will:
• Raise your profile in the city
• Give you direct access to new audiences
• Enable employee engagement and improved staff morale
• Facilitate new key stakeholder relationships
• Realise your corporate responsibility objectives and raise money for Birmingham Hospice
• Enable the city to benefit from significant economic, cultural and social benefits.
Together, we’re making every moment matter
Birmingham Hospice is not fully funded by the NHS, instead relying on fundraising and donations to fund our services. Now, more than ever, our expert and compassionate care is needed to ensure people die in a place of their choice, with dignity and in comfort. But the cost of care is soaring, making it harder for us to care for everyone who needs it. We want to ensure we’re here for local communities now, and in the future. By taking part in Wild in Art as a school or business, visiting the trail with your family or just sharing our message, you will make a difference.
Donate today to support your local hospice.A Wild in Art Event
Wild in Art is the leading producer of spectacular public art events which enrich, entertain, inform and connect communities – giving people of all ages a voice through art.
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Nov 18
Hurry! Make sure you don`t miss out on being part of the next great Birmingham art trail in 2025 🐂
We`re extending the deadline for design submissions to Bulls in the City to Monday 25 November 🎨
This is your chance to showcase your creativity, make a mark on Birmingham and support a great cause.
Don`t miss out – visit our website www.bullsinthecity.co.uk to download the submission pack and submit your designs.
Take your chances and submit a design – you never know if you don`t give it a go! 🙌 …
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Nov 13
We`re so excited to announce @waitrose Harborne has joined our herd as a sponsor! 🐂
Bulls in the City will have a mini-herd in Harborne on next summer`s trail so we`re thrilled that the local Waitrose is just one of the amazing businesses who has come onboard.
If you`re a business or community group based in Harborne or Birmingham, make sure you don`t miss out on this bull-dozing business opportunity to join our herd!
@waitrose Harborne – you`re udderly brilliant! 🙌👏
www.bullsinthecity.co.uk
#wildinart #bullsinthecity #birmingham #arttrail …
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Nov 8
Our incredi-bull friends at @elonexoutdoor have joined our herd as a Media Partner 🐂
Everyone at Herd HQ is so excited to get our art trail moo-ving ahead with the support of Elonex, a Birmingham-based outdoor digital advertising network. It`s amazing to have local companies like Elonex onboard, helping to promote our trail and raise awareness of Birmingham Hospice.
We`re so thrilled they`ve come onboard as a Media Partner for Bulls in the City 🙌
Make sure you keep an eye out for our adverts on Elonex screens around Birmingham!
If you want to get involved in Bulls in the City, visit 👉 www.bullsinthecity.co.uk …
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Nov 5
Don`t miss the chance to join the herd of 48 local schools and community groups already signed up to Bulls in the City! 🐂❤️
Be a part of Birmingham`s latest and greatest art trail next summer by registering your interest today. Please visit our website for more information. …
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Nov 3
Calling all local artists! 🎨
The deadline for submitting your designs to the Bulls in the City Art Trail is fast approaching – there are just a few weeks left until 22nd November!
This is your chance to showcase your creativity, make a mark on Birmingham and support a great cause.
Don`t miss out – visit our website www.bullsinthecity.co.uk/artists to download the submission pack and submit your designs.
We can`t wait to see your artistic vision come to life! 🐂🤩
#bullsinthecity #artrail #birminghamart #wildinart …
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Oct 30
Thrilled to announce the iconic @theofficialselfridges as a sponsor for Bulls in the City! 🐂👏
We`re so pleased the incredi-bull department store in the Bullring has joined our herd. As a Brummy institution for many years, we`re full of excitement for this partnership.
We`re also excited to announce that the sculpture will be housed in Selfridges in Birmingham – joining their very own bull!
Thank you for joining the herd! 🙌
#bullsinthecity #wildinart #birmingham #artrail …
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Oct 23
This is what Bulls in the City is all for – seeing our patients with smiles on their faces meeting Broderick for the first time! 🐂
Birmingham Hospice is the primary provider of adult hospice care in the city and surrounding areas. Bulls in the City was created to not only raise awareness of our fantastic charity, but also help raise vital funds to ensure our work can continue for years to come.
The art trail, coming to Birmingham next summer, will enable us to share the work we do with our fantastic city and its residents, as well as those who travel from further afield.
People like Owen (right) can only benefit from hospice services with the help of our supporters, as we aren`t fully funded by the NHS – we rely on donations.
Owen, from Smethwick, was diagnosed with kidney failure and started attending social sessions at our Living Well Centre.
“I love coming to the hospice, it’s such a big part of my life,” he said. 🤍
Get involved today as a school, sponsor, artists or trail-goer to support our charity: www.bullsinthecity.co.uk …
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Oct 17
Exciting news! 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce @millenniumpoint as our official Venue Partner for our highly anticipated art trail, Bulls in the City! 🐂🎉
Together, Birmingham Hospice and Millennium Point will be bringing a number of incredible Bulls in the City events to life over the next year to support the trail.
But we’re not stopping here! We’re calling on more companies to join us and get involved. If you’re looking to support a fantastic cause and make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
More sponsor announcements will follow soon, watch this space 👀
www.bullsinthecity.co.uk/sponsors/ …
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Oct 1
Would your school, college, nursery or community group like to join our herd? 🐂❤️
As part of our summer 2025 art trail, Bulls in the City is putting on a Learning Programme, giving your organisation the chance to design and decorate your very own calf to treasure forever once the trail is complete.
To find out more and register your interest, please visit our website. …
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Sep 25
We’re inviting all crafters and makers to take part in a very special project for Bulls in the City 2025! 🧵
Could you create bull-themed items for us to sell in our Bulls in the City pop-up shop next summer?
Whether you’re a knitter, crocheter, stitcher, sewer or maker of any kind, we’d love to have you involved!
Join our crafting herd and get making – we need items of all shapes and sizes to raise vital funds for Birmingham Hospice.
From bags, toys, keyrings, clothing, plushies – anything at all that celebrates our trail and the mighty bull.
Your lovingly-made creations will be sold in our pop-up shop in Birmingham city centre next summer when our trail is live – but don’t wait until then, you can start crafting now!
You can drop off any creations at either hospice site – please label them as crafts for Bulls in the City – and we will keep them safe until next year.
If you have any questions, please email wildinart@birminghamhospice.org.uk or visit our website. …
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Sep 22
Artists are invited to join us at our Meet the Muse event next week to learn more about Bulls in the City! 🐂
On Wednesday 25 September, we’ll be hosting an event at our Selly Park site for all artists who wish to join our trail and submit a design.
Reminder that artist submissions for Bulls in the City are still open! Get your incredi-bull designs submitted before the closing date on 22 November.
All 40 of our sculptures will be designed and painted by artists, creating an immersive, educational art trail across our fantastic city next year.
Why not throw your hat into the bull-ring and submit your design for consideration?
Download our artist pack for all details, templates and terms and conditions, then submit your design via our online form, available on our website.
We hope to see you next Wednesday! 🎨
If you have any questions, please email wildinart@birminghamhospice.org.uk. …
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Sep 15
Calling all schools, colleges and community groups! 🐂📢
Fancy the chance to promote your artistic flair by getting involved with our Learning Programme?
We have the opportunity for you to design and decorate your organisation`s very own bull sculpture, to feature as part of the Summer 2025 trail before being returned to its forever home at your school, college or community group.
Come and join our herd! For more information, please visit our website. …
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Sep 5
Calling all businesses, schools, artists and community groups 📢
Join our herd today and don’t miss out on being part of the biggest stampede Birmingham’s ever seen 🐂
Head to www.bullsinthecity.co.uk or follow the link in our bio to find out more 👀
#birmingham #lovebrum #arttrail #bullsinthecity #wildinart #birminghamartists …
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Sep 2
Introducing… Brodie! 🐂
Our first Bulls in the City calf has been officially named! Thank you to everyone who came up with some incredi-bull names for this little guy.
As our hero sculpture, Broderick, is named after the sculptor Laurence Broderick who created the famous Bullring bull that our trail sculptures are based off, it seems fitting that our first calf should be a mini-Broderick A.K.A. Brodie!
Your school or community group could have your very own Brodie to design, paint and keep forever – get involved in Bulls in the City today to make sure you don`t miss out!
👉 www.bullsinthecity.co.uk/schools/ …
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Sep 1
Artist submissions for Bulls in the City are now OPEN! 🎨
Calling all artists – we have a bull-iant opportunity for you to get involved in Birmingham’s next art trail in Summer 2025.
All 40 of our sculptures will be designed and painted by artists, creating an immersive, educational art trail across our fantastic city next year.
Why not throw your hat into the bull-ring and submit your design for consideration? Submissions close on 22 November.
Download our artist pack for all details, templates and terms and conditions, then submit your design via our online form on our website.
If you have any questions, please email wildinart@birminghamhospice.org.uk
Happy designing! 🐂 …
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Aug 30
Broderick’s big day out in Birmingham 🐂🏙️
Our hero sculpture Broderick got to see all the sights of our beloved city on his recent trip.
This bull-iant design was made by the one and only @jessp_illustrates – we’re so thrilled to finally debut the full design by Jess! 🎨
If you’re a company, school, group or artist and you’d like to get involved in Brum’s next biggest art trail, visit our website 👉 www.bullsinthecity.co.uk
#wildinart #birmingham #lovebrum #arttrail …
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Aug 12
Looking for a bull-iant activity for the kids this summer? 🐂🎨
Your kids can join the stampede and get creative this August with our new colouring competition as we look forward to the Bulls in the City art trail going live in Birmingham next summer!
Follow the link below to sign up today and receive a printable PDF of our unique bull sculpture for the little ones to colour in and create their own magnificent design.
Enter and you could be in with a chance to win one of our Hettie the Hedgehog plushies, as well as a visit from our mascot Hettie herself to your school! 🦔
Simply send a photo of your finished artwork, along with your name and age to john.hurley@birminghamhospice.org.uk by Monday 2 September 2024.
Get your PDF here 👉 www.birminghamhospice.org.uk/bitc-colouring/ …
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Aug 7
Name our first calf! 🐂
Bulls in the City is heading to Birmingham next summer and we want you to get involved!
We need help to name our first fully-decorated calf, lovingly painted by the amazing @jessp_illustrates – we`d love to hear your ideas, comment below.
We’ll decide and announce our calf’s name by the end of August!
Your school, nursery or community group could also join the herd by designing and decorating your own calf, that you`ll then get to keep after our 2025 Bulls in the City trail! For full details, visit www.bullsinthecity.co.uk …
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Jul 26
Our first bull and calf are ready for the trail! 🐂
Thank you so much @jessp_illustrates for designing our hero sculptures and painting live at our launch event a month ago – they look incrediBULL.
We can`t wait to see the entire herd charging their way through Birmingham in summer 2025!
Find out more at the Bulls in the City website. …
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Jul 19
School`s out for summer! ☀️
While everyone is getting ready to enjoy their summer holidays, we are securing our Learning and Community sponsors.
Your school, nursery or community group could join the herd by designing and decorating your own calf, that you`ll then get to keep after our 2025 Bulls in the City trail! For full details, please visit our website.
We have our first two beautiful babies and we need your help naming them! 🐂
Comment below what you would name your calf – we can’t wait to hear your suggestions! …