BirminghamWeAre is the first Community of Passion to be given access to a 'created here in Birmingham' digital space devoted to the delivery of social and economic impact.

FreeTimePays is a unique collaborative environment and social media channel that connects, promotes and rewards people with passion.

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Free Time really does pay for people with passion in Birmingham!


Free Time really does pay for people with passion in Birmingham!


BirminghamWeAre is the first Community of Passion to be given access to a 'created here in Birmingham' digital space devoted to the delivery of social and economic impact.

FreeTimePays is a unique collaborative environment and social media channel that connects, promotes and rewards people with passion.

Take the full post to find out more. 


It is only right that people should feel proud of where they live and feel a part of the community with whom they share that space.

In the case of Birmingham, people should be rightly proud of their City and their Community. However, this can only realistically happen if people feel part of a wider vision and part of something which they can not only have a say about but which they can personally influence, contribute to and benefit from.

That is exactly why FreeTimePays was built.

People also have passion!

How many times do we hear people refer to their passion by saying "my passion is ...." or "I am passionate about ...".

It is our assertion and belief that the vast majority of people have a passion or have something they are passionate about.  It could be something they enjoy participating in, something they follow as a hobby, or something they really aspire to become, achieve or pursue as a career.

With help, direction and support, passions can be nurtured and dreams can be realised for the benefit of so many people.

The purpose behind the YourPlaceYourSpace build has been to provide a digital space for people who want to create impact (socially and economically), a space for people who want to make a difference, and a space where people can realise their dreams and aspirations – we call this, the delivery of real passion!

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The potential rewards of a digital space that people can use, either individually or collectively, in shaping their ideas, promoting their passion and collectively creating impact are huge!

The aims and goals of those behind this unique digital platform are rightly ambitious.

However, the desired outcome and the potential impact are also extremely realistic!

What is BirminghamWeAre?

BirminghamWeAre is a Community of Passion that is dedicated to engaging, involving, but (most importantly) supporting the people of Birmingham in shared passion. Via a portal, this community has been given complete access to use YourPlaceYourSpace technology for creating impact.

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There is no other digitally connected community comparable to BirminghamWeAre.

Back in 2016, at the time YourPlaceYourSpace digital space was being built, an account was set up on twitter called BirminghamWeAre.

The purpose of using an existing social media channel was to introduce people to the difference they can make and the positive impact they can have on their city and on their community and how such impact can be reflected through rewards and recognition.

In just a few years, BirminghamWeAre has attracted not just a large following, but a following that consists of people who really do want to get involved and help make a difference.

The BirminghamWeAre twitter account has been an excellent channel for identifying #PeoplewithPassion who share #BirminghamPassion. The twitter account alone now delivers 0.5 million impressions every month and is growing fast.

This and other social media accounts set up at that time have all helped to identify people who really do want to make a difference, people who have some great ideas and people who can, collectively and individually, create impact for the benefit of themselves, their community and their City.

Over 30 passions that can help shape the City

At BirminghamWeAre, we have identified over 30 passions that, if followed, supported and pursued, can have a direct and positive influence on the City and for Community. 

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These are passions that are not just important to people who live in, work in and/or visit Birmingham, they are passions that if supported and nurtured will help the City in its drive for continued economic growth and prosperity. 

The potential for delivering positive social impact is just as great. These are all passions that can have a direct impact on community and on the effective inclusion and cohesion of people that collectively make up and represent the City of Birmingham.

So what now?

Passion by passion and neighbourhood by neighbourhood, we will look to develop constructive partnerships. These partnerships will include individuals, community champions, business leaders and local government - people and stakeholders who collectively have an interest in driving passion to create positive social impact.

The make-up of FreeTimePays

There are three components to FreeTimePays.

There’s Community Workspace, Community Matchmaker and Community Passport.  Operating right across the platform in recognition of the valuable contribution being made by users is YourPlaceYourSpace gamification. This takes the form of points and rewards for passions shared.

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Community Passport

Passport is a personal space which registered members can make their own. With a passport, members can choose to get involved with their passion and participate in many different ways. They can view regular content and posts; sort and save this content by type or by passion; they can collect points for giving their views through polls and surveys, attend events or even join a discussion.

With a YourPlaceYourSpace Community Passport, members can follow inspiring people and they can learn more about their community and their passion by following regular ‘Did you Know’ features. And the more they decide to do and the more they get involved, the more points they collect and the greater the recognition for the impact they are having and the difference they are making.

Community Workspace

With their unique Community Workspace, YourPlaceYourSpace is able to help those who are inspired and serious about taking things to the next level. YourPlaceYourSpace will give these people their own access rights environment where they can work on their idea or initiative.

In this digital space they can work alone, or bring in others to share the same space in order to build evidence, acquire knowledge and develop plans. This is the ideal space for working on the business; working on the idea; working on the initiative.

A range of applications and engagement tools can be found in workspace and users can effectively utilise this space for collating documents, photos, videos and web links, for opening up discussion and chat with others, or for running surveys and analysing results.

This space is where content is pulled together and posts created for submission across multiple sites in order to reach a wide, diverse, but also, well targeted audience.  

Community Matchmaker

The whole focus and rationale for YourPlaceYourSpace is MAKING A DIFFERENCE. It’s our job at YourPlaceYourSpace to provide the tools and functionality that helps bring together those who create the GREAT IDEAS with those who have the potential to turn an IDEA into something that really does MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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Connect with us HERE and let's discuss your passion. 

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