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Bertz Associates
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Based by the Edgbaston Reservoir, we create intercultural and arts education projects, with focus on diversity and representation ✨ 🌈
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The second interview as part of our conversations with innovators and educators is out now! Yasmin Ali is Team Lead of the Battery Energy Management System (EMS) Development at RWE.

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HyAcademy Interview with Yasmin Ali
YouTube video by HyAcademyEU
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November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We are excited to share that our film 'Rolling Out Brum' will be screened as part of Short Stack Film Festival in Nottingham this Sunday! Tickets available now: www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/sho...
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposted by Bertz Associates
#STEAMMeetsHydrogen
In September, Bertz Associates visited Woodrow First School (UK) to co-create hydrogen learning resources using the #MantleOfTheExpert approach. Students became sustainability experts solving real-world challenges with hydrogen.
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Welcome to our new series, Fun Fact Friday, where we tell you a piece of interesting information about hydrogen! 🤩
As a part of HyAcademy EU, we wanted to share with you some of the fascinating facts about hydrogen, what it can be used for, and its benefits.
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This Saturday! Join our Director Iris Bertz for a guided walk around Kings Heath as part of Rhoda Bertz exhibition at nook gallery

📍 nook gallery, Kings Heath
📆 Saturday 1 November
🕚 11am
🎟️ Booking required, tickets £15 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-and-f...
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We're so excited for this event next week! Sustain Midlands isn’t your conventional conference, that’s why it’s called an UnConference. It’s a space to think and learn, share experiences and build your network within the sustainability community. sustainmidlands.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A big thank you to everyone who attended our Lisel Haas Archive Exploration at the Library of Birmingham as part of Birmingham Heritage Week! It was lovely and exciting to share our Lisel Haas project with so many people.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New blog alert! Our research assistant Franziska Eggers has written a blog about her experience discovering the Lisel Haas archives, accompanied by some gorgeous illustrations of locations important to Haas's story. Read the blog now on our website: www.bertzassociates.net/blog/researc...
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our Rolling at the Tower Screening and Q&A for Birmingham Heritage Week, in partnership with Culture Forward at University of Birmingham! 🛼
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Come work with us! We are looking for a filmmaker who can document our upcoming Arts Council project. The filmmaker will attend events, research trips and days, and interview project participants, to document the project. Full job description on our website 🔗 www.bertzassociates.net/work-with-us
September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New series announcement! As part of our work with Hydrogen Academy EU, we've been having conversations with Innovators and Educators working within Green Hydrogen and engineering. The first conversation with Lilo Maclachlan is available on youtube now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aju...
HyAcademy Interview with Lilo Maclachlan
YouTube video by HyAcademyEU
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September 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We are proud to announce that our Discovering Lisel Haas project is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. This funding will enable us to hold an exhibition of Haas’s work at the Library of Birmingham in late 2026.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended our Art Deco in Birmingham walk last Sunday for Birmingham Heritage Week! 🏙️

Led by Christiane Worth, this walk around the city centre highlighted the beautiful Art Deco buildings Birmingham has to offer.
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We are so excited to reveal the panellists who will be speaking at our ‘Rolling at the Tower’ Screening and Q+A! Chaired by Sara Jones, the panel will feature Iris Bertz FRSA, Empress Gibbs, John Munro, John Hill-Daniel, Simone Smith, and M.uuya.

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September 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Don’t miss out! Our community documentary ‘Rolling at The Tower’ is screening at the Mockingbird Cinema next Thursday as part of Birmingham Heritage Week.

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Rolling at the Tower - Teaser 2
YouTube video by BertzAssociates
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September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bertz Associates is excited to share our last event for Birmingham Heritage Week, an exploration of Lisel Haas’ archive at the Library of Birmingham. 📚

📅 Saturday 20th September
⏰ 2pm
📍 The Library of Birmingham

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lisel-haas...
September 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Come work with us! We are excited to be hiring a cataloguer to work on our Lisel Haas project. We are looking for someone who is passionate about making archives more accessible to local communities and exploring what they can mean for people today. sites.google.com/bertzassocia...
September 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
As part of Birmingham Heritage Week, join us for a screening of our latest documentary 'Rolling at the Tower', funded by Historic England, to celebrate Brum’s rollerskating past, present and future 🌟

📅 Thursday 18th September
⏰ 8pm
📍 The Mockingbird Cinema

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1515808577...
September 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Back in June, Aaron Lad and Iris Bertz FRSA travelled to Varna, Bulgaria for the biannual Hydrogen Academy Assembly! You can read all about their experience in a new blog by Aaron on our website - www.bertzassociates.net/blog/the-var...
August 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Bertz Associates is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded an Archives Revealed Cataloguing grant from The National Archives to catalogue the Lisel Haas collection at the The Library of Birmingham, Birmingham City Council!
August 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We are honored that our film 'Rolling at The Tower' will be screened at Neighbourhood Cotch Club, a cosy space for intimate film screenings based on a barge on the Birmingham canal, hosted by Civic Square.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We are so proud to share that our short film 'Rolling Out Film' will be screened by Flatpack in partnership with University of Birmingham as part of their Words and Pictures: An Evening of Birmingham Creativity event at the Royal Geographical Society conference!
July 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On Wednesday, week before last, Iris and Diyaa were invited to attend Legacy WM ‘Every Journey Matters’ Celebration event as the project came to an end.
July 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We are pleased to welcome Anna Banks to the Bertz Associates team! Anna has joined us a Storytelling and Branding intern. They'll be helping us to tell our story, share our projects and celebrate our achievements.
July 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We are excited to welcome Eve Lewis to the Bertz Associates team! Eve is working with us to programme and organise our upcoming Birmingham Heritage Week events - keep an eye out for our event announcements in August.
July 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM