The City of Birmingham, England’s second city and Europe’s largest local authority, has formally launched a competition to design a flag for registration with with the Flag Institute.
Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Mike Leddy, chair of the Birmingham Flag Project Team, said:
You may well think that Birmingham already has a flag, but this isn’t the case as the flag flying over the Council House belongs to the council and no one is allowed to fly it without the council’s permission. I believe that a Flag for Birmingham will instil civic pride, allow Brummies to express pride in our community, celebrate our heritage and culture and raise greater recognition and awareness of Birmingham nationwide. That’s why I’m launching a competition to create a people’s flag for Birmingham.
Supporting the competition on behalf of the Flag Institute, Communities Vexillologist Philip Tibbetts said:
Birmingham has been a welcoming venue to the Flag Institute for several years, so it especially nice see it decide to run a design competition and register a flag with us. Registering a flag for the second city really shows how large the community flag movement has grown. It has been a pleasure to work with the Birmingham Flag project Team, led by Cllr Mike Leddy and with the support if Birmingham City Honorary Vexillologist John Gale and Birmingham City Honorary Armorist Adrian de Redman. The city has such a rich history, industrious pedigree and creative flair that I am excited to see the designs that come in ”
The competition is open for submissions until 31 March.
Full details on the winner will be available here: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/communityflag
Just emailed my flag proposal!