Posts Tagged ‘charity’

QEHB staff gear up for overseas adventures in aid of Birmingham St Mary’s

QEHB staff gear up for overseas adventures in aid of Birmingham St Mary’s

Professor Nick James and Usha Kiran, who are based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham’s world-renowned Cancer Centre, have signed up to support the hospice

Packed live music night in Bloxwich to support autism charity

Packed live music night in Bloxwich to support autism charity

Music-lovers can look forward to a fantastic evening’s entertainment from multiple acts at Bloxwich’s top venue next month.

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Yeee Ha! A Bournville Barn Dance

Yeee Ha! A Bournville Barn Dance

All welcome, young and old, to dance the night away at BCM’s Barn Dance

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Solihull pupils hand over cheque in aid of Syrian Crisis Appeal

Solihull pupils hand over cheque in aid of Syrian Crisis Appeal

Nationwide efforts to bring life-saving assistance to children and families fleeing the civil war in Syria have been boosted by the boys and girls of Solihull School.

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Pub Quiz in aid of Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice

Pub Quiz in aid of Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice

The newly formed ‘Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice Kings Norton Fundraising Group’ are urging all quiz enthusiasts to join them for their debut fundraising event

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Black Country friends say ‘Balls to Cancer’ with 62.5 mile challenge

Black Country friends say ‘Balls to Cancer’ with 62.5 mile challenge

Four friends from the Black Country have completed a once in a lifetime challenge this weekend and raised over £6,500 for a local charity in the process.

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Annual golf day to aid charities held

Annual golf day to aid charities held

Staff from the University of Wolverhampton have once again taken to the putting greens to raise over £1,000 for local charities.

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Lichfield rocks for St Giles

Lichfield rocks for St Giles

Local music festival set up to raise money for charity

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Local pupil comes top of the class in Cure Leukaemia and Free Radio T-shirt comp

Local pupil comes top of the class in Cure Leukaemia and Free Radio T-shirt comp

And the winner is....

Emerging West Midlands writers and directors given major boost

Emerging West Midlands writers and directors given major boost

Emerging theatre artists in the West Midlands have been given a boost with the news that Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s REP Foundry artist development programme will continue until 2016.

Confessions of a Middle Class Woman

Confessions of a Middle Class Woman

Sheilagh Matheson on the secret stashes we all keep....

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Sir Bernard Zissman raises £16k with charity debatathon

Sir Bernard Zissman raises £16k with charity debatathon

Former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Sir Bernard Zissman has put his famed public speaking skills to the test during a debatathon which raised more than £16,000 for charity

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Leading charities for blind people move in to brib’s site in Harborne

Leading charities for blind people move in to brib’s site in Harborne

Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind (brib) is welcoming two major national charities to its Harborne site.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a hospice fundraiser!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a hospice fundraiser!

This September, Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice is offering people the opportunity to experience the thrill of a 10,000ft tandem skydive.

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Birmingham vies with Rio as world carnival champs

Birmingham vies with Rio as world carnival champs

Media and creative professionals from across the West Midlands helped put Birmingham on the map as the new Carnival Capital last week, at a special event organised by the Birmingham Publicity Association (BPA).

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Calling all bakers… Get your pinnies on!

Calling all bakers… Get your pinnies on!

Birmingham City Mission asks supporters to hold ‘100 cake sales in June’

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Cure Leukaemia announces 100% nursing funds increase

Cure Leukaemia announces 100% nursing funds increase

Birmingham-based Cure Leukaemia has announced record financial results that will see the charity double the amount of funding for research nurses in the West Midlands.

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40 Miles, 20 Villages, 1 Day – Feckenham 40 returns for the fourth year

40 Miles, 20 Villages, 1 Day – Feckenham 40 returns for the fourth year

Staff at Bromsgrove based advertising agency, Superdream, are preparing to don their hiking boots, and walk 40 miles in one day for two charities.

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Pedalling to Paris to help Picks sufferers

Pedalling to Paris to help Picks sufferers

In July 2013, two colleagues from the University of Birmingham will attempt the gruelling challenge of cycling from London to Paris in under four days

Charity calls for West Mids businesses to support national volunteering day

Charity calls for West Mids businesses to support national volunteering day

Youth clubs, primary schools and the Birmingham Institute for the Deaf are calling for local businesses to sign up for Business in the Community’s Give & Gain Day,

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