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Cure Leukaemia launches £1m appeal fo...
Blood cancer charity Cure Leukaemia has launched a £1 million appeal to support children battling with the...
National Express supporting young peo...
Popular travel group, National Express has offered up £100,000 of funding for local community and youth groups in and...
My trip to Malta in search of chariti...
I went to Malta last week and the weather was a lot better than in the UK. I went to the capital, Valletta, and the...
Birmingham Walk for Kids supports Cur...
Blood cancer charity, Cure Leukaemia is launching a new appeal to raise £1 million for its Cure Leukaemia for Kids...
Spurgeons combats sexual exploitation...
Children’s charity Spurgeons has been funding an ongoing community project across centres in Birmingham these...
FREE Level 2 Gym Instructor qualifica...
Sportwise are currently offering you the opportunity to complete a fully-funded Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification...
3FF Urban Dialogues workshops and int...
The Three Faiths Forum (3FF) is running its arts programme Urban Dialogues for a fourth year. The programme aims to...
Sponsor the Technology4Good Youth Awa...
AbilityNet has launched Technology4Good Youth Awards, a national competition sponsored by BT, that offers a £5,000...
Runners-up in BBC Young Folk Awards p...
The scintillating sisters stirred up a musical storm at the Bridge House Theatre last month. Runners-up in BBC Young...
North Birmingham Inter-Faith Storytel...
The Lozells Project - a Christian initiative in North West Birmingham - is bringing together various faith groups...
Solihull young fundraisers cycle for ...
A group of five 14 year old boys from Solihull (Oli Cottom, Samihan Ghanekar, Rodan Holland, Alex Lavery and Dominic...
Ulfah Arts prep a new generation of y...
Ulfah Arts is an arts and media charity based in Highgate, Birmingham - near the old fire station – and has...
Calling all 16-24 NEETs to become a S...
With youth unemployment at an all-time high, you could be forgiven for thinking there are limited opportunities...
Every Child Matters to Blue River in ...
Every child matters? Well, Blue River certainly thinks so. At a time when youth unemployment is at the forefront of...
Sound it Out for community music char...
Sound it Out is a music charity that has been running in Birmingham for 15 years. They focus on delivering music...
Gurjit Gill works with CEDF to suppor...
Gurjit Singh Gill is a hard-working, kind, happy and loyal individual, considered an inspiration to the young people...
Free fitness instructor course for NE...
Sportswise are offering free fitness instructor training to young people in Aston, 18-24 years of age, who lack any...
Acorns Children’s Hospice seeks...
Acorns is looking to fill two positions in their Birmingham events team. They’re looking for an Events Manager...
Bullring hosts interfaith youthwork d...
NCVYS invites you to an interfaith youthwork seminar and workshop day at the Bullring on Monday 26th March 2012 from...
Now I Eat in Birmingham helping the c...
To many of us, good food is a necessity. We wouldn’t dream of going without, but some people don’t have a...
Traffik on the Road in Birmingham
Human trafficking – modern day slavery – is a major global problem. UNICEF estimates that 1.2million children are...
UNICEF’s East Africa Children&#...
Because of the absence of the late 2010 rains, people, especially children, in eastern Africa, are confronted with a...
Fair Play for Birmingham with “...
Darren Moore, former professional footballer at West Bromwich Albion, has recently been voted Football League...
Dive into the NSPCC challenge
Jump head-first into this NSPCC challenge! Feel the heady rush of adrenaline and the invigorating brush of breeze as...
16,000 hours of volunteering celebrat...
Thursday 7th July saw over 200 students and adult VIP guests attend Envision’s Truth about Youth awards ceremony...
Fancy your chances as a journo?
Journalists are getting a bad press at them moment but hacking into voicemails isn’t our style here at Charityzine....
Smile with Heart & Colgate for B...
Can your smile make a difference? Currently, there are thousands of disadvantaged children all over the UK, who...
The “Food Fighters” tackl...
Concerned about the rising youth obesity levels in the UK, particularly in Birmingham, a group of students from Kings...
Local businesses and decision makers ...
The Truth about Youth Awards is an event run by Envision as part of The Cooperative Foundation’s £280,000...
Rock Your Shades for the Teenage Canc...
For some, the teenage years are a whirlwind of socialising, stressing over exams and finding oneself. For others, the...
Cadbury College Students Boost Body C...
A group of 16-17 year old students at Cadbury Sixth Form College, Birmingham, decided to tackle girl confidence and...
Great Midlands Fun Run for Children&#...
Get your heart pumping and pulse racing for the Children’s Heart Appeal by running the Great Midlands Fun Run in...
National TV debut for young Birmingha...
Five young people from the Fairbridge charity in Digbeth, Birmingham, had their short film broadcast to the nation on...
Kings Heath students celebrating volu...
Students from the Baverstock School in Kings Heath, Birmingham, celebrated reaching the national finals of a...
Envision: the Ultimate Challenge for ...
This weekend, I had the pleasure of witnessing Envision, the charity set up to challenge the stereotype of...
King’s Speech success gives Bir...
Commercial and critical success has followed the film, The King’s Speech, and West Midlands speech therapy...
Birmingham’s shoppers to get a ...
On 12th March, young people are going to take to the streets to persuade Birmingham’s shoppers of the positive...
STEV.e from Sutton Coldfield gets MP&...
STEV.e isn’t an individual, like rapper/musician will.i.am, but a team of 16-17 year olds from Sutton Coldfield...
National gong for Birmingham social e...
Our Community CIC has been awarded a top national accolade for developing innovative solutions in response to local...
Guardian readers help Fairbridge char...
Disengaged young people in Birmingham and throughout the West Midlands are set to be given a boost in life thanks to...
FutureChef Charity Fundraiser… ...
FutureChef Fundraising evening – Tuesday 22nd February at Hyatt Regency Birmingham. FutureChef is a programme...
My Experience of Mentoring in Birming...
Last time, I had the pleasure of introducing you to Jemima, a psychology turned marketing student, who is about to...
Aston Villa and Acorns make a winning...
Stephen Ireland, midfielder for top Birmingham-based football club Aston Villa, has teamed up with Birmingham &...
Doughnuts, Henna and an Air Ambulance...
What d’ya know? Another autumn week, another week of dreary days, kitting out the scarves and gloves. But the...
FutureChef Local Finals come to Unive...
Fostering a pasion for cooking FutureChef is a programme run by 20 year old charitable organisation, Springboard to...
My experience of mentoring students i...
For those of you who don’t know me yet, I’m Rickie Josen, and today I’d like to share with you my...
Young People Score Goals Against Ment...
In light of the national “Time to Change” and World Mental Health Day campaigns to lift the stigmas...
Springboard Charity: Promoting Career...
Springboard work with two main groups, the long term & disadvantage unemployed and the youth with the aim of...
SOVA: Supporting our Future
Young, unemployed or lacking experience? SOVA want to help. Since being established in 1975 they’re now one of...
Hays’ staff take on a mighty challeng...
Hays, a global leader in specialist recruitment, have decided to take on a physically and mentally challenging act for...
Jamie Dunn, young entrepreneur, sets ...
Jamie Dunn is an 18-year-old entrepreneur from Birmingham. He’s one of the UK’s brightest young...
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