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Metafin boss goes the extra mile for ...
Cure Leukaemia fundraiser Paul Bundy is clocking up more than 50 miles for the charity this year in memory of former...
Jobson James Financial Services hosts...
Jobson James Financial Services (JJFS), the financial planning & wealth management business owned by Charles...
UnLtd opens social enterprise fair in...
UnLtd is a Birmingham-based social enterprise funder, famous within Birmingham’s local third sector for having...
Islam in a Secular Society – an...
You and your friends are invited to a free event this Saturday evening at Birmingham Uni, entitled “Islam in a...
Cycle through Croatia in September 20...
Professor Robert Winston’s charity Genesis Research Trust has been promoting better health for women and babies...
CTIA hold event in Birmingham for thi...
Birmingham’s Charity Trustees Investors Association (CTIA) offers professional advice and guidance for investing...
Marie Curie Cancer Care Solihull Fund...
Marie Curie Cancer Care are setting up a new Fundraising Group in the Solihull area and need volunteers to come and...
Brummies and celebs alike, still help...
Pockets were emptied, and the hearts and minds of many were touched last month, when a charity ball was thrown in...
Late Night Shopping and Raffle in Kno...
On Wed 28 November many shops in Knowle will be staying open until 9pm for late night Christmas shopping and all funds...
Bullring hosts Christian event with t...
Greenbelt Festival and Hodder & Stoughton Publishers have organised a speaking tour with author, speaker, and...
Christian Muslim Forum launches Come ...
The Christian Muslim Forum is launching its “Come to the Edge” report with a series of roadshows across...
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...
Inter Faith Week 2012 begins today, S...
Inter Faith Week 2012 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales begins today, on Sunday 18th November, and to mark this...
Disabled People Win in Apple vs Googl...
As the rivalry between Apple, Google and other mobile tech giants hots up Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet’s...
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...
The Bupa Great Birmingham Run on Sund...
The fifth annual BUPA Great Birmingham Run on Sunday ended in victory for Kenyan Micah Kogo, in a race that attracted...
Homeless but not hopeless at the Big ...
What is it like to spend a night on the streets of Birmingham? I suppose when you are doing it with friends and...
FREE Twitter workshops by Birmingham ...
Learn all you need to know about Twitter at Birmingham & Black Country Community Foundation‘s FREE...
Ginny Davis is “Double Booked&#...
Don’t get yourself double booked on 29 November and risk missing this great show! Warwickshire-based actress and...
North Birmingham Inter-Faith Storytel...
The Lozells Project - a Christian initiative in North West Birmingham - is bringing together various faith groups...
Golf Day a successful drive for Acorn...
Bromsgrove was swinging on Friday 21st September, as Tom Shevlin’s team The Likely Lads triumphed in a charity golf...
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...
Soroptomist International Make “...
Fun in the Park organised by Soroptomist International of Solihull last weekend at Tudor Grange Park was rated a big...
Hospice seeks more volunteers –...
The Marie Curie Hospice in Solihull is looking for more volunteers to help when the new hospice opens on Marsh Lane...
TV presenter Clive Anderson helps Mar...
Clive Anderson topped the guest list at a private dining event this week, organised to raise funds for the Big Build...
Charity Investment Symposium @ Centen...
Following the success of the Charity Trustees Investors Association’s last Symposium back in June, there’s...
Birmingham Tai Chi Club and Studio B’...
Studio B has been running tai chi classses at free and reduced rates throughout Birmingham for a few months now as...
JD Parties announce support of the Br...
JD Parties have announced that the British Heart Foundation will be the nominated charity for their 2012 programme of...
Birmingham Chilli Festival 2012 @ Bri...
Free film festival and fiery food at Brindleyplace Calling all Chilli Heads! Brindleyplace will be hosting its second...
Charity Investment Symposium, 26th Ju...
The Charity Trustees Investors Association is to hold a Charity Investment Symposium on the 26th June 2012 at the...
Inter Faith Week 2012 and the network...
Since 1987, the Inter Faith Network for the UK has worked with its member bodies and others to build bridges of inter...
Charity Swish: Sat 14th April
Heart Research UK is a visionary charity leading the way in funding ground-breaking, innovative medical research...
A Birmingham visit by Maya Evans, pea...
Central England Quaker Peace Committee are hosting a talk by peace activist Maya Evans on Wednesday 18th April from...
Free training for the third sector fr...
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council is offering a mixture of free and paid-for courses designed for employers,...
Charities Aid Foundation Shares Fundr...
Birmingham thirdsector directors and senior management staff are invited to attend a free seminar organised by the...
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...
Silver Surfers’ Day 2012 introd...
Spring Online with Silver Surfers Day 2012 is a 4-day campaign (23rd to 27th April 2012) designed to introduce older...
Birmingham Friends of the Earth Intro...
Birmingham Friends of the Earth is inviting everyone interested in Birmingham’s economy to participate in a semi...
Support for churches facing up to the...
A pilot project, run by volunteers and under the banner of Birmingham charity RESTORE, is seeking to support churches...
Birmingham Riots: Have Your Say with ...
After the long hot nights of August 2011 sparked violence in Birmingham’s communities, a combination of journalists,...
Studio B goes to Digbeth!
BVSC welcomes Studio B to the Centre For Voluntary Action [purely as a customer of conferencing facilities]. As of...
Learning about Birmingham’s Somali co...
Birmingham’s SIFA Fireside is hosting the Somali Development Group and a one day course on cultural awareness on 22...
Birmingham St. Mary’s Hospice C...
Begin 2012 as you mean to go on with a laugh packed comedy festival, in support of the Birmingham St. Mary’s hospice...
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...
Green Gardening Gets Going at Northfi...
With the nights getting longer and the weather making summer but a fond memory, September isn’t the time of year...
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...
10am Kickoff for Redditch-Gaza Charit...
After similar successful events in 2009 & 2010, Digbeth-based charity Islamic Relief are now organising their...
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...
brmb Walkathon steps up for Birmingha...
brmb‘s fundraising Walkathon in 2011 has raised a staggering £414,845, most of which is destined for Birmingham...
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...
Get your running shoes on for Macmill...
Feeling energetic this summer? Want to raise cash for charity? Macmillan cancer care are looking for volunteers (or is...
Thriller in the City “Flash Mob...
Warming up for the London 2012 Games, the Birmingham Hippodrome has been organising a series of “flash...
Kings Heath students celebrating volu...
Students from the Baverstock School in Kings Heath, Birmingham, celebrated reaching the national finals of a...
The Birmingham Lord Mayor’s Mur...
How do you feel when you give money to charity? Do you feel happy and satisfied? Or do you feel like you are just...
Envision: the Ultimate Challenge for ...
This weekend, I had the pleasure of witnessing Envision, the charity set up to challenge the stereotype of...
Celebrating the Women of the West Mid...
International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated on 8th March with events across the world. Events and campaigns...
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...
Pressure for Birmingham to make a Gui...
You could contribute to getting Birmingham into The Guinness Book of Records, simply by getting your blood pressure...
National gong for Birmingham social e...
Our Community CIC has been awarded a top national accolade for developing innovative solutions in response to local...
Macmillan supporters kickoff Blues vs...
As people rested on Sunday 16th January, St Andrew’s Stadium was beaming with energy, with a little help from...
The third sector in Birmingham and th...
Multi-billion pound pots of EU funding are available through mechanisms such as the European Social Fund but are West...
New Year Jobs Fair comes to Balsall H...
If you live anywhere near Balsall Heath and the B12 district of Birmingham, you might be able to find yourself a new...
FutureChef Charity Fundraiser… ...
FutureChef Fundraising evening – Tuesday 22nd February at Hyatt Regency Birmingham. FutureChef is a programme...
Macmillan brings music to my ears (in...
Thursday 15th December 2010 saw the Wagon and Horses pub, Adderly Street Digbeth, play host to the fundraising event...
Fundraising with Christmas cheer for ...
Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice has been caring for patients with diseases like cancer and MS from their base in Selly...
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...
When not just the tree is green in Bi...
Northfield Eco-Centre held a Christmas Fayre at its Church Road base on Saturday 4th December. The event showcased...
Christmas carols help refugees in Bir...
Restore, a Birmingham charity working with asylum seekers, is holding its annual Christmas carol bash on Saturday 4th...
Co-Working with Jelly in Birmingham’s...
Jelly is an event intended for solo workers to come together and chat, work and even make new contacts. It costs...
Jam with Oxfam @ OxjamBrum
Throughout the month of October 2010, Oxfam are holding a series of music festivals all over the UK to raise money for...
15,000 runners in Birmingham Half Mar...
The Birmingham Half-Marathon is due to hit the streets later this month. In a letter from Birmingham City Council, Jim...
Pope Benedict visits Brum to respirit...
The Pope has been in the UK lately, on a mild-mannered, popstar-style tour of our cities to bring some kind of revival...
Free leadership course by BVSC in Bir...
“Governance, Enterprise and Leadership Training” is the free 3-part course being organised by Birmingham...
MinuteBox is Judges’ Choice in London...
Launch48 are a team of entrepreneurial techies, based in London and with a branch in Birmingham too. They’re...
Media Trust brings volunteer “speedma...
The Media Trust has been matching charities with volunteers in the media industry for years. They promote their...
BWDP launches local charity news port...
Birmingham Web Development Partnership has been modestly making websites since 2005, but nobody really expected them...
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