Community National Emergencies Trust Launches Coronavirus Appeal With The Duke Of Cambridge
Thursday, 19 March 2020 00:16The National Emergencies Trust has today launched an appeal to raise funds to help local charities support those individuals suffering hardship as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The appeal...
Community Peak time travel pass restrictions lifted to help older people get to the shops during the coronavirus outbreak
Thursday, 19 March 2020 00:13Peak time restrictions on concessionary tram and bus passes will be lifted during the early morning rush hour to make it easier for the region’s older citizens and disabled people to get their...
Community Over 1,000 new trees to be planted in the region as part of new Sprint scheme
Wednesday, 18 March 2020 00:14The first tree of over 1,000 committed along the route of Birmingham’s first cross-city bus service, Sprint, has been planted. Cllr Waseem Zaffar, cabinet member for transport and environment and...
Community WMCA deal to build affordable homes for nurses and other key workers
Wednesday, 18 March 2020 00:05Quality, affordable homes are planned to be built for nurses and other low paid staff working at the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital under a multi-million-pound land deal struck by the West...
Community Council suspends debt-related court action during pandemic
Monday, 16 March 2020 23:22Sandwell Council has announced the suspension of all Council debt-related court action against residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Council Leader Councillor Yvonne Davies said the authority...
Community RSPCA dog helps ‘rescue’ woman who lost her partner in a car accident
Sunday, 15 March 2020 00:56Viviana Perestrelo, 29, and her partner Kevin Aspell, 33, adopted their six-year-old German Shepherd Jess from RSPCA Birmingham Animal Centre after she was signed over into the charity’s care when...
Community Lost Property At Town Hall Symphony Hall Birmingham Benefits Charities Across The World
Friday, 13 March 2020 00:01Unclaimed lost property left at Town Hall Symphony Hall (THSH) Birmingham during 2019 has been donated to local organisations that support the homeless, unemployed men and women, provide eye tests...
Community Fiftieth sign up to pioneering activity pledge
Thursday, 12 March 2020 23:55A ground-breaking campaign to encourage organisations to improve their approach to increasing participation and equality has signed up its fiftieth organisation. The Include Me West Midlands Pledge...
Community Demolition of Dudley eyesore as part of a £250m pipeline of investment into the region
Thursday, 12 March 2020 23:53A pipeline of more than £250m of investment is being provided to help revitalise West Midlands town and city centres and kick-start their wider transformation. The money is...
Community Nottinghamshire dog wins popular Crufts crossbreed competition
Thursday, 12 March 2020 02:44Clooney, a five-year-old mixed breed owned by Hannah and Stephen Hayes from Newark, Nottinghamshire, has won the Scruffts Family Crossbreed of the Year title at the world’s greatest dog show, Crufts...
Community Women of Bromwich Hall displays announced
Thursday, 12 March 2020 02:25Staff at Sandwell Museums are launching two new displays at Bromwich Hall in the Manor House Museum in West Bromwich – to highlight the lives of two women once associated with the 750-year-old...
Community 2022 Commonwealth Games Countdown Clock unveiling in full glory
Wednesday, 11 March 2020 14:57The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games revealed its official countdown clock in the city’s Centenary Square, in partnership with official clock sponsor, Longines and in the presence of...
Community Meet Rev. Eve Pitts – the priest who is challenging the church’s perception of ‘her-story’
Monday, 09 March 2020 21:36For centuries it has been the preserve of white men, now one particular institution – the Church of England - is being challenged, by one of its own, to change that perception. As this year’s...
Community TNCMC LAID WREATH on COMMONWEALTH DAY IN LONDON
Monday, 09 March 2020 03:17It was indeed an honour to lay a wreath on behalf of The National Caribbean Monument Charity (TNCMC) at the commemoration ceremony on COMMONWEALTH DAY at MEMORIAL GATES, CONSTITUTION HILL,...
Community Charity launch to support Wolverhampton’s homeless
Friday, 06 March 2020 20:31Wolverhampton Business Improvement District (BID), City of Wolverhampton Council and Wolverhampton Homes have joined forces to launch the Alternative Giving CIO charity to enable the generous...
Community Local arts groups come together for Sutton Coldfield’s inaugural St Patrick’s Day Celebration
Friday, 06 March 2020 20:29Following on from a highly-successful, smaller-scale event last year, arts representatives from several local groups are reuniting on Saturday March 14 to give Sutton Coldfield its first...
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