Role Models First Black Mayor elected in Wolverhampton in nearly 200 years
Friday, 20 May 2022 03:44A former nurse has become the first Black person to be appointed mayor of Wolverhampton. Councillor Sandra Samuels OBE is the first politician of African Caribbean heritage to hold the post in 200...
Role Models Wealth of talent joins Create Central’s growing network to champion the region’s creative industries
Friday, 11 February 2022 01:52Create Central, the West Midlands trade body for the creative content sector, has assembled a star-studded array of home-grown industry talent to join its existing membership to act as global roving...
Role Models Pioneering 16th Century Musician gets Blue Heritage Plaque
Friday, 14 January 2022 02:02Nearly 400 years before the birth of Louis Armstrong a Black musician in London’s Greenwich Palace was making a healthy living playing the trumpet. In fact, he was not just making a living; he was...
Role Models Tributes paid following the death of anti-apartheid campaigner Hanef Bhamjee OBE
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 01:48Tributes have been paid to life-long anti-apartheid campaigner, Hanef Bhamjee, who has died. He campaigned against its whites-only rule from the age of 10. He fled in South Africa for the UK in the...
Role Models Councillors to consider Freedom of the City for heroine Lisa
Saturday, 04 December 2021 00:53Councillors in Wolverhampton will be asked to consider bestowing the honour of Freedom of the City to Lisa Potts in recognition of her exceptional bravery and charity work. Lisa, a former nursery...
Role Models Indian activists who helped change the face of modern Britain
Monday, 15 November 2021 01:15As Britain looked to recover and rebuild after the devastation of World War Two it turned to the Commonwealth. But many of the migrants who filled crucial jobs amid labour shortages routinely...
Role Models Former England striker, Luther Blissett, made Freeman of Watford
Monday, 25 October 2021 01:27Former England footballer Luther Blissett DL (Deputy Lord-Lieutenant for Hertfordshire) has been made a freeman of the borough of Watford in recognition of his charity work and fight against racism....
Role Models Prime Minister recognises Birmingham teen’s volunteering with ‘Points of Light’ Award
Thursday, 14 October 2021 13:14A 16-year-old boy from Birmingham, who has helped to get more than 80,000 people learning British Sign Language (BSL) over the last year, has today been awarded a Points of Light Award by Prime...
Role Models Trainee Vicar with rare muscle-wasting condition to skydive
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 02:15A 50-year old woman who can no longer run or walk long distances has signed up for a skydive from an airplane at the Whitchurch Parachute Centre, on Thursday 4 November. She said: “There is a...
Role Models Lilian Bader: An Armed Forces ‘First’
Monday, 11 October 2021 02:24One of the very first Black women to join the British Armed Forces, Lilian Bader was born in Liverpool to Marcus Bailey, a merchant seaman from Barbados who served in the First World War, and a...
Role Models Double-lung transplant patient, Michael Willis, announced dead
Monday, 11 October 2021 01:56It was recently announced that double-lung transplant recipient, Michael Willis, passed away – three-years after undergoing what was a successful operation. After being diagnosed with sarcoidosis -...
Role Models Unusual Jobs - A Day in the Life of a Treasure Trail Writer
Saturday, 11 September 2021 23:35The oft-asked question “what do you want to be when you grow up?” is usually answered with aspirational thoughts of becoming an astronaut, a doctor, or a lawyer. A world away from that – but...
Role Models Amputee crawls for 13-hour to reach mountain summit
Sunday, 29 August 2021 23:25A man who has had both his legs amputated has completed a 13-hour crawl to the summit of Snowdon. Paul Ellis said he was in good spirits after completing the nine-mile (14.5 km) Llanberis route. He...
Role Models Commonwealth Games champion Hugh Porter MBE named City Cycling Ambassador
Saturday, 07 August 2021 04:08Wolverhampton’s own Commonwealth Games gold medallist Hugh Porter MBE has today been announced as City Cycling Ambassador – exactly 12 months before we host the event’s 2022 cycling time trial....
Role Models Charity that empowers and upskills women receives £1,000
Thursday, 05 August 2021 02:55A careers training charity for women in Birmingham has been chosen to receive £1,000 from a UK leading housebuilder. Opportunities for Liberating and Developing your Potential (OLDP) successfully...
Role Models Ex-England footballer Geoff Thomas and the Tour 21 Team reach Paris and surpass £1m fundraising target
Tuesday, 13 July 2021 01:57A team of 18 amateur cyclists, led by ex-England footballer and blood cancer survivor Geoff Thomas, have today completed the full 2021 Tour de France route, one week ahead of the professionals. They...
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