Bringing Communities Together
Parents, over-50s, disabled people and those with long-term health conditions will have opportunities arising from changes announced in the Budget set to be delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions. Overall, DWP measures at Budget represent an investment of £3.5 billion over five years to boost workforce participation and grow the […]
An inquiry is being launched to look at how the Commonwealth Games legacy will improve access to physical activity opportunities – both participating and spectating – for disabled citizens. The council’s Commonwealth Games, Culture and Physical Activity Overview and Scrutiny Committee is joining forces with colleagues from the Health and […]
From Monday 24th – Monday 31st October, the UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, will host its annual complimentary Halloween event inviting children and their families to take part in a spooky craft activity. Birmingham Metro Bank store will host a craft event throughout the week – kids can just drop into the store or pick up […]
The UK’s leading aid agencies, diaspora groups, and youth activists demonstrated in Parliament Square yesterday, urging the new PM to wake up to the looming famine in East Africa. Co-ordinated by Action Against Hunger UK, the agencies sounded 80 alarm clocks to call the Government to act on the food […]
Visiting the city for Birmingham Tech Week, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Damian Collins met with MSc scholarship students and alumni from Birmingham City University (BCU) and University of Birmingham (UoB) at BCU’s new £70m state-of-the-art STEAMhouse innovation campus. The Digital Minister highlighted the successful partnership between the […]
Virgin Money has relaunched its innovative financial education programme, Make £5 Grow, with additional tools and resources designed to prepare schoolchildren and provide the skills they need to better manage their finances in the future. Delivered in schools, Make £5 Grow is a free scheme which works with and […]
In a ground-breaking national collaboration, 56 Local Authorities across England have worked together to share ideas and jointly fund the creation of a short film to raise awareness of fostering. It is aimed at finding more people who may be interested in becoming foster carers and providing nurturing, positive homes […]
Deakin & Francis, world-renowned British family jeweller, is proud to launch a new limited-edition pair of cufflinks, now released in gold-plated sterling silver. The cufflinks were designed to help fundraise for the lifesaving pre-hospital emergency care provided by Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. The new gold-plated cufflinks, priced at £275 […]
The University of Birmingham has loaned an historic painting with a Shakespeare connection to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun led an embassy to London in 1600 to deepen trade and diplomatic links between Britain and Morocco, and may have influenced Shakespeare’s depiction of […]
The first step on the journey to shape the planning framework that will guide development and regeneration activity in Birmingham over the next 20 years is set for approval tomorrow (October 11). Members of the council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve the Birmingham Local Plan Issues and Options Document […]
