A Sutton Coldfield-based association for disabled children and their families has been boosted by the generosity of professional and amateur golfers in the business community.more
Talbots Solicitors in Stourbridge and Kidderminster has raised £640 in a will promotion for the school building under construction at Sunfield special school in Clent. Gillian Bowskill, of Talbots Trust & Probate Service, said: “This promotion simply offered people the opportunity to make a will and to support our chosen charity. For every new will made, we have donated £20 and our clients, as always, have been very receptive to the idea.”more
Organisers of the annual Marie Curie Cancer Care Brain Game are hoping to raise the fundraising bar with all proceeds from this year’s event going to its local hospice capital appeal project.more
Businesses and visitors to Brindleyplace have helped raise almost £90,000 for UK charities over the past year.more
TLC Lottery has just earned membership of the Fund Raising Standards Board Scheme which means anyone can support the charity lottery safe in the knowledge it has met the highest standards in fundraising.more
Business people hoping to explore different ways of supporting environmental issues are signing up for the next Thrive forum.more
The Carbon Trust has developed a how-to-guide to help facilities managers, works engineers and environmental managers make an effective business case for investment in low-carbon projects.more
Birmingham-based Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) raised £100,000 at a Celebrity Chef Gala Dinner.more
Business people looking for opportunities to take a responsible position on environmental issues will be at the heart of the next Thrive forum.more
Twelve volunteers from Barclays Commercial based in Colmore Row, Birmingham, are spending a day helping to tidy up towpaths.more
Former Birmingham Future Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Nicola Fleet-Milne, is lending her support to Birmingham’s Got Talent.more
Shirley-based print management and marketing outsource specialist, extrinsic is giving its full support to Earth Hour - WWF’s global initiative which aims to unite people across the planet and demonstrate that it is possible to take positive action on climate change.more
Creative Apprenticeships, the first official training scheme of its kind in the West Midlands, is open to leading creative and cultural organisations in the region and aims to address future skills shortages through reliable and cost effective recruitment channels.more
Forward-thinking creative and cultural employers are being urged to help safeguard the future workforce of their industry by investing in a groundbreaking initiative aimed at championing creative talent in the region.more
An environmental prom is set to raise thousands of pounds for charity next month when Birmingham’s Symphony Hall becomes centre stage for a world premiere of the celebrated Ballads for a Living Planet.more
West Midland businessmen’s group Pedmore Sporting Club has donated £10,000 to Sunfield special school in Clent, as part of its annual programme of charitable donations.more
Harrison Clark LLP’s charitable trust has made a donation of over £1,000 to purchase equipment for New College in Worcester to help teach blind and partially sighted pupils.more
Cadbury is backing an initiative that celebrates the achievements of sellers of the Big Issue, the newspaper sold on the streets that enables people facing homelessness to take new opportunities,more
Experts exploring the ways businesses can take a responsible position on environmental issues will be at the heart of the next Thrive forum.more
Accountants from Ernst & Young’s Birmingham office have been clowning around, as part of their “do something funny for money” fundraising challenge for Comic Relief.more
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