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First Personnel sponsor Midnight Walk

Recruitment firm First Personnel will be the official sponsor of the 2011 Midnight Walk in aid of Acorns Children’s Hospice for the second year running.Read

Chris Holton cyling to Paris for Teenage Cancer Trust

A Birmingham man is gearing up to cycle more than 400 miles from Birmingham to Paris in support of Teenage Cancer Trust.Read

Ladies Lunch raises over £4,000

The Solihull-based Joseph Foote Trust raised more than £4,000 from a luxury Ladies Lunch at Hogarths Hotel and Restaurant in Dorridge.Read

Capsticks' long walk for Children's Hospital

Employees from law firm Capsticks raised more than £10,000 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital by walking ‘to the centre of the earth and back’.Read

BNI supports Edward's Trust

Networking group Business Networking International (BNI) has has adopted the Edward’s Trust as its official charity.Read

Cross Country walk for St Basils

Ninety corporate teams from across Birmingham took part in the 12th annual St Basils sponsored team challenge near Barmouth in Wales.Read

West Brom gives £1k to help Samaritans

Samaritans branches across the Midlands are to benefit from a donation made by local building society the West Brom.Read

GVA staff help at Bordesley Green centre

More than 60 employees from GVA gave up a full working day to engage in a number of community projects in Birmingham, which were organised with Business in the Community.Read

Anglo Holt backs Steve Bull golf day

West Bromwich-based Anglo Holt Construction’s continued sponsorship of the annual Steve Bull golf day helped the Wolves soccer legend’s charity foundation towards its first year target of £100,000 by driving through the £70,000 barrier.Read

Jones Lang LaSalle dig in at St Mary's

A hard-working team of corporate volunteers from Jones Lang LaSalle has transformed the front garden of Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice from a bed of weeds into an eye-catching floral landscape.Read

Wates Construction gets to work at Sparkhill School

Employees from Wates Construction spent a day helping a local school to improve its green spaces and play facilities.Read

Pupils visit Postcode Anywhere

Staff at Hallow-based technology company Postcode Anywhere had a bit of a break from the day-to-day business routine when they played host to 15 year 10 students from The Chase school.Read

Kraft employees help homeless

Thirty Kraft Foods employees from the UK finance team have been helping to improve accommodation services for the homeless across Birmingham as part of a large scale volunteering challenge.Read

Aston Villa strikers take aim to support charities in Star City event

ASTON Villa’s shooting stars hope to net thousands of pounds for local charities during a kicking challenge at the club’s home kit launch on Tuesday.Read

£30k raised by artwork sale

Artwork created by local artists, celebrities and even the Prime Minister, David Cameron, raised more than £30,000 for Cure Leukaemia recently, through the Birmingham-based blood cancer charity’s annual art event which took place this year at Eleven Brindleyplace.Read

KPMG store event to benefit kids

Thousands of children across the Midlands look set to benefit as scores of KPMG accountants leave their city centre comfort zones and prepare to ring in the profits behind the tills at Barnardo’s stores across the region.Read

Volunteers from West Midlands businesses help out

More than 500 workers from the West Midlands swapped a Friday at work to give something back to their local community.Read

Gateley donates to Children's hospital

Members of staff in the Birmingham office of national law firm Gateley have donated more than £5,300 to the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Children’s Heart Appeal. Read

Deloitte's £25k for Air Ambulance

The Birmingham office of Deloitte has donated £25,000 to the County Air Ambulance’s Helicopter Emergency Landing Pad (HELP) Appeal. Read

Rotary day out for kids

A ‘Kids Out’ event – which has been a firm fixture on the Rotary calendar for more than 20 years – has been held at Drayton Manor Park.Read