Peas Please is about making it easier for people to eat more veg both for a healthy body and a healthy planet. By working with farmers, high street food chains, restaurants, supermarkets, governments and people like YOU, all at the same time, we can make sure everyone can eat enough veg. Read more
As part of a plan to reach more beneficiaries aged between 11 and 29 years old, Sport 4 Life UK is to relocate from Ladywood to a new HQ in the Custard Factory in Digbeth in November, subject to coronavirus restrictions. Read more
Leading Birmingham-based social enterprise Jericho has been awarded the coveted Work and Welfare award in the CSJ Digital Awards 2020 by the highly regarded Think Tank, the Centre for Social Justice. Read more
Coleshill-based charity, Father Hudson’s Care, has launched a new Will writing service to coincide with Wills Awareness Month in October. The charity has partnered with McClure Solicitors and online Will writing experts Farewill, to provide the service to their supporters for free. Read more
A Birmingham hospice is today launching a service that will ensure people who are homeless in the city receive high quality palliative and end of life care – and bereavement support - that is tailored to their needs. Read more
The Carer Friendly Business Awards is part of Forward Carers’ mission to make Birmingham the first ‘Carer Friendly City’. As part of the ‘Carer Friendly Brum’ initiative, businesses, retailers and community groups are encouraged to offer discounts to Carer Card holders. Read more
Birmingham based charity The Boparan Charitable Trust only began using easyfundraising in August and are already benefitting from free funding. Read more
UK Parliament’s local outreach officers have now taken their community and youth group workshops online. Their sessions are designed to show groups in the West Midlands how the House of Commons and House of Lords work, as well as offering first-hand expertise on how to influence decisions made in UK Parliament, get their voices heard and campaign for change. Read more
Well-known Midlands’ personalities pledged their support today for the Hospice that cared for their partners in the final months of their lives. Read more
Witton Lodge Community Association launches its own IT lending library to help people overcome digital literacy. Read more
Jo Bull, Founder of Erdington Community Volunteers, shares own experience of complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how the stress of the current situation can add to the many symptoms that many can experience. Read more
Special ‘thank yous’ will be issued from this week to Birmingham’s volunteers and voluntary organisations who have been helping communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more