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Changes UK — warehouse furniture clearance this Saturday

May 30, 2018
by Alun Severn
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This coming Saturday, 2nd June, from 10am-4pm, Changes UK is holding a furniture clearance. A furniture recycling project it was hosting has closed and everything must go! Everything is FREE but donations are requested. It’s going to be a fantastic day. There will be Changes UK
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Social mobility and poverty in the UK: How responsible business can respond — BITC event

May 09, 2018
by Alun Severn
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You are warmly invited to Business in the Community’s next West Midlands event, which is being hosted by Coventry University. The event is aimed at businesses, community groups, educational establishments and public-sector organisations to encourage an inclusive and wide-ranging debat
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University of Birmingham announces ‘Start Up Connections 2018’ — free event for start-up ventures of all types

February 19, 2018
by Alun Severn
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This, just in from the University of Birmingham Careers Network… Start-up Connections 2018 Thursday 15 March, 5:30-8:00pm, University of Birmingham Discover the funding, support and talent available to you during an informative & vibrant event… Greater Birmingham is an
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Inside Outcomes CIC & Birmingham Innovation Engine team up for free GDPR workshop

December 04, 2017
by Alun Severn
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This, just in, from Darren Wright at Inside Outcomes CIC: * Following on from our blog post on how to get prepared for GDPR we’ve decided to turn advice into action and are holding a free workshop in conjunction with the Birmingham Innovation Engine Project to explain the implications
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19-plus? Unemployed? Looking for a career in construction?

November 08, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Wates, one of the largest privately-owned construction and development companies in the UK, announces Building Futures — a programme to help unemployed young people (over 19s) gain a better understanding of construction as a career choice. For more information or to apply c
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Christmas craft fair at Park Lane Garden Centre

October 31, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Better Pathways (the new operating name for BITA Pathways) wins the prize for first announcement of a Christmas Fair event. Congratulations! This, just in…   → Download the PDF flyer.
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RNIB and Shoosmiths offer free sight-loss at work seminars

February 08, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Do you know what the implications are for you as an employer who has a staff member affected by sight loss? Do you see the legal issues clearly? RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) and Shoosmiths invites you to a free Sight Loss at Work — Seeing the Issues 
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The Pump, premier youth hub in East Birmingham celebrates tenth birthday

February 02, 2017
by Alun Severn
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With a music studio, performance space, a dance studio, cyber-cafe, a daycare nursery, room hire, and facilities over four floors with full disabled access, The Pump is the hub for youth work and activity in Kitts Green, in the heart of East Birmingham. And it is celebrating its
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Birmingham voluntary sector mobilises against cuts to services for the most vulnerable

January 16, 2017
by Alun Severn
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We wrote in this post about the PUBLIC CONSULTATION currently underway on Birmingham City Council’s proposed cuts  to its Supporting People and Third Sector Grant Programmes. This would see cuts of £5m this year, rising to £10m in 2018/9. These reductions com
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Midland Mencap mass lobby against disability cuts

January 13, 2017
by Alun Severn
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The further cuts proposed in Birmingham City Council’s 2017 budget — including cuts across all Supporting People services — will hit the most vulnerable groups in the city hard. St Basils has said, “We absolutely understand the extremely difficult decisions tha
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Birmingham news flash — Barrow Cadbury Trust

January 12, 2017
by Alun Severn
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The Barrow Cadbury Trust has just announced the following free events in Birmingham: Find out how to share video content more effectively on YouTube Net Squared Midlands is hosting a free event on Monday 16 January 6.30-8.30 pm on effective sharing of video content using YouTube
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Acorns Children’s Hospice — 2017 events & fundraisers

January 09, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Acorns Children’s Hospice provides babies, children and young people aged 0-18 years who have life limiting or life threatening conditions and associated complex needs with a network of specialist palliative nursing care and support. Acorns fundraises throughout the year to
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