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MP Liam Byrnes Visit To The Community Plaza
On Friday 11th April 2025, MP Liam Byrne visited the Community Plaza to meet UK Goodwill Youth & Community Ambassador and the Founder of Community Plaza CIC, Mohammed Zafran known as Zaf to talk about why...2025-04-13 105 0 -
Three Birmingham Schools Granted School-Based Nursery Capital Grant to Invest in Early Years Education
Birmingham City Council is delighted to announce that three local schools have been granted the School-Based Nursery Capital Grant for the 2024-2025 academic year. Grestone Academy, Montgomery Primary Academy, and The Shirestone Academy will receive funding...2025-04-08 254 0 -
National guides launched to help older people, families and staff when care home closures
Social care experts at the University of Birmingham have launched a series of guides and a training video to improve support for older people, families and care staff when care homes close. The three guides provide...2025-03-20 329 0 -
Government announces Race Equality Engagement Group to break down barriers to racial equality
Chaired by Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE, the group will work with equalities ministers to better understand ethnic minority people’s lived experience and make sure it is represented in government’s 5 missions. The group will also...2025-03-18 288 0 -
Legal Blows Presents: The LB Muslim Boxing Awards 2025 – Celebrating Excellence in the Ring
The biggest night in Muslim boxing is set to take place on Saturday, 22nd March 2025, at the prestigious Grand Botanical Suite, Birmingham. The LB Muslim Boxing Awards 2025, presented by Legal Blows, will unite champions, rising stars, and boxing...2025-03-17 251 0 -
Thousands of social homes treated for hazardous damp and moul
Thousands of families faced with a potential health hazard from living in mouldy homes are breathing easier following a £15m programme to upgrade some of the region’s dampest social housing. The money, given to local councils...2025-03-10 2706 0 -
Aston University installs £1.5m mass spectrometer to study biological membranes
The £1.5m mass spectrometer will enable the study of proteins, lipids and metabolites in cell membranes in exceptional detail The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) awarded the funds and Dr Ivana Milic leads the...2025-03-08 2695 0 -
Free road safety course to help keep older drivers safer
The next course for drivers aged 60 and over in Walsall will take place at Walsall Arena and Arts Centre, Bloxwich, on Tuesday 11 March 2025. An additional course will be held at The Wheelhouse, Wolverhampton...2025-03-07 8832 0 -
New resources to help access reliable immigration advice
The Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) has launched a range of new promotional materials aimed at helping people understand the importance of seeking regulated immigration advice, the risks of unregulated advice, and how to report poor or...2025-03-05 1891 0 -
Transforming neglected empty homes into new family homes
In the past year, Birmingham City Council’s Empty Homes Team has brought 369 empty homes back into use. Birmingham City Council is encouraging residents to report empty properties to them so they can be brought back...2025-03-04 2265 0
