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Small Heath hero bakes 165 cakes and raises £600 for NHS staff battling coronavirus
Rangzeb Hussain
April 14, 2020 | 08:39 pm
An inspirational teenager from Small Heath in Birmingham has raised £600 to buy food for frontline medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic and baked 165 cakes for NHS staff. Aatif…
Who’s performing at Lady Gaga’s ‘One World’ global telecast to benefit frontline workers?
Ben House
April 8, 2020 | 10:00 am
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll have seen that Lady Gaga has been all over the news this week. Usually, you'd expect her to have dropped a new…
Sikh soup kitchen to soldier on feeding the homeless despite coronavirus threat
Staff Reporter
March 14, 2020 | 12:07 pm
A Sikh soup kitchen in Birmingham is determined to continue feeding the homeless despite the threat of coronavirus. The Midland Langar Seva Society - who feed the vulnerable and needy…
Aston Villa donates over 800 packed lunches to homeless after game postponed in wake of coronavirus
Staff Reporter
March 13, 2020 | 01:43 pm
Aston Villa Football Club have donated hundreds of pre packed lunches to homeless charities today, after a planned football game had to be postponed in the wake of the coronavirus threat.…
INTERVIEW: Social media sensation Charity Shop Sue – when will she return to Bulwell?
Ben House
February 12, 2020 | 03:45 pm
For those of you who have been living under a rock, Charity Shop Sue is a new staple in British comedy, having swept Twitter and YouTube users by storm this…
UK charity plea for unwanted Christmas presents to raise funds for heart research
Staff Reporter
December 26, 2019 | 01:30 pm
The festive season is one of the most generous times of the year, but the British Hearth Foundation (BHF) charity is appealing to Brummies left disappointed by Santa’s offerings to donate…
VIDEO: Muslims in Birmingham feed the homeless on Christmas Eve
Staff Reporter
December 25, 2019 | 02:17 am
Members of the city's Muslim community took time out this Christmas Eve to hand out free food and drink at Birmingham Central Mosque to homeless, needy and vulnerable individuals and…
VIDEO: Christmas party for 350 homeless people at Birmingham New Street Station
Staff Reporter
December 25, 2019 | 02:13 am
On Christmas Eve, staff at Birmingham New Street Station joined the Midland Langar Seva Society (MLSS) and a host of public volunteers and supporters to put on a special Christmas party…
Almost 24,000 people in West Midlands are homeless, according to national charity
Staff Reporter
December 17, 2019 | 08:00 pm
The number of people recorded as homeless in the West Midlands has reached 23,715, new figures from Shelter reveal. Shelter’s extensive analysis of official rough-sleeping and temporary accommodation figures shows the…
WATCH: Brum parody of ‘Fairytale of New York’ released as Xmas single for charity
Vimal Korpal
December 13, 2019 | 12:30 pm
A Christmas song The Fairy Tale of New Street - a Brummy inspired parody of "The Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues, has been recorded with a music video and…