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Our photo is one of more than 3,700 images used to create the face of Hilda Burkitt, part of the Face of Suffrage art work at Birmingham New Street Station! Read more about this amazing lady  – Face of Suffrage    

  Charity is now in charge of what is called the Nursery Ward which holds very sick babies in an ICU corner and runs outpatient days for new mums and babies. (Charity was the first nurse that our Club sponsored to train to care for

This year, the centennial of the cessation of hostilities in the First Wold War fell on Remembrance Sunday itself, adding extra poignancy to the occasion.   President Anita represented our Club at the annual service at Kenilworth Memorial.        

On behalf of Club I attended a session organised by Suki Rai (SI Rugby) from EQUIP (Equality and Inclusion Partnership) on the subjects of Domestic Violence, Safeguarding and Child Exploitation, and Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse. All three main speakers were excellent and very

  Once again we helped out with refreshments at the flu clinics held at Castle Medical Centre.   We couldn’t offer badges to say that patients had been ‘brave’ when they’d had their flu jab but were able to serve them with a cuppa and

Great news from our Friendship Club SI Blantyre about the knitting club we have sponsored through Friends of Sick Children in Malawi Dear Sharon thanks for the update, i met with Alexis and her husband here in Blantyre and together with Alexis we went to Queens

The stories behind the artwork for this project    Birmingham New Street is to host a unique art installation which celebrates 100 years since women first got the right to vote. The ‘Face of Suffrage’ artwork will be a floor-based, 200 metre-square photo mosaic consisting

At our business meeting this month, Gill B gave a short talk about the work of MIND with young people.  A special MIND advisor is working with schools in Warwickshire to support youngsters with mental health issues. We will be hearing from her in the

indonesian coffee morning 7.10.18 Club members responded magnificently to the call from Tricia to support a coffee morning at Trish’s to raise some urgent funds to help the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in the Phillipines. With only a few days notice, over £130