Richard Wood of 'www.cwfn.org.uk' at the Birmingham Social Media Cafe
This month’s successful Birmingham Social Media Cafe was the first organised by Karen Strunks and once again held at popular venue Cafe Blend.
Bringing together creative minds and social networking enthusiasts, the networking event again proved highly successful. Here’s how it went… Read the rest of this entry »
Fundraisers participate in the annual BRMB Walkathon
Around 10,000 fundraisers participated in the BRMB Walkathon yesterday, already raising over £414,000 for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Individuals, friends and families braved the intense heat and occasional winds along the 26-mile route to raise funds to spearhead the refurbishment of the hospital’s dated emergency department.
The Mailbox abseil team (Clockwise L-R) Adam Bodin, Adrian Taylor, Chris Collins and Adam Yosef. Photo: Nicola Shilton
Brave fundraisers abseiled 131 feet down the city’s Mailbox building today to raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Young and old alike donned helmets, gloves and harnesses as they completed their sponsorship pledges and took an aided leap off one of Birmingham’s contemporary landmarks to raise vital funds for the hospital’s Heart Appeal which aims to raise £2 million for a new cardiac hybrid theatre.
Treyc performs in Selfridges Birmingham
The Midlands’ very own X Factor star Treyc Cohen was more than happy to take the stage when Wagner got snowed in up north in Scotland and was unable to make his scheduled appearance at the Birmingham Bullring’s uber-cool Selfridges store.
In aid of charity Mothers 4 Children, hymn sheets were sold to fans and shoppers as singer Treyc belted out popular festive tunes as part of the store’s special X Factor sing-a-long event!
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Daniel Knott at Pride
I Am Birmingham is on Flickr and we will be bringing our galleries up-to-date as soon as we can.
In the meantime, you can check out our Flickr photostream, largely filled with the best screen captures from all of our videos along with photographs we take for our blog and new media platforms.
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We’ve also created a new ‘Birmingham Pride‘ Flickr group where you can add all of your past and present Birmingham LGBT Pride photos.
