Design student releases DIY paper lantern video guide

Traditional way to mark the end of Chinese New Year celebrations.

Report shows welcome fall in homelessness

Rough sleeping in the West Midlands at its lowest since 2010.

Ethical Recruitment start-up launches in Birmingham

Agency aims to bring community involvement into recruitment.

Men, we are with you

Sutton Coldfield fundraiser stars in Prostate Cancer UK broadcast campaign.

Linear Diagnostics look to further development

University of Birmingham spin-out secures funding for point of care diagnostics platform.

Black Country takes insight-led approach to combating inactivity

Michael Salmon, Head of Insight, Health & Wellbeing, writes about Active Black Country.

Coventry’s Albany Theatre secures capital for redevelopment

Council funding will allow improvements to facilities and safeguard the future.

Anniversary boost for community food venture

John Lewis funding delivers tenth birthday present for Miss Macaroon.

Charities invited to seek help from legal firm

gunnercooke foundation pledges support to Midlands charities.

Dance for health for free

Online dance sessions programme for older adults launched.

Three Technology Ideas To Make Life A Little Easier For An Elderly Relative

New ideas for older people.

Call to help fight domestic violence

Crimestoppers reminds the public to speak up anonymously to help save lives.

King’s Heath Park garden sessions thriving

Gardening helps Birmingham disabled residents stay healthy in lockdown.

Cultural Leadership Programme looking to recruit

Transforming Narratives offers training opportunity for current or future cultural leaders.

Lockdown visits plea from charity

Alzheimer’s Society urges supporters to help combat people “dying from loneliness”.

Sleep out to help out

Birmingham City Mission holding sponsored sleepout.

Grassroots football authority joins climate programme

Birmingham County FA join the UNFCCC’s Sports for Climate Action initiative.

Birmingham college launches sports coaching initiative

Queen Alexandra College to deliver elite Wheelchair Basketball programme.

Report notes worrying increase in mental health concerns

Calls to regional mental health helpline double in four weeks.

80s love stories discovered during lockdown

New archive celebrates the stories of couples who fell in love forty years ago.

Black Country schools to deliver extra-curricular sport

Funding announced to help children return to sport and activity.

Erdington community group launches training schemes

Free online job training targets Falcon Lodge unemployed.

NHS charities fund mental health innovation

Grant funding enables care provision for children and young people.

Homelessness charity calls for responsible employment pledge

SIFA Fireside seeks support from construction and civil engineering industries.

Charitable trust connects with education appeal

Millennium Point joins laptop campaign to fight digital poverty.

Funding boost for towns and local centres

Grants awarded to help support businesses and promote cultural sites.

Fundraising business platform makes international debut

Providing help to increase Third Sector income streams.

Disrupting Exploitation service to help families at risk

Charity offers new support to parents of county lines victims.

Birmingham Hippodrome launch mentoring programme

Sixteen young people chosen to become young advocates.

Alzheimer’s Society to mark Dementia Action Week

Nominate your Birmingham Dementia Hero.