Category Archives: Environment

Litter Pick – Sunday 2nd December 2012

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Sarah Courbet

The Friends carry out four litter picks each year and we really need your help to keep the Cemetery tidy for family and visitors.  You don’t have to be a member just willing to help out for 90 minutes.  Litter … Continue reading →

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Litter Pick – Saturday 1st September 2012

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Sarah Courbet

The Friends carry out four litter picks each year and we really need your help to keep the Cemetery tidy for family and visitors.  You don’t have to be a member just willing to help out for 90 minutes.  Litter … Continue reading →

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Litter Pick – Sunday 17th June 2012

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Sarah Courbet

The Friends carry out four litter picks each year and we really need your help to keep the Cemetery tidy for family and visitors.  You don’t have to be a member just willing to help out for 90 minutes.  Litter … Continue reading →

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Has spring sprung?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jane Edwards

In early January snowdrops made an appearance in the cemetery and the hawthorn hedge still hadn’t dropped its leaves! The squirrels are dashing about and the birds are ignoring the berries in favour of worms in the still soft soil. … Continue reading →

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Final Litter Pick of 2011

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Jane Edwards

Our thanks to those members who joined us for our final litter pick of 2011. Despite the cold weather we managed to spend and hour and a half in various areas of the cemetery collecting mainly wind blown flower wrappings … Continue reading →

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Community Groups work together at local events

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Jane Edwards

The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery joined with members of other local community organisations to support an experimental night time event at Brandwood Pool. Close to 80 people joined a small community choir and musicians around Brandwood Pool which was … Continue reading →

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First Litter Pick of 2012 – Saturday 10th March

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Sarah Courbet

To ensure we have plenty of support we are posting our first Litter Pick of the New Year! Please put the date in your diary and come along if you can.  All you need is sturdy shoes, gloves and suitable … Continue reading →

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New Village Square in Kings Heath is revealed

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Sarah Courbet

The crowds turned out for the opening of the new Village Square in Kings Heath which lies on land that was formerly part of All Saints Churchyard. The project began a number of years ago after concern by church members … Continue reading →

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The Community comes together at Brandwood End Cemetery

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Sarah Courbet

The sun shone in Brandwood End Cemetery as children from St Alban’s RC Primary school set about the daunting task of planting 250 hawthorn bushes to replace a failing beech hedge surrounding The Civilian Garden of Remembrance. The preparation work had … Continue reading →

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Christmas Litter Pick – 4th December

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Sarah Courbet

For those of you who think there is very little litter around these days and so there is no need to come, it is only like that because of the continuing efforts of the ground staff and the Friends’ Litter Pick … Continue reading →

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