Not yet a Friend of Brandwood End Cemetery? We really do need you! Why not join the Friends, and even if you can’t get to help us out physically your membership fees really do help us make the Cemetery a better place.
Why not start 2017 by supporting the Friends and become a Friend yourself?
The forms are below (if you are a taxpayer please complete the Gift Aid form too – it costs you nothing but we get more from your donation). Thank you!
The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery, like many other groups in Birmingham, have been short listed as an organisation to receive a share of £25,000 from the Birmingham Post and Mail 2013 WISH Campaign.
To get our hands on our share of this fund we need YOU to collect the tokens that will appear in the Birmingham Mail every day from Tuesday 1st October to Saturday 30th November 2013. The more tokens we collect, the larger the share of this fund we will receive.
PLEASE cut out these tokens and post your pile to us at FBEC c/o Julian Pritchard (Treasurer) The Lakeside Centre, Lifford Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 3NU.
The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery are all volunteers and we constantly need to raise money to help us carry out every project we work on within the cemetery. This is a way you can help without actually providing cash. Tell your family, tell your friends. Buy the Birmingham Mail for a few weeks to help us all achieve goals within this beautiful cemetery.
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The Friends carry out litter picks through the year and we really need volunteers to 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 pickers and bags are provided! Please put the date in your diary and come along if you can. All you need is sturdy shoes, gloves and suitable outdoor clothing! We meet at the Lodge at 10.00am and are generally finished by 11.30.We are in need of all the help we can get to keep the Cemetery looking clean and tidy.
The next one is on Sunday 1st December 2013 – see you there?
Many people enjoyed the bat walk that was led locally by Brum Bats in 2011. They attempted the event in 2012 only to have it rained off, like so many others last year. Brum Bats and the Ranger Service are hoping the weather will be kinder this year and have set a new date. The walk starts at Jasmin Fields and takes us through Brandwood End Cemetery, ending at Brandwood Pool. The Cemetery is closed in the evenings so this is your chance to get exclusive access, and hopefully see some bats!
The walk, lasting about 2 hours, starts at 7pm, please meet at the farm gate on Bayston Road, Kings Heath (opposite Kinsey Grove). Please wear suitable shoes and outdoor clothing and all under 16’s must be supervised. You will need a strong torch. This event does need to be booked due to popularity- so contact the Ranger Service on 0121 675 0937 if you want to join us.
Following the resignation of my mother Anne Courbet both as Chairman and Membership Secretary I am delighted to have taken on the role of Membership Secretary. Jane Edwards, a long standing Committee Member and Secretary, is our new Chairman and we are very lucky to have her as her efforts to improve the Cemetery are relentless. I have updated all our membership forms so you can now contact me directly and send me your subscriptions for this year. Our latest newsletter, Issue 16, has just been published but it is only available to paid up members so please get your subscriptions in now and I will send you the latest news!
If you are happy to receive your newsletter via email we would be very grateful as each mailing now costs 50p in postage, and that’s without the printing and stationery.
I look forward to getting to know you and your views and look forward to hearing from you – particularly if you have subs to pay..
Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 11th April 2013 starting at 7.30pm prompt at The Brandwood Centre – you are most welcome to come and join us. Come and meet the committee; find out what we have been up to this year and perhaps get involved. Everyone is welcome – only paid up members have the right to vote though. Tea and coffee will be provided for you to enjoy.
We hope to see you there!
The Friends get a small percentage of your shopping spend when you buy from Amazon.com IF you use our link (our charity number is embedded in the code). It costs you nothing – we get a fee for advertising their site – so everyone is a winner.
So what are you waiting for? Christmas? Don’t wait, shop now and support the Friends.
Thank you very much!
LITTER PICK: SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2013
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 pickers and bags are provided!
Please put the date in your diary and come along if you can. All you need is sturdy shoes, gloves and suitable outdoor clothing!
We meet at the Lodge at 10.00am and are generally finished by 11.30.
We are in need of all the help we can get to keep the Cemetery looking clean and tidy.
See you there?
LITTER PICK: SUNDAY 2ND JUNE 2013
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 pickers and bags are provided!
Please put the date in your diary and come along if you can. All you need is sturdy shoes, gloves and suitable outdoor clothing!
We meet at the Lodge at 10.00am and are generally finished by 11.30.
We are in need of all the help we can get to keep the Cemetery looking clean and tidy.
See you there?