The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery will be working on a project relating to an area of War Graves in Brandwood End Cemetery in 2014 and we are pleased to announce that Veolia have kindly awarded us a grant of £500 towards costs. Watch this site for details of how you can become involved. https://www.veolia.co.uk/
Seasons Greetings to all our supporters from Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery
2013 has been a year when Friends of Brandwood End have had to take a step back and think again about the way they want to move forward in 2014. We were all very disappointed when Birmingham City Council had to withdraw their financial support for a lottery bid relating to the twin terracotta mortuary …
Local Community Groups work together at School Christmas Fayre
FBEC members joined representatives of Friends groups from Jasmin Fields Nature Reserve, Brandwood Pool,The Park Ranger Service and the local Neighbourhood Policing Team at St Albans Primary School Christmas Fayre. Since the loss of the community ‘Space’ in Sunderton Road all the groups have been involved in the Summer and Christmas Fayres at the school …
Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School Friday Assembly
Members of FBEC Committee attended a Special Assembly at Woodthorpe Junior and Infants School to present prizes to year 5 pupils for their beautiful collage entries following a litter pick and walk within Brandwood End Cemetery.
Over 4000 Birmingham Mail ‘Wish tokens’!
Our thanks to all our supporters who have collected ‘Wish Tokens’ for us. We have received over 4000 tokens, which for a small organisation is admirable. Those of you who still have tokens please send them, as soon as possible, to the address in our previous blog post. Thank you all again and we will …
Birmingham Evening Mail Wish List Tokens
Can any of our supporters who have collected ‘Wish’ token from the Evening Mail please make sure that they are passed to or posted to either Our Treasurer : Julian Pritchard c/o The Lakeside Centre,180 Lifford Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 3NU or a member of our committee. Can we thank you in advance for …
Carols at Kings Norton Cemetery
A Carol Service will be held at Kings Norton Cemetery on Saturday 14th December at 2pm, Rev John White and Pastor Brooks are officiating at the service which will be held outside the office, the event is being sponsored by Goodridge Milford Funeral Directors and following the service there will be refreshments available. Bereavements Department …
Last litter pick of 2013!
Just a reminder to all those who support us and a appeal to anyone new who feels they can spare a couple of hours to help keep this cemetery litter free. Meet at the Lodge on the main drive at 10am this Sunday, 1st December. Please wear suitable stout footwear, outer clothing and gloves but …
Great Collage Competition entries!
Following on from our really successful visit to the Cemetery with pupils from Woodthorpe Primary School we set them a challenge. They had collected lots of leaves and natural items and the challenge was to create an interesting collage with them, in their own time. We are pleased to say that we had 5 excellent …
Litter pickers at the ready!
Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery worked with pupils from Woodthorpe Primary School to discuss what can be done to reduce litter locally. This was followed up by a litter pick in their school grounds and then in nearby Brandwood End Cemetery. The pupils followed their litter hunt with some time spent collecting leaves, cones and …