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. We will be meeting at the Lodge on the main drive at 10am on Saturday March 1st. Suitable stout footwear, outer clothing and gloves …
A date for your diary! Tuesday March 18th.
Many of the regular visitors to Brandwood End Cemetery are aware of the large number of Military Graves that lie within (Over 350). Following Remembrance Sunday each year these graves are even more identifiable as the Friends place ‘Poppy Crosses’ on every grave. Most of these graves are scattered throughout the cemetery but what most …
Birmingham Mail reveal funding share to ‘Wish campaign’ members.
Birmingham Mail have today announced the portion of the £25,000 fund that has been allocated to each of the selected groups. Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery received over 4500 tokens, collected by their supporters and we have been awarded just over £103.00 Thanks again to all our supporters who collected the vouchers and sent them …
Our snowdrops are cheering everyone up again.
It’s such a lovely sight….the first snowdrops in the cemetery. Here they are again this year, making all the effort of planting them worth while. I hope those squirrels still have stomach ache from eating all of our several hundred crocus bulbs!
Ivor Davies
FBEC are sad to hear of the death of Ivor Davies, who has been a member of FBEC since its inception. Ivor’s wife, Joan, died in 2008. She was Vice Chairman of the Birmingham & District Local History Association and both Joan and Ivor were very supportive Friends. Sympathy is extended to their family.
Make a Wish Campaign
Final count for tokens in the Birmingham Mail Make a Wish Campaign was 4548! Thank you to everyone who collected tokens and sent them in. All we need now is to be awarded a slice of the fund by the Birmingham Mail. Fingers crossed!
Veolia to the rescue
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.