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Leading Midlands-based charity Get A-Head has joined an influential coalition of organisations working to improve the lives of people with head and neck cancers. Danni Heath, director of the Get A-Head Charitable Trust, has joined the Head and Neck Cancer UK...
A turkey farmer from the Midlands has helped raise more than £150,000 for charity after rowing 3,200 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Rod Adlington and his Brightsides crew completed the epic trans-Atlantic crossing in aid of the Get A-Head Charitable...
Unsung heroes from across Shropshire have been honoured by the county’s outgoing High Sheriff. Volunteers from across Shropshire have received community awards to mark their outstanding service to the county from High Sheriff Mandy Thorn MBE DL. Mandy – whose...
Wolverhampton-based Christopher Bate, Sharaz Khan and Elisabeth Glover have become partners alongside Claire Bentick from the Redditch office, while Megan Price from the Shrewsbury office and Rajpreet Sangha in Wolverhampton have been promoted to associate. FBC Manby Bowdler’s managing partner...
A Shropshire solicitor is celebrating a significant promotion at one of the Midlands’ leading law firms. Megan Price, who works in the agriculture team at FBC Manby Bowdler’s Shrewsbury office, has become an associate in the firm. Megan, who also...
Older people are reaping the benefits a year after Shropshire’s leading care provider backed a campaign to improve the lives of LGBQT+ people in the county. Coverage Care Services, which runs 11 care homes across Shropshire, signed the SAND covenant...
Residential childcare specialist Pebbles has revealed its acquisition of BDT Care Solutions, which operates four homes for children and young people in South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway. The deal sees Pebbles, which is one of the UK’s leading providers of...
Some of Shropshire’s most inspirational young people have been honoured at the 2024 High Sheriff of Shropshire’s Outstanding Young Citizen Awards. The annual event, hosted this year at Shrewsbury College, paid tribute to more than 50 youngsters who have gone...
A turkey farmer from the Midlands has led his team to complete an epic 3,200-mile row across the Atlantic to raise money for Get A-Head and Meningitis Now. The Brightsides crew completed the unassisted crossing from The Canary Islands to...
A lifesaving charity which runs shops in Shropshire and has helped communities across the county has celebrated its tenth birthday by being presented with the King’s Award for Voluntary Service. AEDdonate – which provides vital defibrillators to communities throughout the...