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Birmingham unites cities to tackle social exclusion

[field name=iframe] Click on the audio file above for Cllr John Cotton’s comments on the Birmingham Declaration on Social Inclusion. Cities, towns and boroughs across the country have united to tackle issues of social inequality in a new national network set up by the Leader of Birmingham City Council and the Bishop of Birmingham. To […]

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Summit explores why the gap between rich and poor matters

One of the country's leading “fairness gurus” will be speaking at a summit on social inclusion in Birmingham on Wednesday 10th July 2013. Professor Richard Wilkinson is co-author of “The Spirit Level - why more equal societies almost always do better” and a founder of The Equality Trust (www.equalitytrust.org.uk) which works to reduce income inequality […]

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Making Birmingham a more inclusive city

The Bishop of Birmingham will be leading a major meeting on Tuesday March 26 to look at how disadvantaged families in the city can be better supported and how services can be developed to reduce loneliness and isolation, particularly among older people. Over 160 delegates from the public, voluntary, community, faith and private sectors are […]

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Bishops visit Nativity in Birmingham

WHAT: Right Rev. David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham and the Most Rev. Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham visit the Nativity scene at the Frankfurt Market visiting the Nativity scene in Frankfurt Market - a gesture of goodwill from the City of Frankfurt. WHERE: Frankfurt Market, Victoria Square, Birmingham city centre (Near carousel) WHEN: Tuesday 29 November TIME:  3pm  (2pm […]

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Media Invite: Faith Map Launch

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Members of the media are invited to the launch of Birmingham's Faith Map, which will for the first time provide residents and visitors with the locations of more than 650 places of worship across the city. Cllr Alan Rudge, Cabinet Member for Equalities and Human Resources, will launch the online map and the Rt. Revd. […]

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