Nurture News

A Wolverhampton bar and grill says there’s naan better as it unveils its Mother’s Day celebratory treats – to help special mums tikka break. New city-themed cocktails are all set to make their debut on Sunday, March 27, at the Canalside Bar and Grill. They include the Wightwick Wallbanger, Castlecroft Collins, Wolverhampton Woo Woo, Comptonpolitan, Monmore Green Mule and Tettenhall Iced Tea. Also appearing on the Mother’s Day menu is old favourite chicken tikka ma-sala, with renamed, Nan bread. Other dishes include: Poppa-mums Mini mum-osas Ma-dras Kor-ma Ma-khani A ten per cent share of each dish sold will be split […]

An international collaboration of experts on LinkedIn has raised more than £40,000 for a charity supporting Ukrainian refugees crossing the Moldovan border.   Dubbed ‘LinkedIn Live Aid’ by a supporter, the cash was raised in just seven days by six international high-profile LinkedIn influencers who led a webinar for up to 1,000 people and encouraged attendees to continue to donate.  Now they’re urging their combined 300,000 followers to carry on supporting the charity Hope4 which is on the ground in Moldova, supplying food, heating, vital equipment and more to families fleeing Ukraine.  Moldova is facing a refugee crisis and needs urgent financial

A fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees launched on LinkedIn has raised more than £20,000 and helped hundreds of stricken families in four days. The international bid to raise cash for Hope4, is helping families fleeing across the Moldova border in the south of Ukraine at various sites, including near to the Black Sea port of Odessa. It’s the brainchild of LinkedIn expert Lea Turner and involves a collaboration of fellow LinkedIn influencers from around the globe. Lea has enlisted the help of UK-based John Espirian, Ariel Lee and Andy Foote in the US, Netherlands-based Richard van der Blom, and Michelle J Raymond

A Staffordshire charity is inviting people to travel round the world in 18 days to raise funds for a groundbreaking cancer treatment. The Stan Bowley Trust, based in Lichfield, wants supporters to travel 27,588 miles by any human-powered means possible. Teams, clubs and individuals are invited to sign up for the Best Foot Forward event, the second organised by the trust. Organiser Stuart Bravington said: “Last year the charity set out to travel the distance Washington DC and back. Due to the huge success of the event, we are now aiming to travel the distance of around the world in

Ukraine will be high on the agenda for an event in Cannock which aims to help people find ways to tackle global humanitarian issues on a local level. Cannock Chase Cares is organising the event, which will be held at Cannock Library on Saturday, March 12. Speakers have been lined up to talk about various issues, including what can be done to help the people of Ukraine. Organiser Emily Aitchison said: “We are pushing for the UK to accept Ukrainian refugees and we will be discussing ways that we can make this happen, among other things. “We want ordinary people

A business network that has pumped millions of pounds into the West Midlands economy since new owners took over is set for further expansion. Pete and Penny Higgs have just taken over the Business Network International  franchise for Worcestershire and Warwickshire, after taking on Birmingham and Coventry in 2013, followed by the Black Country region in 2017. In the 12 years before they bought it, their Birmingham and Coventry members shared over £31 million in business, but since the purchase this has risen to £170 million. The Black Country passed £12 million worth of business in the 16 years before

The founder of a Birmingham based charity, that helps children fleeing domestic violence has been formally presented with her OBE by the Princess Royal. Karen Williams, founder of the Buddy Bag Foundation, was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list in 2021 for services to the victims of domestic violence. Karen said: “On receiving the news that I was to be awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list I was both shocked and surprised, then as it sunk in honoured and extremely grateful. “I will be forever indebted to my parents who taught me that

A West Midlands woman has her sights set on becoming the next female motorsport star after storming through to the finals of an international competition. Despite having no prior experience as a driver, Beki Apparicio’s natural talent saw her selected as one of around 70 finalists, whittled down from 800 applicants from 28 countries, in the Formula Woman contest. Beki is a dog groomer by trade, running her own business in Solihull, but she has a passion for motorsport, inspired when she got together with her partner Joe Walsh seven years ago. Beki, 26, and 31-year-old carpenter Joe love watching

Hundreds of thousands of UK residents could face soaring energy bills due to a loophole that means they are not protected by a price cap. A national energy consultancy has now launched a campaign to close the loophole, which it says could affect up to around half a million customers. People living in apartment blocks where the owner has chosen a communal heating system are not covered by the price cap. This is because the energy supply is classified by suppliers as ‘commercial’ rather than ‘domestic’. While wholesale prices continue to climb steeply, the UK’s price cap on energy bills

An artist who donated £5,000 to food charity FareShare after publishing two acclaimed graphic diaries chronicling the Covid pandemic, has handed over an early Christmas gift of another £2,500. Inspired by Marcus Rashford, Vic Lee has pledged to give £10,000 in total to the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and food waste,  from sales of his books – the Corona Diaries. His latest donation was made on top of £5,000 he donated last year, raised through sales of his books, which were compared to the work of Samuel Pepys. “This is my own money, not money raised but my way