Homelessness
Birmingham cafe offers free coffee to homeless in freezing weather
A Birmingham cafe is offering homeless people a free coffee in a bid to spread some warmth in current freezing temperatures. Following the extremely cold weather in the city – where temperatures are dropping to minus 5 degrees during the day – Yorks Bakery Cafe have begun offering customers a free coffee, for them to…
Apprentice winner spends Christmas Day with homeless in Brum
While many were spending Christmas morning with their families, The Apprentice winner James White decided to spend his with the vulnerable and needy at a Birmingham shelter. The 26-year-old entrepreneur paid a visit to the Birmingham Homeless Outreach (BHO) charity in Digbeth, to help prepare and serve Christmas brunch and hand our presents.
VIDEO: Birmingham comes together to help the homeless and needy
This Christmas Day, we pay tribute to the hundreds of people and countless organisations who give up their time to help the less fortunate, homeless and needy across Birmingham; not only during the festive period but throughout the year. We also remember the vulnerable who have tragically lost their lives on the streets, may they…
VIDEO: British mosque opens its doors to homeless for Christmas
The Birmingham Central Mosque has opened its doors to the homeless, isolated, vulnerable and needy in the city; providing free hot food and drink, as well as hampers and essential items, to all who need assistance over 10 days including Christmas Day. The soup kitchen and food bank is open daily between Saturday 23rd December…
Birmingham mosque opens Christmas soup kitchen for homeless
A city mosque has opened a soup kitchen to feed the homeless and needy over the festive period. The Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate has set up a marquee alongside its active food bank to ensure no-one goes hungry this Christmas.
How you can help the homeless in Birmingham this Christmas
Christmas certainly is a time of goodwill, with the number of people wanting to help their vulnerable friends and neighbours increasing over the festive season. With such a strong focus on commercial commodities over the holidays, many wish to offset their karmic footprint by spreading some of their food, gifts and financial indulgence to those…
VIDEO: Birmingham pub offers free meals to homeless on Christmas Eve
The Old Crown pub in Birmingham is to offer free meals to the homeless and vulnerable on Christmas Eve. Matt Deakins, Duty Manager at the city’s oldest public house, discusses why the venue will be providing free meals, free food bags and gifts to the needy over the Christmas weekend, to spread some festive cheer.
Why were people dancing the Macarena in Birmingham’s ‘Pigeon Park’?
Brummies congregated outside Birmingham Cathedral this evening to take part in a mass dance-along, in a bid to spread festive cheer and raise money for charity. Joining in from all over the city, people of all ages and backgrounds came together to share their love of the popular ‘Macarena’ dance routine and hit 90s chart hit.
Andy Street takes on homelessness during first day as Mayor
Andy Street, the newly elected Mayor of the West Midlands, has kicked off his term in office with a commitment to tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in the region. On his first official day since being elected as the Mayor on Friday, Andy dropped in on charity St Basils in Digbeth, which works with vulnerable young…
Birmingham teacher to sleep out on city streets for charity
A secondary school teacher and aspiring model from Sutton Coldfield will be sleeping rough on the streets of Birmingham this week, to raise money for a charity helping children across the world. 24-year-old Andrew Stelly – who is Head of Year at a school in Tile Cross – will be spending a night with homeless individuals in Birmingham…