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Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market is once again looking to recruit more than 200 people to support its stalls when it returns to the city centre on 3 November. Organisers of the event are looking to recruit more than 200 staff and also audition musicians for this year’s festive market.
With preparations well underway to welcome the Commonwealth Games to the city this summer (in just over 110 days), Selfridges is inviting Brummies to hand-make gifts for the 4600 athletes competing in the Birmingham 2022 games. Together with the charity Craftspace, the department store is this weekend hosting special workshops where visitors can turn a simple blank gift template into…
The festive season is one of the most generous times of the year, but the British Hearth Foundation (BHF) charity is appealing to Brummies left disappointed by Santa’s offerings to donate unwanted gifts to them, to help beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases. While it’s the thought that counts, it wouldn’t be Christmas…
Aston Villa FC players, including Captain John Terry, stopped by Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn’s Children’s Hospice yesterday to help spread festive cheer with young people, staff and families. Wearing seasonal Santa hats, the players met with young patients, took photos and distributed gifts at both charities, ahead of Christmas celebrations next week.