Baldwins confirms its commitment to Harry Moseley charity

MIDLANDS accountancy firm Baldwins has named Help Harry Help Others as its first official charity.

The Birmingham-based charity was set-up to carry on the good work of local schoolboy Harry Moseley who raised many thousands of pounds to help fight cancer while battling an inoperable brain tumour.

His mum Georgie, who is founder and chairman of Help Harry Help Others, is among those continuing her son’s inspiring work and its partnership with Baldwins will see her presented with the profits from the firm’s gala dinner to announce the inaugural winner of its Kick Start 2013 young entrepreneurs initiative.

Georgie said the ethos of the Baldwins Kick Start programme fitted in perfectly with the ambitions of Help Harry Help Others – to provide encouragement and support to young people.

“One of the great factors about the Kick Start competition is that it is about inspiring young people to be entrepreneurs,” she said.

“Harry was a little entrepreneur – he wasn’t doing his fundraising for himself, it was for selfless reasons. He inspired others to follow their dreams.

David Baldwin, a partner at Baldwins accountants, said: “The work of everyone involved with Help Harry Help Others is amazing and it fits in really well with everything that Kick Start wants to achieve with young entrepreneurs.”

BHSF in foodbank aid for needy

BHSF, the Birmingham-based healthcare insurance and employee benefits provider, has added to its aid for the increasing number of local people in need by continuing to run an appeal to collect items for the local foodbank.

As part of its corporate responsibility initiative, the company has been collecting food to donate to St John’s and St Peter’s Church, opposite BHSF’s head office in Ladywood.

The church is a partner in the Birmingham Central Foodbank and actively supports it by running appeals, collecting donated items and providing volunteers as part of the team who operate the foodbank.

The food from BHSF is either donated by staff or bought by them on behalf of the company to provide emergency support to people across the Ladywood and Soho wards, two of the poorest per capita in the country.

David Hollowell, who runs the internal appeal at BHSF, said: “Every day people in our local area have to go hungry for a variety of reasons.

“As BHSF operates in Ladywood, the base for Birmingham Central Foodbank, we think it appropriate to do what we can to donate to this very worthy cause and help our neighbours who are in need.”

PPDG scheme boost for Queen Elizabeth Hospital

WHEN Angela Bayley’s mother developed heart problems, she described the care given by the medical team at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital as exceptional and exceeding all her expectations.

So she nominated the hospital to receive a donation from the payroll-giving scheme of Birmingham based employment and training firm Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG) where Angela is an employment coach.

“You can’t predict what will happen in life and sometimes tough challenges test our resolve,” she said.

“The dedication and care mom continues to receive has helped us immensely and I wanted to find a way of repaying their kindness.

“The unit needs a new portable ultrasound machine which can help in the assessment of heart tissue and ultimately could provide an increase in the number of hearts available for donation.

“Our £200 donation will help boost the hospital charity’s fund raising towards the target.”