BMW engine plant bakes up funds for Whizz-Kidz

STAR bakers’ show stoppers helped put local disabled children in the driving seat at BMW.

The workforce at the car manufacturer’s Hams Hall engine manufacturing plant, in Coleshill have proven their talents extend beyond engine building.

More than 20 budding bakers took part in a charity ‘BMW’ Bake Off, selling off their creations to colleagues to raise funds for the company’s house charity, Whizz-Kidz.

Kate Bird, communications manager at the plant, said: “With the nation gripped by the recent final of The Great British Bake Off, we thought we would hold our own competition and raise money for a good cause at the same time.

“We even had Mr Hollywood to judge!”

Dave Hollywood, judge of the ‘BMW’ Bake off and a mechanical and systems planner at the BMW site said: “In true BMW style there was an uncompromising focus on premium. There was not a soggy bottom or wobble in sight, and among the bake off entries there were some evolutionary designs with great dynamic stability control.”

The BMW Bake off successfully raised funds for the charity Whizz-Kidz taking the overall total raised across BMW Group’s UK locations to more than £120,000.

Politican opens charity networking event in Birmingham

SOON to be life peer Lorely Burt was the lead speaker at a charity networking event as a community interest company continued to gain momentum in Birmingham.
 
PULSE Birmingham, DBS Heart’s flagship networking series in the second city, hosted professionals from across the city at Hotel du Vin, as the community interest company was joined by the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity in a bid to raise awareness with businesses in the city.
 
The event series launched in September and has gained in popularity and momentum with the concept of raising awareness for a different local charity every month going down well with professionals from across the city.
 
Lorely Burt – the former MP for Solihull – met with DBS Law chairman Davy Bal to discuss a range of business concerns as well as DBS Heart’s community efforts in Birmingham and across the region.
 
Bal said: “I am delighted to have been able to congratulate Lorely and discuss ways in which we can develop the links between the local community and local businesses through DBS Heart.”

Tour de Law 2015 – results are in

THE annual Tour de Law, the UK’s biggest legal charity cycling event, has finished with its closest ever result and more cyclists than ever before.

Leamington-based Wright Hassall came fourth, beating off competition from some of the largest law firms in the UK and cycled 1,403.79km over two days.

Tour de Law is the annual inter-law firm cycling race that raises money for Breast Cancer Care and by the end of the race, the event had already raised more than £47,000 across the UK with more than double that expected to be raised in total.

Now in its fourth year, the event brings together the UK’s top law firms to race against each other over 1,000km, virtually cycling the distance of London to Paris and back again on Wattbikes.

All funds raised from Tour de Law go towards Breast Cancer Care, the UK’s only nationwide breast cancer support charity, to help them be there for people who are diagnosed, every day, from day one.

Nick Abell, senior partner at Wright Hassall, said: “Tour de Law is a fantastic event which we were delighted to be involved in.

“Our team put some really good shifts in and to finish fourth was a great effort!”

Kerwoods’ coffee and cake helps Macmillan Cancer Support

KERWOODS has donated £377.58 to Macmillan Cancer Support.

The money was raised at the Redditch law firm’s recent Coffee and Cake Morning.

Staff baked cakes, quiches, made jam, and poured teas and coffees, producing £188.79p for the charity, a sum the firm is matching.

Ashley Gurr, partner, said: “This is an annual event that has been going for a few years and special thanks to all the organisers and those helping ‘push sales’ on the day.

“The food was delicious and our clients seemed to really enjoy it. It was a great event.”

Macmillan Cancer Support helps cancer sufferers and their families, funding nurses, other specialist health care professionals| and care centres.