Date created: 05 December 2008 Kids Adventure runs three holidays for children from disadvantaged and underprivileged backgrounds from the ages of 7 to 11. These are non-residential for the children, and run at Easter and in the summer holidays. The children are from low-income families, often situated in areas of severe urban deprivation and do not have access to play... more

Date created: 04 December 2008 Every year the University of Birmingham's guild has funded and organised a ball for all the volunteers at the University. It is always a successful event and was seen as a real reward to the people who give up their free time for other. However, the Guild and the new exec has decided that to save money and the staffs time they will no longer be... more

Date created: 03 September 2008 A source of social breakdown is a lack of interaction between families and different generations. We want year 9 children to understand the value of family companionship and the importance of communication by cooking a meal for their family. The idea would be for the children to plan and prepare a meal to be eaten in an environment where family... more

Date created: 13 May 2008 Junction49 at Birmingham wanted to help the local community and get students involved in one-off volunteering without any strings attached so they could get a flavour of what volunteering is actually like! So we went to Broadmeadow Junior School in Kings Norton which had sent the University an email asking for help. Broadmeadow has a garden... more

Date created: 22 April 2008 University of Birmingham Medical School posses over 4,000 historic medical instruments that are currently in storage. This is a shame, firstly, because they were donated by many different private individuals in the hope that they would be exhibited, but more importantly, because these instruments are potentially of great educational and general... more

Date created: 21 February 2008 We plan to as a society raise awareness, among the Birmingham student community, about Arab culture. We realise that people may have the wrong idea quite often about what arab culture involves and we are passionate about improving this view. We plan to set up an Arab week. At least one day would be dedicated to setting up stalls dedicated to... more

Date created: 21 February 2008 I would like to put on a community Action day hopefully on the 15th March. I would like to get students under taking the following projects: 1) Cleaning up a church yard There’s is a church yard in Birmingham that has been vandalised and just left to over grow. I feel this is a real shame and feel that it needs to be cleaned up. 2)... more

Date created: 19 February 2008 I am interested in offering ongoing support to women and children seeking asylum in birmingham My interest is African but not tied to that idea am flexible. Do you know any projects i could research to find what they most need to develop their own services as its is more liberating to achieve for their selves and mold to their own specific... more

Date created: 07 February 2008 We want to raise money for the Emunah Trust which helps raise money for deprived children in Israel. To do this we will be putting on a fundraising car wash more

Date created: 23 January 2008 We are looking to emulate the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the campus of Birmingham University itself - with a dynamic and exciting 2 day/ 2 night event taking place in and around the guild on the 11th and 12th of March, 2008 (mostly based in the Underground, but the possibility of a marquee and outside performances and stalls in... more