The Helping Hands Society are a group which aims to work within the community to help improve the lives of others. We undertake fundraising activities, volunteering with partner community groups and aim to generally work to make Birmingham and the local area a great place to live and work.
Since being founded in October 2018, we have already done lots of events including:
We are always looking for more initiatives to get involved in so if you have any ideas, let us know! We are hoping to organise an art exhibition with Cerebral Palsy Midlands (CPM) soon so get in touch if you want to get involved.
Join our society for just £2 - which goes towards society running costs. Visit our Facebook page for more information or contact the committee: www.facebook.com/newmanuniversity111/
Chair: Emily Ashmore (ashm402@newman.ac.uk)
Vice-Chair: Hollie O'Loughlin (olou402@newman.ac.uk)
Treasurer: Richie Fisher (fish407@newman.ac.uk)
Social Sec: Carly Wright (wrig418@newman.ac.uk)
Since being founded in October 2018, we have already done lots of events including:
- Family Christmas movie day (1st Dec)
- Nursery outreach day
- Children in Need Fundraiser
- Geoff Horsfield 'Big Sleepout' at BCFC (15th Dec)
- Raised over £400 for the homeless
- Worked with homeless groups to distribute food, clothes etc on multiple occasions
- Mental Health Awareness event with Midland Heart
We are always looking for more initiatives to get involved in so if you have any ideas, let us know! We are hoping to organise an art exhibition with Cerebral Palsy Midlands (CPM) soon so get in touch if you want to get involved.
Join our society for just £2 - which goes towards society running costs. Visit our Facebook page for more information or contact the committee: www.facebook.com/newmanuniversity111/
Chair: Emily Ashmore (ashm402@newman.ac.uk)
Vice-Chair: Hollie O'Loughlin (olou402@newman.ac.uk)
Treasurer: Richie Fisher (fish407@newman.ac.uk)
Social Sec: Carly Wright (wrig418@newman.ac.uk)
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Above: Photos of Helping Hands volunteers (left) and some of the families (right) at the Christmas Family Movie Day showing of 'Elf' on December 1st 2018. This was our first event and we had around 100 attendees!
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Left: A collage of some of the photos from the Geoff Horsfield 'Big Sleepout', which 4 Helping Hands members participated in.
Above: One evening out feeding the homeless in Birmingham |
