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Counsellor and children’s mentor Charlotte Goodwin has been unanimously appointed to the Trust of the Eve Brook Scholarship Fund. Charlotte is a MBACP Counsellor and Looked After Children’s mentor. From 2000 Charlotte ran education programmes and workshops for theatre companies (including Birmingham’s Stan’s Café, Midlands Arts Centre and Language Alive), as well as writing…
MoreFollowing our curry night in April, EBSF will be holding its regular rock and jazz night at the Highbury Pub on 16 October, featuring as ever, Canoe and the Danny Kruger Experience, and raising money through bucket-shaking. Last year’s equivalent raised £830. Our annual quiz night will be held at the Moseley All Services…
MoreOur annual curry night was held at the Spice Merchant, Poplar Road, Kings Heath on 20 April. As usual, earnings from the meal were supplemented by a raffle. Eve Brook’s son Sean Penney was among the attenders. The event raised £1,062.
MoreOne of EBSF’s most stalwart supporters, former Patron Judge Donald Hamilton, died peacefully on Easter Monday. Judge Hamilton was Principal Adoption Judge in Birmingham and his experience and wisdom were very important to EBSF during his years as a Patron of the Fund. He was a regular attender at celebrations of EBSF graduates. As EBSF…
MoreFollowing the EBSF’s decision last summer to give a £250 award and certificate to all Birmingham care-leavers who gain undergraduate degrees, all 18 awards have now been made. In a bumper year for achievement, four of the graduates achieved first class honours and a further five 2:1s. This new scheme follows a consultation…
MoreEBSF Trustee and former Director of Operations at Birmingham Children’s Trust, Alastair Gibbons, has moved to Bournemouth and retired from the EBSF Trust. Qualifying as a social worker in Birmingham in 1982, Alastair was involved in adult and children’s social care in Haringey, Milton Keynes and Essex before becoming Executive Director of Children’s Services…
MoreOur annual Christmas quiz was held at the Moseley All Services Club on 5 December and raised £1,849, with actor David Edgar (no relation) fulfilling his usual role as question-master. In addition to entry payments for the teams, there was also a raffle (with generous donations of ticket vouchers from the Birmingham Rep and the…
MoreMadonna Jonhera BSc MSc has been awarded the second John Rouse award by the Eve Brook Scholarship Fund. This award was founded in memory of our Treasurer John Rouse, who died in 2022, and supports EBSF beneficiaries in their careers after graduating. During Madonna’s undergraduate course in Medical Physiology at Leicester, the Fund financed her…
MoreWatch out for the following Eve Brook events in 2025: Curry Night – Monday 28th April – Kababish, Woodbridge Rd, Moseley Jazz Night – Friday 17th October, The Highbury, Dads Lane Quiz Night – Friday 5th December, All Services Club, Church Rd, Moseley
MoreOur annual Christmas quiz is being held at the Moseley All-Services Club on Friday evening, 5th December. As usual, the fee for a team of six is £36. In addition to the quiz, the evening boasts snacks, a raffle and a pay bar. As ever, an excellent time is promised for all. Details on how to book…
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