Charities

A New Year, A New Look

by Evelyn Jeffries, Tamworth & Lichfield RNLI Branch Tamworth & Lichfield RNLI Fundraising Branch has announced a refreshed committee and new evening meeting schedule following a highly successful 2025 fundraising year. Throughout 2025, volunteers represented the RNLI at major local events including Lichfield Bower Festival, Fuse Festival, Statfold Railway, Alrewas Show, Huddlesford Heritage Gathering and Chasewater Railway Charity Day, with additional street and supermarket

Empowering Carers

Unpaid caregivers from across the region came together on Thursday 27 November at The Cathedral Hotel in Lichfield for Grace Cares’ latest Care Club: Support Session for Unpaid Caregivers. The event offered a warm, supportive environment for those caring for loved ones with mobility or physical needs, blending practical training with community connection. The manual handling training led by Rohan Fox, NHS Physiotherapist with the CIS Team, offered a hands-on session focused o

Care Club

Grace Cares is inviting unpaid caregivers to two upcoming Care Club sessions designed to offer practical help, connection, and expert guidance: Face-to-face Care Club: Moving & handling made safer, practical tips with an NHS physiotherapist from 10am -12pm on Thursday 27 th November 2025 (venue shared on registration). Online Care Club: Caring for someone with dementia offering advice and Q&A with Wonda, Admiral Nurse (Dementia UK) on Friday 5 th December 2025, from 10:30