November 2009
Chaplains Commissioning Service
Our annual chaplains commissioning service was very well attended at Solihull Methodist Church. We were joined by the Mayor and Mayoress of Solihull, Councillor and Mrs Davies, the Bishop of Birmingham and the Chief Fire Officer Vij Randeniya for the West Midlands. The service was attended by over 60 people and 9 new chaplains were commissioned.
July – August 2009
Westhill Endowment Trust has a programme of ‘Gifts in kind’- a number of art exhibitions for loan to interested organisations. These are often church or community organisations but from July 9th to August 6th the pictures from the ‘Meaningful Textiles’ exhibition will be displayed in key staff areas at Birmingham airport. An airport can be a stressful place so the theme of the exhibition is ‘Seeking Peace’ – using pictures of the natural environment and also works from the ‘Peace and Reconciliation’ collection.
Apart from the ‘bite size’ exhibitions in key areas there will be two coffee mornings during the event, to hear how staff have reacted to having the pictures around. In explaining the project and sending out material, most people’ reaction has been very positive – ‘It’ll be good to have something beautiful around’, ‘It’ll brighten the place up’, ‘I like that picture’.
Whether it provokes anything deeper, we wait to see. Or, is that deep enough?
AGM June 2009
Our Annual General Meeting took place on 11th June 2009 in the Banqueting Suite of the Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham.
The Lord Mayor Councillor Michael Wilkins (our Patron) attended.
The public presentation entitled ‘Corporate Social Responsibility – a luxury we can no longer afford?’ followed with our guest speakers Mrs Carole Parkes, Lecturer and Head of Department at Aston University and a member of the United Forum for Responsible Management Education and Dave Pinwell, CEO of Sustain.
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February 2009
Day conference ‘Good News in the Economic Gloom’
Presentation from Day Conference 26.02.09
AGM June 2008
‘Can climate change save the West Midlands economy?’ with Dr. Simon Slater, Head of Sustainable Development, Advantage West Midlands and Professor Peter Braithwaite, Director of Sustainable Solutions, Arup.
Please find below the powerpoint presentation and newspaper report on the event from the Birmingham Post.
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Birmingham Post 13.6.08
AGM 2007
In response to the bicentennial celeberations of the abolition of the Slave Trade, CIGB responded by organising a public presentation entitled:
‘Has slavery been abolished? Combating contemporary slavery’ with guest speaker Christien van den Anker an acknowledged expert in Trafficking and Women’s Rights: Beyond the Sex Industry to ‘Other Industries. Please find a powerpoint of Christien’s presentation below.
Presentation
Newsletter Autumn 2007
December 2006
‘Business meets the Bishop’
In partnership with the Birmingham Centre for Business Ethics, CIGB organised ‘Business meets the bishop’ on December 6th 2006 to brief the Right Revd. David Urquhart, the new Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, on issues in the area’s economic life.
Among key points made was the need for an inclusive economy which prevents polarisation and the need for employers to realise employees aspirations, not just in monetary terms, but in terms of their values and responsibility.The event was attended by key people from business and public sectors in the Birmingham/ Solihull area and sponsored by Wragge and Co & HSBC.
