One of the projects we support here at the Priory Rooms is Northfield’s Ecocentre which offers ideas and advice on greener living in order to live better and protect the environment.

In November the Northfield Ecocentre launched their Northfield’s Orchards project, aiming to plant 1400 fruit and nut trees in the Northfield Constituency over two years.

So far they have planted trees at the Black Horse Pub, Aliens Cross Community Centre, St Bartholomew’s Church (Aliens Cross), Turves Green Boys School, St Laurence School and Crofton Park. These will mature in two to three years and produce fruit.

Where next? In March and April they will be planting 156 more trees (Broadleaf Whips) In Kings Norton Nature Reserve and also at Northfield Ecocentre itself.

How can you help? Northfield Ecocentre is looking for people to sponsor a tree, provide a location or volunteer to help plant the trees. If you are interested, Please get in touch by calling 0121 448 0119

For more info about the Northfield’s Orchards Project visit www.northfieldecocentre.org/tree-planting

Pies, Pies and More Pies….

We’re celebrating British Pie Week from the 5th – 11th March with a selection of fantastic pies within all our lunch menus.

We have a selection of fabulous pies all week including, Indian Potato Pie, Chicken Pot Pie & Smoked Haddock Pie. If you have more of a sweet tooth we haven’t forgotten to include mouth watering dessert pies, such as Lemon Meringue Pie and Coffee & Almond Pie.

For your share of the pie contact us for any last minute bookings and we’d be delighted to fit you in.

More information on British Pie Week can be found at www.britishpieweek.co.uk or at #britishpieweek on Twitter.

Together we have helped people to enjoy better health and to flush away poverty and disease.

Think Venue Think Third Sector is an organisation providing free venue finding for those looking for venues which are provided by charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and other not for profit organisations.

Whilst on the board, Andrew will be helping to increase awareness of third sector organisations as providers of conference and meeting space and raising the profile of Third Sector conference venues as a competitor to private sector venues.”

For every £60 we receive from kind donations, we fund a twin a toilet in Burundi (Eastern Africa). We even receive a certificate, so not only do they have something to smile about, so do we!

Let us together flush away poverty!