site_authorenquiries@theprioryrooms.co.uk The Priory Rooms news 2012-03-29T15:53:00Q http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/feed/atom The Priory Rooms news feed running on finetune cms site_dscpn Northfield Ecocentre http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/17 2012-03-29T15:53:00Q Orchard-1.png

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

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British Pie Week! http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/16 2012-03-02T12:52:00Q a_pie1.jpg

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.

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Toilet Twinning http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/14 2011-12-22T08:49:00Q We are proud to say that we have successfully twinned all of our toilets here at The Priory Rooms. By joining Cord, we have helped raise funds to provide toilets to help improve sanitation and disease issues in poverty stricken countries such as Burundi in Africa.

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

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Macmillan Coffee Morning a huge success http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/13 2011-10-05T10:00:00Q A big THANK YOU to everyone that helped make our Macmillan Coffee Morning on the 30th September a huge success. This was our most successful ever and we raised a total of £91.51 for cancer research.

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Manager Appointed as Director on Think Venue Think Third Sector Board. http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/11 2011-06-27T09:43:00Q “We are delighted that our conference centre manager, Andrew Callan, has recently been appointed as a director on the Think Venue Think Third Sector board.

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.”

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New Equipment http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/9 2011-03-02T15:01:00Q We have invested more than £12,000 in new equipment for our conference rooms including 6 high definition data projectors, screens, a paging system and a mobile phone booster.

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Toilet Twinning a new idea from the charity CORD http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/7 2011-02-01T09:45:00Q Toilet Twinning is a new and unique idea from the charity CORD. It helps people from poorer parts of the world to combat sanitation issues.

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!

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Work-Life Balance Awards http://www.theprioryrooms.co.uk/news/permalink/5 2010-09-16T15:32:00Q We are very proud to announce that The Priory Rooms was a finalist in the "Birmingham Best Business Awards for the Development of Work-Life Balance"

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