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Redditch’s Active Kitchen project has secured further funding from local children’s charity the Oakland Foundation which will help to ensure their children’s activity programme will go ahead during the summer holidays.

Eight students from Ipsley CE Academy in Redditch are celebrating their success after completing the Oakland Programme, a structured course designed to provide young people with valuable workplace experience.

Students from Ispley CE Academy in Redditch and Aston Fields Middle School in Bromsgrove have received financial sponsorship from children’s charity the Oakland Foundation which has enabled them to take part in a 10-week course at the Bonterre Project, based at Top Barn Farm in Holt Heath, throughout the summer term.

‘GlastonBeoley’ the first ever music festival of its kind to be held in the Midlands attracted around 12,000 people and raised a staggering £10,000 for charity. Event Organiser Debbie Joynes said: “Our GlastonBeoley committee have been overwhelmed with the love support and generosity shown to our event – so much so that we have decided to do it all again next year!

Brexit advisor and registered EU trade expert, Robert Hardy will address the 2018 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Liverpool, 11th and 13th June. The world’s biggest business festival, the World Forum for FDI will attract over 500 delegates from corporates to government officials and explore the latest in solutions, innovation, and best practices, with topics ranging from Rise of the Robots, Workforce Development & Talent Acquisition, The New Global Disorder, The Investor Perspective and Cybersecurity.

The first ever charity music festival of its kind, ‘GlastonBeoley’ is only weeks away and will be an amazing community and family event in the village of Beoley, Worcestershire on Saturday 9th June 2018.

Supply chain and distribution specialist Oakland International are ‘delighted’ that its gender pay gap review found no disparity between the rates of pay between men and woman across its business operation.

The next event in a series of dedicated Brexit Seminars is only weeks away and will be held once again at The Crowne Plaza, NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 27th June 2018.

Robert Hardy of Oakland Invicta a key contributor to a new food safety Guide being developed in partnership with Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA), will address delegates at the FSDF Safety Management Conference in Leicester on Tuesday 15th May.