On Tuesday 7th November, Mike Jameson, Chair of Birmingham IA, presented an oil painting of the late Mary Cotterill, a retired SCN who worked tirelessly in the interests of Birmingham IA members and stoma and Internal Pouch patients in general, to staff at the Ruth Astles Centre, Heartlands Hospital.
Mary’s vision led to the creation of the Ruth Astles Centre at Heartlands Hospital, a facility which is still valued today by patients and nursing staff. Ruth Astles was Mary’s patient and bequeathed the funding for the unit, and Mary managed the project of building the stoma unit from start to finish.
Mike presented the oil painting to Richie Asilo, Yetunde Fadipe, Karen Entwistle and Emma Astley-Hill. It will be hung alongside the existing oil painting of Ruth Astles. Birmingham IA are delighted that Mary will be honoured in this way at the stoma unit which she created.
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A lovely meal celebrating Mike's achievements and wishing him well in his retirement as chair of Bham IA
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A great turnout in Halesowen and some lovely cake!
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Sad news: Our much loved Ruth Astles Centre University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Heartlands hospital, has been relocated this weekend. This centre was privately built with monies from the estate of our late member Ruth Astles. We regret that there was no meaningful consultation
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Join us at our last Halesowen social of the year tomorrow (19/10/24) 10am - 12pm. Meeting in our usual venue, upstairs at Halesowen Library in the Cornbow Shopping Centre, Queensway, Halesowen, B63 4AZ.
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World Mental Health Day
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Come to our City Centre Social, 10am - 12pm on Saturday 5th October! We'll be in the Deritend Training Room, St Martin in the Bullring, Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, B5 5BB. We'll be having a brew & chat \ud83d
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Join us at our Redditch Saturday Social at 10am on Saturday 14th September at the Ecumenical Centre, 6 Evesham Walk, Redditch B97 4EX
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Some great times at our Sutton social with our guest John Baden of the Holly Trust and our very first Walsall / Wolverhampton social too!