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Air-bound Saqib joins fight against cancer
By Dan Harrison
Saqib Bhatti is preparing to take a huge leap of faith this month – in support of chosen charity Prostate Cancer UK. The Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce president will take to the skies for a parachute jump on 28 June. Saqib chose Prostate Cancer UK
as the President’s Charity for the next year after GBCC chairman David Waller and past president Greg Lowson were both diagnosed with – and successfully fought – the disease over the past 12 months. He said: “One man dies from
prostate cancer every 45 minutes, so I am taking part in the jump on 28 June raising money to beat this killer of men. “There are so many important
causes and so many good people and charities doing great work across the region.
‘I am determined to do everything we can to raise awareness and raise funds’
“But when two of our own were diagnosed, we reached out to Prostate Cancer UK. I am determined to do everything we can to raise awareness and raise funds for medical research so we can beat this.” Ahead of his daunting challenge,
which takes places in Banbury and coincides with Andy Street’s Mayor’s Giving Day, Saqib visited the Bear Grylls Adventure centre near Solihull for a practice run in a state-of-the-art iFly simulator. The adrenaline-inducing flight chamber replicates the sensation of free-falling at 12,000 feet and
provides participants with a stern test of their balance. He said: “It was a bit scary and
hard but I’m so glad I’ve done it. “I’m ready for the real thing now
– I can’t wait. It is going to go a lot quicker than the iFly experience, I think!” Saqib will be joined for the jump
by team-mates Professor Martin Levermore, the founder and chief executive of medical products firm
MDTi; Culture Recruitment managing director Leanne Perry; Sophie Drake from PR firm Story Comms; award-winning motivational speaker and entrepreneur Joel Blake and Barclays’ relationship manager for the East Midlands, Rebekkah Tait.
To sponsor Saqib visit
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/g bcc-saqib
A senior business development manager at Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce is also taking to the skies for charity this month. Jamila Davis has signed up for the Children’s Liver Disease
Foundation’s Big Drop after being inspired by the Birmingham charity’s work. The tandem sky dives are taking place at airfields across the UK and mother-of-four Jamila will be participating in Nottingham. She said: “The idea of free falling 10,000 feet at 120mph does have
a certain appeal so when my colleague, Paula Charles, told me about the Big Drop, I was keen to find out more. I didn’t know anything about Children’s Liver Disease Foundation but when I discovered that liver disease affects children of all ages and there is still no cure, I felt compelled to take part. I’m a mother of four and know that one of the hardest things to do as a parent is watch your child battle an illness. “Knowing CLDF provides support to children and families when they
need it the most is a real motivation.” Sponsor Jamila at
uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JamilaDavis
New sports centre at King Edward’s School
A £5m sports centre has opened at King Edward’s School in Birmingham as part of a major development of the school’s indoor sports facilities. The Andrew Brode Sports Centre
was funded by a donation from former pupil Andrew Brode, executive chairman of RWS Holdings. Mr Brode also part- funded a modern languages and science centre which opened in 2013. Keith Phillips, acting chief master
Anurag Singh, Keith Phillips and Andrew Brode at the official opening 8 CHAMBERLINK June 2019
of King Edward’s School, said: “We are very grateful to Andrew Brode for his great generosity and continued support of the school.
“The new developments that he
has so generously supported have had a huge impact on life at King Edward’s, both in and out of the classroom.” The sports centre is part of a
£25m building programme that the school started nearly 10 years ago. The Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, which was funded by former pupil Sir Paul Ruddock, opened in 2012. The modern languages and
science centre opened in 2013, and the Southall Pavilion and astro hockey pitch, also part-funded by a former pupil, Stuart Southall, opened in 2015.
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