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Eleven New LCEA Award Winners

Posted Thu, 2010-10-14 14:13 by admin

ANOTHER group of promising students have been helped by the Letisha and Charlene Education Award Scheme.

Eleven new winners shared in almost £4,000 worth of cash and computer awards.They received their prizes in a ceremony beside a peace garden dedicated to the girls at St George’s Community Hub, in Newtown.
The students were presented with certificates by the girls’ mums, Bev Thomas and Marcia Shakespeare.Joining them for the presentation was Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson.

Netbook Awards

Posted Mon, 2010-03-01 16:04 by admin

Fundraising event for the Letisha & Charlene Education Awards

Posted Mon, 2009-07-13 22:00 by admin

Jul 14 2009 by Andy Richards, Birmingham Mail

TASTY treats were on sale when university staff staged a special funding-raising event for the Letisha and Charlene Education Awards Scheme.
The event was held by Birmingham City University as part of its second annual Learning & Teaching Festival.
Cake and plant stalls formed part of the fete at its Perry Barr campus last week which raised around £350.

Hippodrome hip hop tribute show for Letisha and Charlene

Posted Sun, 2009-06-07 22:00 by admin

Jun 8 2009 by William Oliphant, Birmingham Mail

A FULL house turned out to honour the memory of gun-crime victims Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis at a “hip hop showcase” at Birmingham’s Hippodrome.
The We’ve Been Blessed show, at the Hippodrome’s Patrick Centre, was organised by Rochelle Robertson from Edgbaston, to raise money for the Letisha and Charlene Education Awards scheme.
Rochelle is one of more than 40 young people who have been given cash from the scheme to help further educational goals.

Mums of Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis set up charity

Posted Mon, 2008-09-01 22:00 by admin

Sep 2 2008 By Gary Marks

Winners pick up Letisha and Charlene Education Awards

Posted Sun, 2008-05-18 22:00 by admin

May 19 2008

THE winners of the Letisha and Charlene Education Awards reflect a new confidence about their futures as they explain how the awards have helped them move a step nearer to fulfilling their career dreams.
Single mum Haley Weir, aged 19, from Ladywood, is studying social care and health at Solihull College and hopes to work with young people.
She said: "I was brought up in care myself, so I know what it's like to be in that situation. Without this award I simply wouldn't have been able to keep up with my education.

Mums meet with Home Office

Posted Wed, 2008-01-09 23:00 by admin

Jan 10 2008 By Poppy Brady

HOPES of creating a national weapons amnesty day could become reality after the Home Office held talks in Birmingham with the mums of gun victims Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis.
Marcia Shakespeare and Bev Thomas have been campaigning for an annual amnesty ever since their teenage daughters were shot dead at a New Year party in Aston in 2003.
The scheme has the backing in London of Richard Taylor, the father of 11-year-old Damilola , who was knifed to death in 2000.

Designs on a joint future with Letisha and Charlene Education Awards

Posted Tue, 2008-01-01 23:00 by admin

Jan 2 2008 By Poppy Brady, Birmingham Mail

Damilola dad praises awards

Posted Wed, 2007-03-28 22:00 by admin

Mar 29 2007 By Poppy Brady, Birmingham Mail

Sir Trevor to open tribute to girls

Posted Wed, 2006-06-21 22:00 by admin

Jun 22 2006 By Poppy Brady, Birmingham Mail

A PEACE garden dedicated to murdered teenagers Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare is nearly completed and will be officially opened in September by former ITN news anchorman Sir Trevor McDonald.
The girls' mums Bev and Marcia have chosen two roses which will have pride of place in the garden in the grounds of St George's Post 16 Centre, in Hockley.

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