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It was a fantastic day today at Edgbaston Stadium – kids, ambassadors and volunteers alike had a fantastic time. Look out for photography from the day coming soon, plus video interviews with Saving Lives ambassadors and advocates, including Eniola Aluko, Paul Best, Razak Boukari, Somto Eruchie and more. Thanks to all involved!
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We’re excited to be joined at tomorrow’s Cricket Saving Lives launch by Warwickshire’s rising star, Ateeq Javid. Ateeq is about to become a big name in cricket – and we’re thrilled he can join us tomorrow. You can read more about our launch here, and we’ll be uploading plenty of videos and images from the…
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England International cricketer Paul Nixon, Aston Villa Legend Stiliyan Petrov, and England and Chelsea star striker Eniola Aluko are helping a Birmingham-based HIV awareness charity to launch a new sporting campaign at Edgbaston Stadium – in time to capture a public imagination inspired by the drama of the Ashes. Paul Nixon and Stiliyan Petrov are…
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More great news for women’s football in the UK – Great Britain won gold at this year’s World Summer University Games. The twenty-seventh Universiade was held in Kazan, Russia, and features a huge number of sports – including women’s soccer, in which Team GB triumphed against Mexico yesterday, 6-2. Birmingham City’s Kerys Harrop was in the…
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We’re delighted to announce another signing to Cricket Saving Lives. Paul Best, Warwickshire County Cricket Club batsman, has joined Paul Nixon as an ambassador for the cricketing arm of our charity – just in time for our launch at Edgbaston Cricket Ground next week! Paul will be in attendance at that launch, and we’ll be…
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What a nail-biter! Superb to see England grab a late qualifier in yesterday’s Euro match against Russia. Our Saving Lives ambassadors Rachel Brown, Steph Houghton, Jill Scott, Fara Williams, Karen Carney and Eniola Aluko are all over in Sweden with the England squad, and we’ll be cheering them on. Keep your eyes peeled, too, for Saving…
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Music Saving Lives ambassador S.E.L. has been singing all the right notes for Saving Lives – and here’s the snap to prove it! S.E.L., on the left, is photographed with the Caron Wheeler. Caron, most famous for her vocals on Soul II Soul’s twin hits, ‘Keep on Movin‘ and ‘Back To Life‘, fits the Saving…
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This week saw clinicians and scientists at the International AIDS Society Conference in Malaysia listen to presentations about two HIV positive patients from Boston treated for cancer who have ceased to take their HIV drugs – and yet in whose blood doctors can no longer detect any virus (a third patient involved in the study…
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Many happy returns to our founding Football Saving Lives patron, Stiliyan Petrov. Stan has been a huge support to the charity, and an incredibly influential advocate for his cause. Despite his recent health issues, he has remained one of the big faces of our charity, and for that we’re hugely grateful. Happy birthday, Stan –…
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The British Medical Football Team have been playing excellently at the World Medical Football Championship, beating two of the teams in their group – Belorussia and Hungary by five goals to nil, and drawing with the big beast, Spain. They advance to a quarter against Ukraine, which they won today by four goals to one.…
