British philanthropist Graham Perolls and his superb team at Casa Sperantei have been supporting Romanian charity sector for almost two decades now. As British Ambassador Martin Harris commented recently, Casa Sperantei is a British strategic investment in humanness. Graham is sharing with us details of his latest project aimed at helping terminally-ill patients in Bucharest and its surroundings. After two years of fundraising, negotiating, designing and planning, we finally have … Read more »A British investment in humanness
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Romanian military, a steadfast partner
Guest blogger: Colonel Giles Orpen-Smellie, the British Defence Attaché, on his contribution to the visit by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to Bucharest It was a pleasure to be able to address the British Parliamentary delegation, led by Sir Menzies Campbell MP, a former leader of the British Liberal-Democrat Party, who visited Bucharest over the weekend to represent the United Kingdom at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. This was a high-profile delegation … Read more »Romanian military, a steadfast partner
Meet a Brit – media training coming soon
As economic recovery and competitiveness are at the heart of the European agenda, the British Embassy plans to run a media training programme on this heavyweight issue in the autumn. The idea is to bring a senior British business journalist to Romania to share from his/her experience in reporting and commenting about the challenges and opportunities facing the European bloc, Romania and the UK included. After all, the EU is … Read more »Meet a Brit – media training coming soon
And the winner is…
A film of many stars, with great actors and a truly inspirational storyline, “The King’s Speech” has been running across cinemas in Romania for a few weeks already. It is great to see its international impact, and recognition by a very demanding industry. I really enjoyed it and laughed much more than usual! I heard comments that the film is somewhat of a departure from the historical truth; well, I … Read more »And the winner is…
Energise this contest!
The British Embassy is bringing the Olympic spirit closer to Bucharest with a competition inspired by the success story of the Olympic Park in London. Stretching over 4 weeks, 15 February-15 March, the competition invites students and young professional in architecture to come up with solutions to “re-energise” the area around the National Stadium Lia Manoliu, in Bucharest district 2. The winner will be awarded a trip to London, including … Read more »Energise this contest!
Guest blogger about human rights in Romania: Empowering young patients to fight for their future
The Little People Association has been working for the past decade with children who are battling cancer in Romania. The work initially started in one oncology centre in the North of Romania. Our daily activities provided an escape from the treatment procedures that a young child or teenager had to endure – board games, movie evenings, painting, parties, playing and friendship – anything that would give the children a resemblance … Read more »Guest blogger about human rights in Romania: Empowering young patients to fight for their future
Guest blogger: The rewarding side of consular work
Recently I said I would invite guest bloggers, some of them Embassy colleagues and other members of the expat community, to write about their work and experiences in Romania. The first story comes from our Consul Barry Davidson, who shares a bit of what goes on when children, great football and consular work come together. The rewarding side of consular work … Consular work does not always have to be dealing … Read more »Guest blogger: The rewarding side of consular work
Let’s do it Romania
The British Embassy in Romania has decided to support a wonderful project, which I think will prove that Romanians do stick up for themselves and do care about the environment. I’ve been telling you about the Let’s do it Romania! project some time ago. Looking at their interactive round-the country solid waste map, I was both pleasantly surprised to learn how many people have contributed to set it up and … Read more »Let’s do it Romania
Charity walk Bucharest-Brasov
The wonderful work of charities clearly makes its mark in Romania this summer, with many British charities and individuals signing up to help the poorer communities or those affected by illness. I was particularly moved to learn about an upcoming charity walk from Bucharest to Brasov aimed at raising awareness about and funds for injured people from the sports’ world, in particular rugby players. One British national and one Romanian … Read more »Charity walk Bucharest-Brasov
Conflict prevention
Today I had the opportunity, together with other colleagues in the Embassy, to attend a lunchtime presentation on peace-building and conflict prevention held by PATRIR’s Kai F. Brand-Jacobsen. Kai has been working on conflict prevention since he was a teenager and now, after many years and many projects across the globe, has developed a very coherent and well-structured approach to this issue. While most of us regard conflict as the moment when … Read more »Conflict prevention
