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The Return of the Grand Benevolent Society Ball as Trade Charities Honoured with Chair’s Award
For the first time in 70 years, The Benevolent Society returned to the opulent ballroom of the Grand Hotel Birmingham to celebrate with almost 200 trade guests and friends.
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n 9th December, The Benevolent Society Christmas Ball, sponsored by the Parify Group, returned with fun and frivolity at its core. The jewellery trade members came together and generously dug deep to raise money for the charity, and then partied the night away. David Doyle, the organiser of The Benevolent Society Christmas Ball, said: “What a fantastic evening it was. Thank you to all attendees, sponsors and hotel staff for making the ball such a memorable occasion. To return to a setting with a proud history of hosting jewellers’ balls as far back as the 1800s, it was a delight to host so many friends in the trade. “The ball has always been about two things: raising significant funds for The Benevolent Society and attendees having fun and enjoying themselves. I’m delighted to say we achieved both of these and, in fact, exceeded expectations.”
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