Today we held our festive lunch celebration, we were joined by Councillor Chaudry Rashid, colleagues from West Midlands Police and West Midlands Fire Service. We had a great response from our local residents in Nechells and the Arts and Craft Group who meet at the POD every Monday afternoon held a raffle to raise funds…
Maggie Smith from CSV visited the POD today to talk about Bowel Cancer. Community members from the Parent Forum and the FiN (Friends in Nechells) came together for an excellent presentation and DVD covering this difficult topic. If you would like any further information please call into the POD for leaflets and further details on…
Following the forcast for heavy snow and freezing temperatures starting this weekend, we took steps to protect the newly sprouting broad beans and prevent snow damage. We had a Blue Peter moment and used Plastic cups secured by opened paperclips, it worked very well – perhaps we could patent the idea!
We had the first heavy snowfall of the year today, schools asked parents and carers to collect children at lunch time as weather conditions deteriorated. Temperatures dropped to minus 3 and everyone scurried to get home to get warm and get out of the swirling snow that formed gentle drifts in the grounds of the…
Freshwinds, a Birmingham based charity, donated some beautiful hand made blankets and scarves for distribution by the POD. Today we asked our FiN (Friends in Nechells) group at the end of their Plus Fit Session if they would like them and they were delighted to take them home to keep warm, especially after the snow…