Following from the cooking for men class our cooking for students class also started last week.This course is to help prepare students who will be going to university learn how to cook cheap efficient meals for their big independent step up to university life.
Great start to the new cooking for men classes which started last Wednesday they learned how to cook the very easy but delicious dish spaghetti bolognese. The classes are on from 13:00-15:30 every Wednesday in tilll 23rd March.
Yesterday Strawberry Words and Ladywood Arts Forum held a event at the POD to celebrate International Women’s Day. Women from Nechells came and read some of their own poems about living within the Nechells community. Tina took the star performance with her amazing poem all about how great Nechells is. The POD thanks all the…
Jeff and Cameron worked hard earlier today to create a mini greenhouse to go in the POD’s allotments it has made a fantastic new addition to the allotment. We can not wait to start using it for planting. .
Last Friday the POD held a community lunch where we had a lot of Nechells residents who came and had a great time socialising and mixing with others from the local community.We were really pleased that Inspector William O’Connor, West Midland Police, David Perkins and David Roberts , Services for Education, Mustafa Meyzin, Foodcloud,…
Noran attended an Easter celebration at 10 Downing Street led by David Cameron. The invite was as a result of all the work we have done at The POD which has been supported by the Churches Urban Fund, Near Neighbours. It was a recognition of the interfaith opportunities we offer and we felt honoured that…
POD staff and the Place of Welcome group had a special evening meal yesterday. The menu was: Carrot and coriander soup, followed by fresh salmon, new potatoes, peas and broccoli and ending with rhubarb pie and custard. There was great entertainment provided by Tina, Jenny and Joanna and we all took part in games of Pictionary and…
Last Friday 25th of March a group of Nechells residents took part in a 4 mile walk on the Birmingham Orbital Route. We were blessed with good weather and had a great time exploring new parts of Birmingham, it was a fantastic opportunity to make new friends and enjoy the canal and parks. On returning…
Today we had some young apprentices from McDermotts Building & Civil Engineering Ltd who visited the POD. They did some work in the gardens surrounding the POD they all worked very hard and did an amazing job. The POD has never looked so neat and tidy. We would like to thank everyone involved for all their hard work and we look…
Exciting news our book bench from The Big Read project has been delivered today. The bench has been funded as part of the third year of the Smurfit Kappa Book-Share project for year one pupils which takes place in the local primary schools. Steve Smallman who is a midlands based illustrator with some help from the Nechells…