Bowen Treatment
The Bowen pressure-point relaxation session went amazing today. Thank you for Spring to Life for sending Roland to do today’s well-being session it was great seeing some Nechells residents being able to gently relax.
ESOL Group wish the Queen “Happy Birthday” in their home language
Everyone in the ESOL group today wished her Majesty the Queen a very “Happy Birthday” today as we prepare for our Birthday Celebration Party tomorrow between 9.30 and 1pm. Come and join the fun! (Please see our Facebook page to watch our video) https://www.facebook.com/nechellspod/
Our celebration cake fit for the Queen
The celebration cake for tomorrows party has arrived! Come and enjoy all the fun at the POD with our special “love” themed day with Sarah and the crew from Spiltmilk.
Birthday Celebration for the Queen’s 90th Birthday
Today, we held our “Happy Birthday” Celebration for the Queen’s 90th Birthday. We had an amazing day with activities, games, singing all organised by Splitmilk and lots of lovely food and a special Birthday cake. We were also joined by Steve Smallman, who has been painting our Book Bench which is based on our Living Histories Project. …
Bookshare celebration
This afternoon we celebrated with the Smurfit Kappa Group where for the third year running the SSK Foundation sponsored our fantastic Bookshare project. Year one children in our local schools each received a book every month to encourage families to share and read books together. Our penultimate book is Bat Mouse, written and illustrated by…
Tesco Visit
Our trip to Tesco’s Aston branch this morning was amazing. We would like to thank Mark Van Beeumen and staff for making us all so very welcome and for the fascinating insight into what goes on behind the counters in the bakery, delicatessen,fishmonger and fresh fruit and vegetable departments at Tesco’s. We all got to…
Safe Haven Coordinator
Our Safe Haven Coordinator, Sheena Begum, has been very busy organising lots of Family Learning opportunities for Nechells residents. So far we have Family Fitness, Story Telling and Arts and Crafts sessions to keep families occupied after school both in the holidays and during term time. Sheena has also planned a Community Café opportunity each…
Katy’s Last Pamper Sessions
Today Katy provided her Last pamper sessions to the POD visitors. She has been working with the POD providing massages, manicures and beauty treatments to the Nechells residents for the last 6 years. All the POD users who have taken part in her pamper sessions are really going to miss her and they are all…
Heartlands Year 8 Art Project
Students from Heartlands Academy taught our FiNs(Friends in Nechells) wonderful art techniques last Wednesday the 13th of July. Our FiNs really enjoyed spending time at the school and learning the art techniques which the year eights showed them, here are some of the photos form the day:
Mother and Toddler Group Visits Sutton Park
Last week Megan took the Mother and Toddler group to Sutton park for the day. from the photos Megan has shared with us it looks like they all had fun playing in the sun.