St Vincent’s Catholic Primary school invited our FiN’s (Friends in Nechells) to a special Christmas Carol Service today. The pupils sang beautifully and had made special Christmas Cards for everyone. The bad weather and cold conditions meant that some of our elders were not able to come and enjoy the afternoon, but we have delivered…
Shabana Mahmood MP, who holds a monthly surgery at the POD invited the team to visit the Houses of Parliament today. Unfortunately both Sheena and Harry were ill and not able to come with us for this amazing experience. Shabana took time out of her busy schedule to take us on a tour which was…
Tracey from the NSPCC ChildLine team delivered presents for the children of Nechells this afternoon. The gifts were generously donated by the pupils of the St Peters & St Paul Primary School in Pype Hayes and will be greatly appreciated when we deliver them to our local children later this afternoon. Thank you to everyone…
Please may you all spare a moment of your time to fill out our Community Consultation questionnaire. This information will provide us with valuable feedback to further identify the needs in our community, Simply download the document below and send it to Contact@nechellspod.co.uk once filled out. Community Consultation Nechells POD
At today’s job club we had a special confidence and empowerment workshop. Yasmin went through a number of different techniques which aimed at boosting confidence while finding the right job and also in interviews. We had positive feedback with some participants saying the workshop has given them an up lifting feeling and are more motivated…
Today our Parent & Child Language Course with Meghan from Birmingham Churches Together had a lovely time playing, singing nursery rhythms and decorating biscuits. It was great seeing the parents and children interacting with each other and learning English in fun new ways. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”119″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″…
Today at Nechells POD we had our Theory Test Preparation session from 11:00 – 13:00. In total there were 10 attendees all eager to learn and take part. These sessions have been a big help in preparing them for their future theory tests. If you are interested in joining this course please come in and sign…
Despite the cold weather and the heavy snow the POD is still open as usual. If you can, feel free to come in and take part in the activities on today. This includes ‘Tots Time ‘ from 11:00 – 12:00, the Sewing Class from 12:30 – 15:00 and Job Club from 9:30-11:30. The Library is…
Here’s the latest POD post for December 2017 – Winter POD post
We have some great news. Hanan who has been attending our Theory Test Preparation Class recently passed her Theory Test, we would like to say a big congratulations to her. Remember tomorrow’s class will not be on as all staff will be busy during our Community Lunch. The Class will continue after the festive holidays…