The parent & child language course celebrated the Chinese New Year here at the POD on Thursday. They had fun making some Chinese dragons out of colourful paper and paint which then followed with some traditional spring rolls for a snack. One of the mums brought in some traditional Chinese clothes, including her beautiful red…
Year 1 children from St Joseph’s Primary School visited the library at the POD today. They got lots of information from Zulf about how they can get involved with reading books from the library and they also expanded their imagination by reading some books which were provided by the Bookshare Project. We would like to say…
On Friday 27th of May. The POD held a full morning of well being sessions which started with the normal routine of Place of Welcome which starts at 9:30 am. Then Roland and Vicki led their own well-being sessions which the Nechells community could go and join.Roland gave his group Bowen treatments which uses pressure…
Yesterday on the 01/06/2016 the POD took 20 of the Friends in Nechells(FiNs) to watch the amazing musical Cats. The fantastic costumes and powerful songs had us all full of energy and ready to join in with the songs and dances. Overall it was a great performance and everyone enjoyed the evening.
On Tuesday 25th of August we went on an inter-generational trip to Weston Super Mare with 50 residents from the Nechells community. Even though the weather was not the best it was still a fairly warm day which allowed us to enjoy the great joys of the beach, sea and pier. After a full day…
Head over to our Facebook page and find some of our posters of new and exciting activities that you may be interested in. https://www.facebook.com/nechellspod/
Today at the POD we celebrated Eid with a party which was arranged by Sheena our Safe Haven Co-ordinator. The party was an amazing success with some brilliant Eid decorations , a fabulous pass the parcel and some very delicious food. Everyone had lots of fun. Thanks to Sheena and Navida for all their hard…
Great news!! The charity trustees have agreed that Cameron can stay working at the POD for another year. His new job will be SHINE@NechellsPOD Service Delivery Assistant and we are all very excited that Cameron will be continuing with us. He is a great asset and a really hard worker, it would be difficult to…
Today’s pamper session with Hannah was a great success. POD users and staff all enjoyed a range of relaxing treatments. A massive thanks to the Big Lottery fund for supporting this special day.