Congratulations to our couch to 5k running group and their big achievement with completing the 5k color run last Saturday. Noran- “today our marvellous POD Plodders who commenced the Birmingham Couch to 5K in January completed a 5K Colour Run at the NEC. We had a fabulous time and successfully…
Photos from our DREAMS summer activities for 60 children from local primary schools. The dance sessions were in preparation for Saturday’s celebration for the Living History book launch and the culmination of our ‘Love’ project.
We have had another successful “Healthy Half Term” week with families from St Joseph’s school and some other families who joined in. On Tuesday Rachel from Bloomsbury Children’s Centre shared lots of information about hidden sugars and healthy foods. On Wednesday Albert came and taught us to make delicious pizza and bread. On Thursday Marlon…
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.
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/
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.
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. …
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…
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…
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…