We were joined by Birmingham Scrap Store for our craft session today and everyone made Carnival Puppets with Emma and Becky. Change Makers were visited by Alan from Smurfit Kappa SSK who talked to the group about the importance of recycling. Alan also brought with him one of his brilliant poems which was all about…
Today we made carnival masks with Faith from WFS, enjoyed sports with Shantel and dance with Sarah. Our little stars enjoyed an afternoon session with lego, songs and stories with Noran to enable the Change Makers to enjoy a sports session with Start Again CIC. The Change Makers continued with their slogan tee shirts and…
We had our last day of summer activities at the POD today there were lots of activities to keep everyone entertained and we are looking forward to running the programme again in the Easter holidays 2015. Enjoy the rest of the summer, See you all in September!
The Active Parks Tai Chi session was covered by Perry this week as Dave is away on holiday. There were some new group members this week and the class was a great sucess, thanks Perry see you next time!
The Parent and Child Language group started again today after the long summer break, they played ‘ring a ring of roses’ in the playground and then ‘where is teddy hiding’ in the grounds. The group enjoyed drinks and biscuits before making sunflowers picture to take home. The group meet every Thursday 9.30-11.30am come and join…
The POD summer trip took place today, members of the FiNs and the Sunshine Gang joined together and enjoyed a day out at the Black Country Living Museum including a boat trip with the Dudley Canal Trust to see the limestone mines. We enjoyed a fish and chip lunch, visited the fairground, had a ride…
Staff from Lloyds Bank came to work on the POD grounds today as part of Lloyds Bank ‘Day to Make a Difference’ initiative. The POD was nominated by Rob Walker who is the Business Connector for Lloyds and Giles Wheeler, Relationship Manager SME Banking Comercial Banking at Lloyds organised the team and planned the days…
We had a great donation of books and soft toys to the POD this afternoon and would like to say a big thank you to Veronica for thinking of the POD we will be able to find good homes for them all.
We celebrated the summer term with a community lunch today including food produced from the community allotment. We raised £88 in the raffle, thank you to everyone who purchsed tickets. We also launched the Time Bank which has been funded by Nechells Community First and will enable local resident to trade services with each other…
The first Family Fitness in Bloomsbury Park started today and there was a great turn out. The sessions will run weekly from 9.15-10.15am as part of the Active Parks Programme which is now sponsored by Coke Zero. The session is run by Shantel from Start Again CIC, so if your family want to have fun…