Place of Welcome
At today’s Place of Welcome the Nechell’s residents were treated to a special well being sessions which was provided by Roland from Spring to Life, who gave them all a Bowen therapy treatment.
Well-being Event
Today all POD users enjoyed our Well Being event, with activities such as hand massages, Indian head massages and Bowen therapy. This was an opportunity for the participants to unwind on a Friday, before the weekend.
National Memorial Arboretum
On 1 December 20 FiNs (Friends in Nechells) visited the National War Memorial Arboretum at Alerwas. The day was cold, crisp and sunny. We had a fabulous day, starting with a trip to the Chapel and a short walk round the memorials near to the visitor centre. We then had the most delicious Christmas lunch…
Community Lunch 9th December 2016
On Friday 9th December we held our festive community lunch and were delighted to be joined by our local councillor, Yvonne Mosquito, who made a lovely speech. The food , as always, was delicious and it was a great opportunity for us all to come together and celebrate. Unfortunately some of our ‘regulars’ were not…
Festive Stollen Baking
Yesterday evening Albert the baker joined us at the Nechells POD where he taught residents of Nechells and POD staff how to bake the festive bread stollen. We had a lovely evening with lots of laughs, as we all got into the festive spirit while baking the very tasteful bread. Thank you Albert for running…
The POD Post
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St Thomas More Catholic Shcool Donation
Thanks to the staff of St Thomas More Catholic School in Willenhall who donated a car full of goodies to The POD, Nechells and New Heights, Kingstanding. We have sorted through their generous donations and will be giving them out to our community in Nechells and to our guests who will join us for lunch…
Children’s Festive Celebration
The children and families had a blast during our Festive Celebration on Saturday. A huge thank you to our amazing volunteers Tina, Jennie, Joanna and Donna for organising and hosting this fantastic event. They worked extremely hard to allow children and families in Nechells to join in the festive fun. They went above on…
New Sewing Class
Today was a great first session for our newly started sewing class, thank you to Lynette for teaching the class how to sew beautiful bags. As a reminder to those who have registered for the sewing class it will be every Wednesday from 13:30 – 15:00.
IT Course
Our IT class has a new list of attendees, who will be learning the basics of using a computer, the internet and social medias. Thank you to John for continuing to teach IT at the POD. A reminder for those who have registered for this afternoons computer club, the session starts at 1:00pm and will…