Mother and Toddler Group Visits Sutton Park
Last week Megan took the Mother and Toddler group to Sutton park for the day. from the photos Megan has shared with us it looks like they all had fun playing in the sun.
ESOL Class
Our English For Speakers Of Other Languages class has came to an end for this term. To celebrate everyone’s hard work in the class Kevin and Keri, the class tutors, awarded the class with certificates and goody bags with some nice treats. We are proud with the progress of the students in this very popular…
Today’s Place Of Welcome
We had lots of the Nechells community attend Place of Welcome today, accompanied by the lovely weather. It was wonderful seeing everyone getting along and chatting away. We also had a special visit from Jacqui Kennedy, we really enjoyed her visit and she was very interested to hear about what we are doing at The…
Celebration Event at Nechells POD
Celebration Event at Nechells POD Saturday 11am- 1pm Saturday 30th July 2016 We have had great fun this week with children from Cromwell and St Joseph’s schools. They have been preparing for our POD Celebration and Book Launch. Earlier this year a group of elders from the community wrote a book about what…
POD Pedalers
Remember tomorrow our new adult cycling group starts tomorrow it will be on every Wednesday 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm. If you would like to take part in this activity please feel free to contact the POD on 0121 681 2173.
St Vincent’s pupils sing for our FiNs
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…
THE POD will be closed to the public on Friday 2nd March
Due to the adverse weather we are experiencing at the moment and the frozen road surfaces the POD will remain closed to the public on Friday 2nd March 2018. Therefore the following activities will not be running: Place of Welcome Ancestry Theory Driving Test mock examination Please do not attempt to visit the POD in…
New Session
A NHS Promoter will be delivering a informative session about breast cancer awareness on Monday 19th March, from 1:00pm – 2:30pm. If your interested in joining the session please come into the POD…
Workshop during ESOL
Today our ESOL group was joined by Rahila Mann from Birmingham City Council and Ayan Tifow from the Mandeeq Somali Community Engagement group. They offered a workshop to stimulate discussion around the importance of community and encouraged residents to discuss local problems. The workshop was part of a programme that looks at issues around extremism…
Prince Harry and Meghan visit Nechells
Today Prince Harry and his fiancee, Meghan visited Nechells Wellbeing Centre. Two members of POD staff were lucky enough to go and see Prince Harry and Meghan in person whilst they visited the centre to join the Royal Foundation’s Birmingham @WeAreCoachingCore apprentices as they took part in a training masterclass. Nechells POD have also been…