The FiN Help the Hero’s fund raising coffee morning raised a fantastic £140 for the charity. Lesley, Eveline, Margaret and Sylvia did a brilliant job with the posters, flyers and organising the event, there was a cake and refreshments stall, a bric a brac table, guess the names of the pets and a huge selection…
On Friday 28th September 2012, the FIN Friends in Nechells Group are holding a coffee morning the raise money for the Help the Hero’s Charily. There will be refreshments and lots of delicious cakes for sale, a bring and buy sale and a raffle with lots of great prizes, so please come and join us…
The BCT parent group led by Megan Soar visited the Donkey Sanctuary in Sutton Park today. They caught the train from Duddeston Station into Sutton town centre and them walked through the town gate entrance to the park to visit the sanctuary. The weather was wonderful for the whole trip and no raincoats were needed!…
We hosted our third Nechells community lunch today, despite the awful weather we were joined by over 60 local residents, third sector providers and staff from the POD and West Midlands Police. We would like to say a special thank you to Councillor Chauhdry Rashid who took time out of his busy schedule to be…
The latest POD post has just arrived hot off the press from Pinstripe. These will be delivered to schools in Nechells for the children to take home to their parents, If you would like a copy please call at the POD, there are also copies available from Bloomsbury library, Nechells Regeneration Centre and West Midlands…
The POD Summer 2012 DREAMS Programme got underway today, children from St Vincent’s, St Clement’s, St Joseph’s and Nechells are at the POD between 9.30am-4pm to try a wide range of activies over the next two weeks, look out for new photos and update on all the fun the children have had. Activities in week…
The produce on the allotment has started to grow well with the wonderful week of sunshine we have had, The carrots and some of the potatoes were ready to harvest, the lettuce is hand picked regularly and continues to grow well.
The second week of the DREAMS programme started on Monday, this week the weather has not been so fine but we have managed to dodge the showers and have a wonderful time with even higher numbers of children attending. The children have really got on board with the olympic theme, embracing the olympic values of…
The successful Summer 2012 DREAMS programme ended today, the children have enjoyed two amazing weeks of activities and thankfully the weather was very kind. Children and staff in each of the four groups: Farrah, Pendleton, Wenlock and Manderville all contributed to a farewell poem and certificate to present to Carole to say “thank you” for…
Today thanks to an award from the Tesco Charity Trust our FiN (Friends in Nechells group) visited Chatsworth House and Gardens in Derbyshire, the sun shone and we all had a fantastic day. Tesco Charity Trust’s generous donation of £1,000 has enabled the continuation of the Nechells Plus and Fit group which meet each Wednesday…