New Beauty and Well Being Course

Our six week Beauty and Well Being course started today, the first session took off with a tranquil Aromatherapy lesson, delivered by Asma Juwle (AJ Beauty Training/Juwle’s Therapy). The participants discovered a range of different essential and carrier oils that are used for relaxing massages, they then demonstrated the skills they learnt on each other.…

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…

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…

Healthy Half Term Fun

Over the February half term we were joined by five families from Cromwell School and Miss Plummer. Nechells Safe Haven had a focus on Healthy Living and each day we were joined by different people who helped us to understand how important it is to eat well, exercise and enjoy ourselves. On Monday Reece from…