Noran’s Surprise Birthday Celebration

Yesterday we celebrated Noran’s 60th birthday which is actually today 13th October. The POD staff organised a surprise gathering of Noran’s family and friends who all came together to celebrate an amazing person’s birthday. We had a special delicious cake, a filling feast of food and also a beautiful speech which was written by Zenia…

Family Story telling Sessions

The Storytelling Sessions at the POD were a great success. The families really enjoyed the sessions and everyone joined in. The parents and children took part in creating their own stories each week. The stories they created were then compiled into a book, which the families took away with them. How amazing to have stories…

Cook & Taste

Thursday 20th October was the final ever cook & taste at the POD. It was always a great course of classes, with all the participates really benefiting from learning and understanding healthy eating. We would like to say a big thank you to Chris who ran these sessions at the POD over the years you…

Family Craft Club

The families had a blast at the After School Craft Club, delivered by Birmingham PlayCare Network (BPCN). Here they are showing off some of the items they created during these sessions, which ranged from Aliens to instruments. We hope to deliver more after school family activities, again next year.Thanks to BPCN for providing such inspirational…

Today’s visit

Today Councillor John Clancy, Leader of Birmingham City Council visited Nechells POD. He was able to see for himself the amazing activities that we run and the wealth of opportunities on offer. We were able to tell him about how the POD is founded on mutual respect and tolerance resulting in positive community relationships.Councillor Clancy…

5K Colour Run

Congratulations to our couch to 5k running group and their big achievement with completing the 5k color run last Saturday.           Noran- “today our marvellous POD Plodders who commenced the Birmingham Couch to 5K in January completed a 5K Colour Run at the NEC. We had a fabulous time and successfully…

Healthy Half Term – June

We have had another successful “Healthy Half Term” week with families from St Joseph’s school and some other families who joined in. On Tuesday Rachel from Bloomsbury Children’s Centre shared lots of information about hidden sugars and healthy foods. On Wednesday Albert came and taught us to make delicious pizza and bread. On Thursday Marlon…