Balsall Heath Christmas Fayre
Balsall Heath Christmas Fayre will take place at St Paul’s Trust, Malvern Street on Saturday 11th December, 2pm-6pm.
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Bring it on Brum! Winter 2021
‘Bring it on Brum!’ is Birmingham’s, Department for Education funded, Holiday Activity and Food Programme, that’s helping children, young people and their families have active, fun-filled and healthy school holidays.
‘Bring it on Brum!’ is the biggest scheme of its kind in the country, and after a hugely successful summer, we are excited to bring the winter programme to you.
Bring it on Brum! is for children who access free school meals. The approach in Birmingham will see provision across the City, serving disadvantaged communities, those most vulnerable and those most impacted upon by the pressures of school holidays.
Our website has been updated with all of the information on our winter programme so ready on and check it out.
Bring it on Brum! Winter Holiday Activity Programmes
Our winter holiday programme will be delivered in over 180 venues across the City. Many holiday activity providers are ready to take bookings now; some are still finalising their plans. Most programmes will run for 4 or 5 days from Monday 20th December. There will be a smaller number of programmes available after Christmas until schools return.
Our holiday activity providers will either be taking bookings directly or via the Coordinate online booking system. Either way, if they are open for bookings you will find them listed. Please check back regularly if you can’t find a suitable holiday programme near you as more are being added all of the time.
Our holiday clubs are designed for children who are eligible for free school meals. You can book holiday activity programmes now in order to reserve your place. On 10th December, schools will issue a Free School Meal code to each eligible child. You may be asked to confirm this code with your provider at a later day if you book before you receive the code.
Activity Packs and Food Boxes
If your children can’t get to a face-to-face holiday provision during the winter school holidays, we can bring a bit of Bring it on Brum! to you with free activity packs and food boxes. Our activity packs and food boxes are exclusively for children and households eligible for free school meals.
Select the link below to find out more about our activity packs and food boxes. Please do not apply for an activity pack or food box if you plan on booking attending face-to-face provision with an activity provider.
Home Activities
Want even more activities? We’ve got hundreds of ideas and activities that you and your family can enjoy any time. Indoors or out, come rain or shine, you’ll find something to fit the bill for any age, so dive in!
We have created an online portal packed with free ideas and resources to keep the whole family busy, with indoor and outdoor games, quizzes, dance, nature trails, park activities, food videos and cook-alongs and so much more.
‘Have your say’ on SEND provision in Birmingham
Get involved in SEND Co-production and ‘Have your Say’ workshop opportunities.
As you may know work is well underway to improve the way SEND support services are planned and provided for children, young people and families in Birmingham. It is a priority to us that we involve as many SEND parents and carers on this journey, so that we deliver the right support for families who use the SEND services in order to produce the very best outcomes for children and young people.
Over the coming weeks and months we will be holding 7 parent/carer engagement events which follow on from the earlier conversation started with some parent and carers who were able to join us at the Carrs Lane venue in September. This time we want to extend the invitation to a greater audience of parent carers at different locations around the city and hold workshops.
We’d like to share thoughts and ideas on co-production and to hear your views and experiences too. We would also like to hear your thoughts on the Local Offer website and how we can improve that resource, so please come with your opinions on the site. www.localofferbirmingham.co.uk
The first of these events will be on 15th December 10am – 1pm at Carrs Lane (central Birmingham) again, and will run as a workshop style event looking at co-production and the Local Offer website. We will be offering refreshments at this event including a light lunch and a raffle for one of 20 wellbeing packs worth £20 each.
For those parent and carers unable to come along to Carrs Lane in the daytime, we plan to hold an online event covering the same topics on the same day (15th December), during the evening – however this will be a 2 hour event (not 3).
There will be other opportunities to get involved in workshops planned for January 2022 onward; these will be held in the North, South, East and West of the city as well as once again in central Birmingham. More details about the January events to come.
- If you would like to attend the event at Carrs Lane on the 15th December please register here.
- If you would like to join the online event on 15th December, please register here for the link to the meeting at 6pm on the 15th. Please note that this will be the only virtual event of our series.
We respectfully state that these sessions will only look at SEND resources, systems and engagement and we will not be to able discuss individual concerns. We would also respectfully ask that participants adhere to modelling positive behaviour.
Cultural Resistance and Creative Protest
We’re looking for 12 people from the Balsall Heath community to form a group of community producers to design and deliver six public arts events that celebrate creative protest and cultural resistance, taking inspiration from the mix of cultural heritages found in Balsall Heath.
Balsall Heath Local History Society – Gazette November 2021
Balsall Heath Local History Society’s monthly gazette is now available to read.
The Birmingham Allotment Project – New General Public Project!
The Birmingham Allotment Project is an exciting new project by General Public exploring the heritage of allotments in Birmingham from the 1960s to the present day.
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East Ward Meeting – 1st December
You are invited to join the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East on-line ward meeting with ward councillors on Wednesday 1st December at 6.30pm via Microsoft Teams.
The meeting will be held on-line via Microsoft Teams and the link to join is at the bottom of this post.
Here are some tips on joining the meeting.
Agenda
- Welcome & Notice of Recording
Chair to advise those participating/listening to the on-line meeting that a recording will be available for future record on the council’s You Tube channel
2. Police Update
3. Parking
Councillor Waseem Zaffar, Cabinet Member for Transport & Environment, Kevin Hicks, Assistant Director and Garry Dalton, Local Engineer will be joining the meeting to discuss parking issues in the ward
4. Local Updates/Local Concerns
Unity Fair at Women’s Enterprise Hub
Stalls from local businesses and fun activities for kids and adults, come in for our first Unity Fair.
Consultation Cannon Hill Park to Moseley cycle route
Consultation has begun on the proposal to create a new cycle route between Cannon Hill Park and Moseley.
Yoga is not a work out it’s a work in
Yoga fortnightly session with Unity Streets at Moseley Exchange.
Unity Streets Winter Fayre
Family friendly environment all welcome, plenty of amazing stalls from pampering to gifts.
FREE Craft Fair stalls for young makers
The GAP is holding a Winter Craft Fair on Saturday 11th December (11.30am – 4.30pm) and we’re offering young makers the opportunity to apply for a FREE stall to showcase and sell their products.
My City, My Home – book release
MY CITY, MY HOME a brand-new book featuring a collection of writings by women and girls in Birmingham (UK), Bangladesh and Pakistan, has been launched at a special event at Midlands Arts Centre hosted by writer and author Kavita Bhanot.
Up, Down (and Somewhere in Between) – Ort Gallery members show
Every year Ort Gallery exhibits its members art work in a group show. This year the exhibition is curated by artist members Kathryn Sawbridge, Lesley Stewart and Maggie Leaver. There has been a rich and diverse response to this year’s theme, reflecting members’ personal, social and political perspectives.
Balsall Heath Second Saturday – 13th November
Balsall Heath Second Saturday is a monthly mini festival for families and residents to share and experience food, heritage, sport, arts, artisan products and literature.