St. Paul’s Trust high quality services for Children and Families Ofsted rated OUTSTANDING and GOOD! Latest News Farm Closures over the Summer Break22/07/2019We’re sorry to say that the Farm will be closed to visitors in the weekday afternoons 12.30-4.30pm for the first four weeks of the school holidays. We will have large numbers of children in our care on these afternoons and need to ensure their safe supervision. BUT we’re happy to say we’ll be open every morning 9-12 for family visits and children will be able to: -help at feeding time 10am-11am (bring your wellies!) -meet the animals! -play in the sandpit if the weather’s good! -follow the Farm trail and complete the Summer Quiz! Please note that the supervision of children remains the responsibility of parents/carers during a visit. Weekend opening is unchanged (9.15-3.30pm) but the above activities will be unavailable.... Read more...Holiday Playcare at the NEST02/07/2019... Read more...Summer Activities at the Venture02/07/2019... Read more...Amsty Meets Mr Loan Shark!26/06/2019On a cold and wet Wednesday afternoon, during half term, we were delighted to help Smartlyte Ltd with their event at the Balsall Heath Library. Smartlyte’s, ‘Families Learning Together’ workshop, helped families to raise awareness of the dangers of online illegal money lending and loan sharks. Families heard the story of how Amsty; an old computer who lives in the Library, scared away Mr Loan Shark with the help of his friend Mrs Anti. Following this, families modelled Superheroes and made cartoon clips, using animation software. We were delighted to help 35 local families and over 90 parents and children learn about an important issue and a new skill together. Be sure you check out our animation film at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jsia0d1de2j2dhj/LAP290519_SMARTLYTE_EDIT_FULLHD.mp4?dl=0 or https://youtu.be/rFvZbyv3vFw Hafsha Shaikh, June 2019 More images from the session (Click on image to view full size)... Read more...Birmingham schools to give out free food over the summer to help struggling families05/06/2019Content Reposted From Birmingham Mail Article. Birmingham children are to be offered free food and activities during the 2019 summer holidays. Happy Healthy Holidays has secured £2 million funding from the Department for Education in a bid to help 18,000 children over the summer. The pilot programme is the largest of its kind and is being led by Accord Housing Association together with Birmingham Playcare Network, the Active Wellbeing Society, and Sport Birmingham. Caroline Wolhuter, Head of Innovation and Impact at Accord, said: “We are delighted that Happy Healthy Holidays will be co-ordinating the roll out of this scheme in Birmingham. She added: “Helping children to access great activities and tasty meals during the school holidays is something that all members of the Happy Healthy Holidays consortium feel very passionately about. “During the 2019 summer holidays we will be working with local schools, children’s centres and community groups to support children’s physical and mental wellbeing; helping them to thrive and enjoy, what we hope will be our sunniest months.” Happy Healthy Holidays aims to increase and improve the quality of school holiday provision, and to help families that find the summer particularly challenging in terms of being able to access affordable nutritious healthy food and fun physical activities. As part of the programme, a new community funding and training support scheme has been launched to encourage organisations to provide good quality holiday activities which include hands-on cooking opportunities and healthy meals for children and young people. David Cusack, Chief Executive at the St. Paul’s Trust, added: “St. Paul’s is proud to be involved in the Happy Healthy Holidays programme that will work with families in Balsall Heath and surrounding areas to ensure children have a well-balanced nutritious diet and stimulating activities during the summer holiday programme. We will be working with families to ensure the impact of the programme has a lasting positive effect on the health of families in the area.” — Full Birmingham Mail article available here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-schools-give-out-free-16257033 Sport Birmingham HHH Website: https://www.sportbirmingham.org/HHH... Read more...Wanted: A Leader who can take St Paul’s on the next part of its journey03/06/2019After many years’ service, the current Chair of Trustees of St. Paul’s Community Development Trust is to retire. St. Paul’s has gone through a challenging period but are now beginning to see growth in the organisation for the first time in over five years. We are seeking a new Chair of our Trustee Board to lead the organisation into the next stage of recovery and onto a sustained period of stability and growth. As Chair we are looking for someone with passion and an understanding of sectors the organisation work in; Leading the Board of Trustees and the organisation to enable it to fulfil its purpose. Acting as a spokesperson and figurehead as appropriate. To supervise and support the Chief Executive. A willingness to lead the organisation Possesses tact, diplomacy and powers of persuasion. Possesses relevant knowledge of the business areas the organisation operates in. Has the relevant skills to manage meetings effectively. Is this you? The time commitment can vary, but the Board meets Bi monthly with meetings with the Chief Executive monthly. The Board tries to have a strategic plan/review day annually, but all subject to review. Interested? Call or E-mail: david.cusack@stpaulstrust.org.uk / 07957678817 to discuss the position further. Application Forms available from alison.watson@stpaulstrust.org.uk Closing Date 31st July 2019. Download the Job Description for the position by click here: Job Description – Chair of Trustees — About St Paul’s Trust St. Paul’s Community Development Trust had its origins in the desire of people in Balsall Heath to make a better future for their children. It has developed from three small community projects which all began between 1968 and 1972. One of these was St. Paul’s Nursery, which started as a preschool playgroup in the hall belonging to St. Paul’s Church. Just across the railway line, an adventure playground was opened by residents on the Malvern Street site where the Venture has remained and grown. The third and youngest of the projects was St. Paul’s School. The School was founded to work with pupils who were disaffected from large mainstream secondary schools. Like the Nursery, it was first based in St. Paul’s Rd, where it occupied three Victorian terraced houses. Like the Nursery, also, the School moved as it grew. The three groups joined forces to establish the Trust in the late 1970s, and from these small beginnings in voluntary endeavour it has grown to be a thriving organisation. Today St Paul’s has the following services; Two independent schools for children with special educational needs. Two children’s’ centres providing the best possible start in life for 0-3 year olds and their parents Out of school service providing play and meals for up to 35 children 6-11 years A nursery for up to 55 children from 0-3 years. A city farm offering educational and well-being services for children and adults. Our Mission To support individuals and families in Balsall Heath and wider Birmingham to lead healthy and fulfilled lives and make a positive contribution to their neighbourhood and the city” Values We believe in people. Every person has talent and the capacity to achieve his or her potential. We focus on the need to ensure that every child receives the best start in life, to access education and to on-going support where it is needed We value equally our staff (paid and voluntary) and recognise the talent they have and their passion to deliver high quality responsive services. We believe in partnership working and will seek to collaborate with organisations and stakeholders to ensure high quality services are delivered to those we support. We believe in transparency, openness, delivering value for money, and are accountable to our Board of Trustees, partners and the communities we work with. We aim to be inclusive, to promote and deliver fairness in access to services, use of buildings, and employment... Read more... Tweets by stpaulstrust
