Posted on Friday, September 03, 2010 by Marion Ridsdill
Big Start to 30th Celebration
Staff from the Trust and members of Girls in Action held the first of 30 fund raising events to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of St. Paul’s and to raise money towards a new minibus for the Trust.
Posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 by Rizwan Janmohamed
Balsall Heath Children Centre Toy Library now has cookery bags. These bags include easy to follow recipes, utensils for each individual recipes and activity sheets! Basically everything you need to cook with your children.
Posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 by Rizwan Janmohamed
Young people from across the cluster primary schools have had increased opportunities to access fun activities over the summer as part of a full programme delivered by the cluster. Tindal Primary School played host to a Sports Day and Creative Arts Day as part of this programme and 75 children attended across the two days.
Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Peter
This month the Heathan goes behind the scenes at Clifton Junior School to find out how they are able to create their stunning Carnival costumes every year and at the same time win awards for leading the field in using the arts within the curriculum.
Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 by Ian Edwards
Balsall Heath Carnival 2010 took place on Saturday 3rd July and was enjoyed by thousands of Balsall Heathans. The weather was great and visitors to Pickwick Park enjoyed the mini fun fair rides, looking for bargains on the many stalls and listening to the entertainment on the main stage. The crowd cheered the arrival of the street procession which was made up of over 140 participants, all dressed in bright and vibrant costumes.
Please visit the Carnival Gallery to see some of our favourite photographs of the day.
Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 by Peter
In the Heathan this month the theme for this years Balsall Heath Carnival is revealed along with the programme of events for the big day. Balsall Heath Is Our Planet provide handy tips on how to wash clothes economically while helping the environment and the Moseley Swap Shop show how new homes can be found for unwanted objects.
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 by Peter
Balsall Heath Carnival 2010
July 3rd at Pickwick Park
12-5pm
Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 by Steve Gardner
Balsall Heath Children’s Centre provides a Mobile Toy Library Service. The Toy Library runs several fortnightly sessions in the Balsall Heath area. At the Toy Library, you will be able to borrow a wide range of toys and books for a small charge; you can borrow up to 4 toys at a time and keep them for 2 weeks.
Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by Ian Edwards
Hundreds of people came along to our Grand Spring Fayre today. As part of the Trust’s 30th birthday celebrations, we opened both of our main sites and invited everyone to visit our Victorian classroom, view photographs from our archive, see demonstrations, take part in art and craft activities and sample a wide range of home made cakes and other delights.
Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 by Ian Edwards
Join us at our Grand Spring Fayre and help St Paul’s celebrate its 30th birthday on Saturday 15th May 11am – 4pm
Activities will be taking place at the Venture, Children’s Centre, Farm (Malvern Street), and at the Balsall Heath Initiative Centre (Clifton Road).
Activities for all the family, including: Face painting, Mendhi, Colouring competition, Farm quiz, Raffle, Hook a duck, Volunteering information, Past Carnival photo display, Road safety information, School Art display, Cooking demonstrations, Story telling in the Yurt, Arts & crafts, Junk modelling, Pottery, Gardening activities and Plant sales.
For further information ring 0121 464 4376.
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 by Peter
Your opportunity to read the latest edition of Womenzone featuring important facts, news and features. This sneak peek before it hits the streets provides a chance to be involved in some of the keys issues for women in society today.
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 by Ian Edwards
The Carnival Memories exhibition held on the 24th April was a great success. Visitors were able to identify themselves, their friends and neighbours and share their memories and anecdotes.
Don’t worry if you missed the exhibition as it will soon be going on tour. If you have any Carnival photographs or memories that you would like to share, please contact Chris Sutton on 0121 464 4376 or chris.sutton@stpaulstrust.org.uk. The exhibition was kindly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 by Ian Edwards
Balsall Heath Carnival
Memories Exhibition
Today 10am-4pm
At the Balsall Heath Initiative Centre
(Former Clifton Road Junior School)
Hertford Street, Balsall Heath B12 8NJ
Come and look at hundreds of photographs of Balsall Heath Carnival from 1977 to 2009.
Share your memories and help identify the many unknown faces (possibly your own!)
Posted on Monday, April 19, 2010 by Peter
This months Balsall Heathan is overflowing with inspiring ideas. For young readers there is the ever useful ‘A Good Read’ article providing a further chance to delve into the world of literacy while Balsall Heath Is Our Planet examine the health benefits of cycling.
Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 by Peter
Come and look at hundreds of photographs of Balsall Heath Carnival from 1977 to 2009 at the Balsall Heath Initiative Centre 10am-4pm.
Share your memories and identify the many unknown faces.
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 by Peter
This months Balsall Heathan is filled to the brim with community environmental news and features. For those of you who are keen on trees then there are several reasons to be read this month’s edition. Have you got green fingers? Then why not see how you can help with this years Balsall Heath in Bloom.
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Ian Edwards
It was necessary to close St. Paul’s Nursery early today because of a problem with the heating system. The boiler developed a fault that could not be fixed.
We have now installed temporary heaters to make sure the building is warm enough. The Nursery will re-open on Wednesday 17th March.
We apologise for the inconvenience this caused.
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 by Chris Sutton
The History Society meeting on March 25th features a talk by John Yates (Genealogist from Birmingham Register Office). John will be talking about the history of Civil Registration in England and Wales with anecdotes and stories to accompany it. Civil Registration started in 1837 and saw the state officially start to record births and deaths for the first time in this country.
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 by Chris Sutton
The Society recently received some memorabilia about Stanton Cricket Club. Stanton were the local amateur team in Balsall Heath and played their “home” games at Cannon Hill Park. They were formed in 1926 by local men including William Lawrence Cole, whose daughter and son-in-law (Mr and Mrs Wilkinson), were the kind donors of the material.
Back Row: F.Bradshaw, J. Birrell, F. Parker, E. Legg, W. Davis
Front Row: V Woodhouse, A. Woodhouse, W. Parker (Captain), W. Cole, F. Sadler, J. Boyd-Baird
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2010 by Ian Edwards
All grass roots voluntary or community organisations are invited to a Funding Fair and launch of the Lottery Funded BASIS 2 Growing Grass Roots Stronger Project on Wednesday 24th February 1.00pm – 4.00pm in the Balsall Heath Initiative Centre, Clifton Road. We aim to provide sources guidance and support to help you with funding, governance, compliance and running your organisation/project all in one hall! For further information contact Yvette John on 464 8742.
Tel: 0121 464 4376 administration@stpaulstrust.org.uk
St. Paul's Community Development Trust
Hertford Street
Balsall Heath
B12 8NJ
Registered in England & Wales: 1429707
Charity No: 508943
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