St. Paul’s Trust seeks new Trustees
Meeting the Duchess of Cambridge
What a very special and exciting opportunity! Some of the children from St. Paul’s Nursery met The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum Link to Birmingham Live Coverage: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/kate-middletons-24-hours-birmingham-17609546 This event was to launch a UK-wide survey to help improve early childhood called the Five Big Questions.
Read all About It! People with Passion Award!
We are delighted to share ‘Get Balsall Heath Reading’ has received the Community Award, for People with Passion 2020. The lack of literacy impacts individuals and their families for generations. Adults with poor literacy skills struggle with employment, social inclusion, social mobility, self-esteem and struggle to support their children’s learning. And so, the long tail […]
Nursery Diary Dates 2020
Seasons Greetings
Seasons Greetings from everyone here at St. Paul’s Trust! Thank you to the children at St. Paul’s Nursery for designing this years card.
Learn How To Prune Fruit Trees
We will be hosting a FREE session on how to prune a fruit tree at the Farm on Sunday 1st of December. The session is due to commence at 11 am and expected to be finished by 4 pm, the session is FREE to attend and is open to all. To book a place, please […]
Balsall Heath Community Festival – December 6th 2019
We are pleased to announce that the Balsall Heath Community Festival WILL be going ahead. The Community Festival will now be taking place on Friday 6th of December between 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Tickets for Santa’s Grotto are now on sale from Malvern Street Children’s Centre reception desk for £3.00 per child. We do hope […]
Hall Green Children’s Centres join forces to launch new values!
Last week saw the launch of the new Hall Green District Values. The four core values, developed by staff from The Springfield Children’s Centre and St Paul’s Trust Children’s Centre, represent the way parents, staff and volunteers come together to provide children with the best start in life.
An exciting new partnership has been agreed
An exciting new partnership has been agreed between Sir Josiah Mason Trust and St. Paul’s Community Development Trust. The aim of the partnership is to promote inter-generational understanding between St. Paul’s School pupils (aged 11-16) and older people living in Sir Josiah Mason Trust’s residential accommodation.
St. Paul’s School – Ofsted
Following our Ofsted inspection of both the senior and newly opened primary school St. Paul’s is pleased to announce that we have achieved the following outcome:
Amsty Meets Mr Loan Shark!
On 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 […]
Birmingham schools to give out free food over the summer to help struggling families
Content 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 […]
Announcement: Gill Coffin retirement
After over 40 years of loyal service to St. Paul’s Community Development Trust as a Trustee and Chair of Board of Trustees, Gill Coffin has decided to retire from her role at St Paul’s at the AGM in October. Having joined the organisation in 1979, Gill went on to be Chair of the Board for most […]
Ramadan Iftar at Moseley Hub
Sunday 25th May – 7:30 pm at Moseley Community Hub. 496 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, B12 9AH
Introducing Simba!!
Over the last six months plus we have been discussing the benefit of having a school dog at both the secondary and primary schools. Academic research has shown that dogs working and helping in the school environment can help to achieve the following: Improve academic achievement Increase literacy skills Calming behaviours Increase social skills and self-esteem […]