Thanks to All who helped develop CQ’s bid to the West Midlands Commonwealth Inclusive Communities Fund in 2023. We submitted the bid early this new year. Please help us spread the word and press the case for funding SEND kids in the West Midlands. If successful, our bid will fund Fit Together – a project sitting…Read moreRead more
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Fit Together
Part-Time Play Leader
Sutton Coldfield; self employed or employed £10.50ph; Square Peg Activities Contact: Sharon, Operational Director, Square Peg Activities Limited, 37 Gate Lane Sutton Coldfield B73 5TR tel: 0121 824 0508 mob: 07947354915 Square Peg Activities Limited is a registered charity based in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield; delivering a range of appropriate activities to children with additional…Read moreRead more
School-Community Partnerships Could Coproduce Better Outcomes for SEND Children
Children’s Quarter is promoting the case for formalising and supporting the school-community partnerships that some of our members – both schools and community groups – have been coproducing for years. What we mean by a school-community partnership is an arrangement between one or more schools and one or more community groups to collaborate to support…Read moreRead more
Spring Into Action with Fit for All
Fit for All springs into action over the Easter holidays with inclusive play and youth services and healthy meals for disabled and vulnerable children at locations across Birmingham. Thanks to support from Government’s Holiday Activities and Food programme, Children’s Quarter members will be running sessions during the Easter school holidays. The sessions make up part…Read moreRead more
Green Light for Inclusive Easter Holiday Clubs
Inclusive play and youth services for disabled and vulnerable children will be running in Birmingham during the Easter school holidays. The Fit for All programme run by Children’s Quarter members successfully bid for just over £50,000 to run holiday activity and healthy food sessions across the city during the two week school break. The sessions…Read moreRead more
CQ Members Serve Up Holiday Help
Our Members provided more than 12,000 meals and thousand of hours of inclusive sessions for children and youth people during the Summer Holidays. In Birmingham, 19 CQ Member groups worked together through our Fit For All project – part of the city’s Bring It On Brum programme of holiday activities and food. In Solihull, Meriden…Read moreRead more
Celebrating Communities Grants
Celebrating Communities is a £2m fund run by Birmingham City Council which provides small grants (£100-£10,000) for projects to help mark – and connect communities to – next year’s Commonwealth Games in the city. The deadline for round 1 proposals is 1 June 2021 for projects starting from October 2021. There will be a further…Read moreRead more
HAF Fund Members’ Update 2
Thursday 6 May 2021 10-11am online Children’s Quarter has been campaigning to make sure government-funded holiday clubs are inclusive and that groups with commitment and expertise in inclusive services are involved in delivering them. This session is an update for members and supporters on the progress we have made in making sure: there can be…Read moreRead more
Develop Local Potential to Serve SEND Children Right
Councils are working out how to spend an increase in the higher needs block funding they get to provide education to SEND children. In Birmingham, the Council is encouraging mainstream schools to improve the way they serve vulnerable children through partnerships aimed at developing local potential. In the light of widespread off-rolling of SEND children…Read moreRead more
Make Holiday Clubs ‘Fit For All’
Children’s Quarter wants SEND children to be able to take part in inclusive holiday clubs funded by government and organised by local councils. These services are being funded for the most vulnerable young people through government’s Holiday Activities and Food Fund. We say they should include disabled children and that groups that are committed to…Read moreRead more