Wednesday 23 August 1- 3pm Coronation Road Playcentre Parents and families with SEND children are welcome to celebrate the Summer Fit for You and Fit for All delivery at Parks for Play in Selly Oak. Parks for Play is one of the Children’s Quarter member groups that has been delivering sessions this summer as part…Read moreRead more
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Paediatric First Aid
Coronation Road Playcentre – Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd June 2023 9am – 4pm both days This combined Paediatric and Emergency First Aid at Work training course takes place over two full days and leads to a 3 year certificate approved by the First Aid Industry Body on completion. Participants must attend both days: Friday…Read moreRead more
Inclusive Youth Work
Two full days training for youth workers, community groups and anyone looking to involve disabled and vulnerable young people. Enjoy learning to: •Create proactive welcomes •Engage effectively with young people and their families •Invest in comprehensive and creative planning •Include disabled young people who are most at risk of isolation. Led by Simbi Folarin…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
Learn For Real at Coronation Road
We know that access to suitable spaces and venues limits our Members’ ability to provide inclusive services for children and young people. At the same time, CQ Members and others have spaces they share. This informal session over brunch 10-11.30am looks at sharing space and developing shared space for inclusion: making more of what we…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
Youth Work Introductory Training, Birmingham
Explore personal and professional motivations for working with young people; what is ‘youth work’, our values and working with groups. Suitable for individuals who are working with young people in informal spaces. This course runs as Six Sessions during October and November 2019 Wednesday 16 Oct 6.30pm – 9pm Wednesday 23 Oct 6.30pm – 9pm…Read moreRead more
Free Play for Children Facing Social Exclusion
Birmingham Freedom Project and Parks for Play are cooperating to provide free summer play for children who are at risk of being socially excluded at St Bede’s church, Brandwood as part of Birmingham’s Healthy Happy Holidays. program. The sessions run on Tuesdays 6, 13 and 20 August 10.30am – 1pm and offer fabulous free play and…Read moreRead more
Parks for Play Summer Sessions
Summer Play at Uffculme School, Moseley has been organised by local charity Parks for Play as part of Birmingham’s Happy Healthy Holidays program. Parks for Play was set up to provide opportunities for children and young people who are disabled or who have additional needs and has been organising inclusive play in parks, schools, streets,…Read moreRead more
Learn for Real – 12 December
Meet up with Members at All Saints Centre, Kings Heath on Wednesday 12 December 10-11.30am to discuss creativity in inclusive practice and how to construct sensory environments. Children’s Quarter Co-op Members: The Glue Collective will be leading a hands-on sensory demonstration; All Saints Youth Project, Parks for Play, Dens of Equality and others will be…Read moreRead more