Join the Rainbow Jam – a band with instruments we make ourselves that shows it supports the NHS and Carers by decorating its instruments with rainbow patterns… FIRST: COLLECT ALL SORTS OF PACKAGING, CRACKERS, RICE, CEREAL, TEA, BISCUITS, .ETC NOT TOO THICK CARD. WITH ALL THE FAMILY, FIND THE WAY TO OPEN UP THE PACKAGE,…Read moreRead more
CQ Campaigns
Rainbow Shakers
Make Your Own Popcorn
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Drums and Junk Percussion
Drums are a kind of musical instrument called Percussion instruments – you make music by striking, or scraping, them. You can use all sorts of junk materials to make drums and other junk percussion. CARPET ROLL TUBES FROM CARPET SHOPS (5INCH WIDE) ARE GOOD FOR MAKING DRUMS WITH. YOU CAN CUT THEM DOWN TO MAKE…Read moreRead more
Collage Making
Collage uses all the found papers you can search out – tickets, coloured paper, printed paper, patterns, cards, sticker, tissue… anything you can stick onto a surface with glue. It works by selecting, placing and sticking down to make pictures or covers for scrap books, to cover boxes or even furniture. You can make collage on…Read moreRead more
Bread Monsters
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Learn for Real, Holford Drive Sports HUB June
Join CQ Members, supporters and guests at Holford Drive Sports HUB in Perry Barr for ‘Learn for Real’ – a series of peer learning events looking at our members’ outstanding practice and experience. Holford Drive is a Community Sports Hub which aims to improve the health and well being of the local community through the provision…Read moreRead more
Learn for Real in Dudley, Postponed
Join other CQ Members, supporters and guests at Sycamore Adventure in Dudley for ‘Learn for Real’ – a series of peer learning events looking at our members’ outstanding practice and experience. Sycamore Adventure is a successful social enterprise and an award-winning adventure playground situated in an area of significant deprivation in North Dudley. More than…Read moreRead more
Learn for Real – Birchfield, 23 January
Discover Access to Arts, Heritage and Culture (ATHAC) at their Grosvenor Studios base in Birchfield. Set up in 2004 to break down the barriers facing disabled children and families to participation in and enjoyment of cultural and arts activities, ATHAC is a social enterprise dedicated to the enrichment of the lives of disabled children, young…Read moreRead more
It Takes A Village, Birmingham Nov 20 9.30-12.30
introducing asset based commissioning and community investment… It Takes a Village… is Children’s Quarter third annual conference. We’re focusing on making more of what we share – community assets: families, networks, communities, grassroots groups and schools – making the whole community a classroom. The event takes place at Edgbaston Community Centre, Woodview Drive, Birmingham B15…Read moreRead more
Welcoming New Members!
Warm welcomes to new members joining the Children’s Quarter co-operative this month: Highbury Orchard Community, the Inclusive Sports Academy CIC; and Charlotte Slater of Urban Heard CIC. Highbury Orchard Community is a community interest company which aims to bring people into contact with Nature through projects, including Forest School, working together and underpinned by Permaculture…Read moreRead more