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
Events
Learn For Real at Coronation Road
Funding Focus
Members and Supporters of CQ are welcome to join the next Funding Focus Zoom call online on Friday 5 November 10-11.15am. We will be looking in particular at: Celebrating Communities small grants Severn Trent Foundation Lottery Partnership funding; as well as giving details of funders who are open for bids and with deadlines approaching; sharing…Read moreRead more
growing UP!
1 in 4 children is disabled or made vulnerable to exclusion by the way we manage the process of growing up. Changing that experience depends on families, communities and services working together. We’re hearing from parents, professionals, employers and young people sharing insights and experience of giving children and young people: more resilience; easier transitions; better…Read moreRead more
Do We Need a Better Local Offer?
We think SEND children, young people and their families in Birmingham should have a better Local Offer. Join us by Zoom on 8th and 22nd July to share your experience… The City Council has been given funds by government to improve the Local Offer. The Council says it wil use most of this money to…Read moreRead more
Member Meeting – Here Comes The Summer!
Here come the Summer Holidays – and a chance for CQ Members to share plans and preparations beforehand. More than 20 CQ Members will be working on Fit For All over the holidays – providing a summer of adventure for more than 500 vulnerable children and young people in Birmingham. In Solihull, CQ Members are…Read moreRead more
Do We Need a Better Local Offer?
We think SEND children, young people and their families in Birmingham should have a better Local Offer. Join us by Zoom on 8th and 22nd July to share your experience… The City Council has been given funds by government to improve the Local Offer. The Council says it wil use most of this money to…Read moreRead more
Step Up for CQ’s AGM!
Wednesday 26 May 2021 10-11.30am Sign up now for the Children’s Quarter AGM online on Wednesday 26 May at 10-11.30am from All Saints Centre, Kings Heath, Birmingham. If your group or organisation is a member of the co-op, then you can nominate a representative to serve on the Children’s Quarter Board. On the day, we’ll…Read moreRead more
Commonwealth Games Small Grants Workshop
Tuesday 11 May 2021 10am Children’s Quarter wants the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022 to welcome and inspire children and young people in the West Midlands including those who are disabled, socially excluded or otherwise part of the 1 in 4 who the Children’s Commissioner says are vulnerable. One way of making this happen is for grassroots…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
New Local SEND Offer
Tuesday 4 May 10-11am Much-needed additional money for the Local Offer for SEND Children might not be enough to ‘fix’ mainstream schools which off-roll and persistently exclude children who ‘don’t fit the box’. Instead, CQ says, the SEND Local Offer could be made co-operatively between schools and communities. Join the Zoom chat online to look…Read moreRead more