Members and non-members are welcome at CQ’s Annual General Meeting on Friday 24 October 12 Noon – 12.30pm in the Garden Suite, All Saints Centre, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7RA. The AGM carries on from our cooperative event Just 1 Thing which is in the morning on Friday 24th. So you can join…Read moreRead more
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Childrens Quarter AGM 2025
Fit for All Christmas and New Year 2025
Around 3000 children and young people take part in Fit for All each year in Birmingham and Solihull. Half are disabled; most of the rest are vulnerable (according to the Children’s Commissioner for England); and two-thirds are entitled to Free School Meal. CQ Members (and non-Member organisations that want to join the cooperative) can put…Read moreRead more
The Forge – for young adults
The Forge – the service for young disabled adults in South Birmingham – has moved. Monday sessions from now until Monday 14 July will be at Parks for Play’s Coronation Road Playcentre from 10am – 1pm each week (except on Bank Holidays). Book a place (or get further details) (more…)
CQ Conference 2024
We’re meeting at Moseley Community Hub, The School of Art, Moseley Road, Balsall Heath B12 9AH on Friday 18th October 9.30-12.30 with guest speaker Jess Phillips MP, to hear from the experts – community groups, parents and practitioners – about progress for children and families: Inclusive Childcare – making sure a share of money for…Read moreRead more
Cooperative Learning
Set the priorities for CQ’s training timetable by sharing your training needs (and expertise). Please also say if you have a venue where you’d like to host courses. Cooperative Learning benefits CQ Members first – through cheaper courses and local access to training. However, even if you aren’t (yet) a Member of Children’s Quarter, you…Read moreRead more
Fit Together
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
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