Ladywood Neighbourhood Network Scheme

Our September Wellbeing Forum with guest speaker Iheadi Onwukwe, Public Health Consultant with Birmingham Public Health. 🩺 Join us last Thursday of every month at our Wellbeing forum. slide links from today ⤵️ bit.ly/3F7qVTh

NNS Ladywood Capacity Building Training-Workshops for April to August 2021 Find below an up-to-date list of free online workshops organised by Ladywood NNS If you would like attend any of the workshops below than please contact carlene.mckenzie@bsettlement.org.uk

Great to see pop up vaccination clinics happening across the city @NetworkScheme

Please be aware due to Friday 2nd April being a Bank Holiday, our Talking Tables Food Parcel Service will instead be taking place tomorrow (Thursday 1st April) from 10:00am – 3:00pm. If you or anyone you may know would like to receive a food parcel, then please contact POD staff

Action Shot from last Friday of POD Volunteers helping to organise Emergency Food Supplies. We distributed 30 food parcels to families and over 50s in Nechells Thank you to @NetworkScheme for funding this project and to @FareShareMids for providing these essential food supplies

Find below week starting on 22/03 edition of the Ladywood NNS weekly newsletter. For more information or if you have anything to add to a future newsletter, please contact: beth.bailey@nechellspod.co.uk

Some background on the #Brum Neighbourhood Network Scheme. Link here to the online directory of local activities and services 👉 birmingham.connecttosupport.org

Our Building from Broken Pieces Programme starts in April. We will deliver both online and face-to-face sessions. If you are interested, or know anyone who may be, please do not hesitate to get in touch☺️

All workshops are free and facilitated over Zoom and are even suitable for people who are hard of hearing. Please see the posters above for further details.

@BIDServices are offering opportunities for Deaf Awareness Training and Hard of Hearing Awareness Training, Universal Credit- how to navigate online and internet safety sessions which will be available throughout March.

Last week POD staff with the help from POD volunteer Navida distributed more than 25 food parcels to families and over 50s in Nechells. We look forward to getting more volunteers involved and delivering even more food supplies this Friday.

If you wish to apply for a grant please use the email on the above poster to request application details.

Small grants for emergency food supplies to help support residents during the current pandemic are currently available. Organisations and community groups in the Ladywood constituency can now apply for the grants to offer food programmes to residents they are supporting.

Funding webinar: Learn how access free funding for your organisation with @easyfundraising. Find out how it works and how to get started + there’s a prize draw to win a £25 donation. This free informal session takes place on Monday 28th September at 2pm. bit.ly/3m0phJH

Thanks @BhamCityCouncil for helping raise awareness of our accessible #Covid19 information & working with us to produce this. If you're confused about any Covid guidelines, local advice or testing, please contact us on access@bid.org.uk or 07595 086540. @healthybrum @BVSC

We'd like to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to every single person that has helped us in #redistributing 606 tonnes of #surplusfood in #August2020, from; our volunteers, staff, donors, partners and our community food members working endlessly on the front-line💚 #fillbelliesnotbins

Our new #BHealthy campaign will provide practical resources for leaders & professionals to support their communities to become healthier and reduce their risk of becoming seriously ill from Covid-19. Find out more: ow.ly/De4O50B9GhL #Bhealthy #healthybrum

If you are interested in poetry, then we have a workshop for you :) book your place via EventBrite on the link below tinyurl.com/zoompoetrywork…

We're launching a webinar series with @PHE_uk following the UN's Decade on Healthy Ageing. Join us next Thursday to explore how we can tackle ageism: ageing-better.org.uk/events/decade-…

Coming Soon! We will soon be starting our next round of sessions for Virtual Tea and T’internet. Do you know anyone who wants to be more confident online? Sign up for our Virtual Tea and T’internet sessions. Click the link below to sign up: buff.ly/3lqEeV8 #GetInvolved