by Nick Booth | Jan 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’ve been working in Ladywood with Use-It – a European wide programme which has been learning how to connect the many varied communities of the neioghbourhood. To get e feel for that work please watch this video (which features our team sharing our field...
by Nick Booth | Jan 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Eat Make Play, a local community business aiming to connect people in Ladywood, got intouch with us in in the midst of lockdown to figure out a way to nurture those connectionsduring the pandemic. And so, The Reservoir Plot was born on the Settlement’s Playing...
by Lauren McCabe | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Good Question and here’s our chief exec explaining…. Martin Holcombe explains what’s happening on that field by Edgbaston Reservoir For some several decades, the Settlement has had ownership of a 3-acre Playing Field nextto Edgbaston Reservoir. Until...
by Lauren McCabe | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Families are facing significant challenges during the Covid-19 emergency, and many will continue to have greater needs once the restrictions have lifted. Birmingham City Council, Birmingham Children’s Trust and other statutory and VCS organisations in Birmingham are...
by Lauren McCabe | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
We regret that due to the Coronavirus we have reluctantly taken the decision to temporarily close our offices. However, we will continue to provide free advice by phone and email as below: For debt and benefit advice including: Benefits entitlement SSP (Statutory Sick...
by Lauren McCabe | Feb 6, 2020 | Community Engagement
In January the third edition of the Birmingham Settlement Times, edited by our own service users, has been released to enrich and inform the local community in Aston. Our ‘Ageing Well’ Editorial Board have listened to requests from local residents to...
by Lauren McCabe | Jan 14, 2020 | Community Engagement
As we begin 2020, let’s take a look back at our Men’s programme taking place here at our Aston Centre. Since its inception in April 2019, 48 local men have attended activities, workshops, trips and events throughout the year! The programme is driven by its members...
by Lauren McCabe | Oct 22, 2019 | Community Engagement
We’ve been working in partnership with Aston Villa Foundation and St Chad’s Sanctuary to support refugees and people seeking asylum in Birmingham. Through English language sessions and sport provision, the project aims to support the integration of individuals...
by Lauren McCabe | Oct 16, 2019 | Community Engagement
Our Ageing Well editorial board have been hard at work once again to produce the second edition of the Birmingham Settlement Times, released earlier this month. The publication is a quarterly newsletter produced by members of the Settlement Ageing Well programme which...
