Nearly one in three women aged 16-59 will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime.* It can take enormous courage for a woman to leave an abusive partner; they may worry about where they can go, or that their partner will…
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When slow cookers beat fast food
Natalie Haymes, our Children’s Services Lead at Perry Barr District Children’s Centre, shares how homeless families in the area are being persuaded to give up chicken and chips for something much healthier and tastier. “Most of us would say we…
How to talk to children about the invasion of Ukraine
Images of fathers leaving their families to stay behind. Videos of explosions. Photographs of children harmed. How should we talk about the Ukraine crisis with our children? Our Fegans counsellors provide some suggestions below for engaging in conversations about the situation…
The sweet taste of freedom
Zaara was so anxious about Covid that she and her two toddlers had not left their home in Perry Barr for eighteen months. Shalina Khatun, Spurgeons Health and Family Support Worker at Birmingham Children’s Centre explains that there was more…
The stark isolation faced by new mums
Since the start of the pandemic, around 750,000 mums in the UK have given birth. But it’s not been an easy time for them. Ria Evans, Spurgeons Together for Families worker in Hodge Hill, shares a glimpse of what new…
Retrospective: An extraordinary year
As Covid restrictions progressively lift and a greater normality returns, Spurgeons Head of Practice Lorraine White reflects on how we have managed to continue providing support to children and young people during the pandemic, and the new needs that are…
Helping Birmingham families during Covid
Kelly Bagnall is Spurgeons’ Senior Manager in the Birmingham Forward Steps partnership, a city wide integrated early years, health and wellbeing service for families with babies and children under five. Ria Evans is the Spurgeons Together for Families worker who…
New funding secured to support improved perinatal health services to Pakistani mothers in Birmingham
Spurgeons Birmingham Forward Steps service secures share of £7.6 million new Health and Wellbeing fund to give babies the best start in life. Spurgeons Children’s Centre Services in Birmingham have secured a share in a new Health and Wellbeing Fund…
£5k grant awarded to support vital language development project in Birmingham
A grant of £5,000 from the Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust has been awarded to our ‘Language Through Play’ project at Holland House Children’s Centre which is part of the Birmingham Forward Steps Children’s Centre’s service. The Language through Play project…
Birmingham Children’s Centres spread happiness to families in need over Christmas
This Christmas Birmingham Children’s Centre services, delivered by Spurgeons under the Birmingham Forward Steps partnership were on a mission to ensure that no child went without, appealing for donations of toys and gifts to distribute to families in need across…