Spurgeons works with around 600 young carers in the West Midlands. One of them, Poppy, has lived through domestic abuse, homelessness and isolation. Now she’s set to appear in her school production of Mary Poppins. Craig, one of our Young…
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Young carer Mya ‘graduates’ from Spurgeons with distinction
Spurgeons’ Birmingham Young Carers group received national recognition as a finalist at this year’s Children & Young People Awards, in London. Spurgeons works with nearly 600 young carers across the West Midlands. These are young people with a maturity beyond…
How an award-winning project gave city’s young carers a break… till the money ran out
Timing, they say, is everything but it didn’t quite work out recently for Spurgeons’ Birmingham Young Carers group. Just before it was made a double finalist in the 2019 Children & Young People Now Awards, for an initiative targeted at…
Awards success champions ‘the Spurgeons way’
With two projects both being shortlisted in two categories, Spurgeons has established a strong presence in this year’s Children & Young People Now Awards. The Saturdads group at Peterborough’s Honeyhill Children’s Centre, which celebrated its 10th Anniversary in August, is…
Spurgeons to continue support for young carers in Birmingham
Spurgeons Children’s Charity is delighted to announce it has retained the Birmingham Children’s Trust contract to deliver support services for the city’s young carers, following a successful retender. Having worked with young carers and their families in Birmingham since 2009,…
Christian charity up for three national awards
Spurgeons Children’s Charity has been shortlisted for three prestigious Children and Young People Now awards in recognition of its work with vulnerable children and young people. The national Christian charity, which was founded by Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon in…