Parent and Family Support
By African French Speaking Community Support (AFSCS)
Support to families experiencing language and cultural barriers, especially those from the French speaking countries.
Ethnicity focus: Congolese
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Support to families experiencing language and cultural barriers, especially those from the French speaking countries.
Ethnicity focus: Congolese
More detailsCost £1.00 per session per child and you get adult drink and children get snack and drinks
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play area indoor and outdoor (depending on weather)
Toys and games
Ball pit
breakfast
Drinks for parents
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A Support Group for parents and carers who have disabled children, young people and adults.
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Showtime Community Productions CIO is a performing arts, variety entertainment, amateur dramatics group based in Wednesbury. We welcome anyone aged 8 to 99 that have intrests in and around the theatre or perfoming arts.
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Washing & Bathing.Dressing & Undressing. Oral Hygiene. Mobility & Transfers. Preparation of Meals. Continence Care. Prompting of Medication.
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Providing a warm and welcoming space to everyone on: Tuesday:10am - 2pm and Thursday: 10am - 2pm
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Community Friendship.
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Drop-in for anyone who wants a coffee or tea. Friendly inclusive people; Especially for those who feel isolated
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Place of Welcome
People come to have a chat make new friends, They can also come and get advise about benefits and also learn to use the i pads.
They can also get help with finding a job.
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Place of Welcome - meet new people and make friends. Free refreshments. Friday 10am-12pm
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Groups within (at set locations) Sandwell Timetable: Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
Tuesday
2pm – 3:30pm: Wednesbury Workshop – Art & Activities (12 weeks)
A grassroots community group supporting ‘We are Wednesbury’ w/ MultiStory
South Staffs Water Hub, Wednesbury, WS10 7HD
(Starts: 5th Nov 2024 until 28th Jan 2025) CJ /SB
Wednesday
11am– 12.30pm: ‘Learn My Way’ - Digital Skills ***Oldbury JobCentre Exclusive***
SinglePoint, First Floor, 66-68 Birmingham St, Oldbury B69 4DZ (Starts: 27th Nov 2024 until 12th Feb 2025)CJ
1.00pm– 4:00pm: Jobs Skills Drop-in (by Appointment) / 1-1 Coaching (ongoing) –
YMCA, 38 Carters Green, West Bromwich, B70 9LG ***Contact Chris for appt***
10am – 2pm: Black Country Wanderers (Once a month)
Trips to free venues in and around the Black Country, contact Sam B, and keep an eye on Platform JST Facebook for more info
Thursday
11am - 1pm: Creative Skills & Wellbeing Club (ongoing)
– 4 Community Trust, Oldbury, B68 8HH (Ongoing from 7th Nov 2024) CJ
(Please note that our venue for this group changes during School Holidays – contact CJ for more details)
2:00pm – 3:30pm: Just While You Wait - Mental Wellbeing Group (ongoing)
– GTA Office, YMCA, 38 Carters Green, West Bromwich, B70 9LG (Ongoing from 7th Nov 2024) CJ / SB
Friday
10am – 11:30am: Friar Park Community Ramblers
– Millenium Centre, Friar Park, Wednesbury WS10 0JS (29th Nov 2024 until 31st Jan 2024) CJ
12.30pm – 2:30pm: Music Creativity Club (ongoing)
– Sons of Rest, 1 Foley St, Wednesbury, WS10 9HG (Ongoing from 7h Nov 2024)
Contact Details
platform@juststraighttalk.org /// chris@juststraighttalk.org
Chris J (CJ) - 07726 210 684 /// Sam B (SB) 07434 593 959
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Play & Stay for Parents and careers to spend some time with their children away from the home and to meet new people
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Sessions run throughout the Black Country.
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A programme of sessions on a variety of Mental Health topics.
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A service which ensures individuals have a say when their care and support is being assessed.
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To provide advocacy for people who are affected by mental health issues or lack capacity, when making important decisions.
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To provide advocacy services for people who are affected by mental health issues or who lack the capacity to make important decisions.
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POhWER delivers the statutory NHS Complaints Advocacy Service accross the area of Sandwell.
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POhWER supports volunteers in Sandwell. Please get in touch if you would like to get involved!
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A bespoke training package service covering issues such as respect and dignity, the Equality Act, the Equality Duty…
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We run out of school setting (OOSS) for children of Polish heritage aged 3-18.
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Ethnicity focus: Polish
Portway Lifestyle Centre is an exciting new leisure facility in Sandwell for the whole community and a centre of excellence for people with disabilities.
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Pre-Employment Support sessions
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Whatever your pregnancy-related problem, help is just a click, text or call away.
If you’re late and worried about being pregnant, considering abortion or you’ve...
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Look on our web site or pop in to the centre to see the availability on room hire for any occasion through out the year call for more information and meet the team
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Fun Free bingo session and refreshments
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Our swimming centres provide a range of swimming sessions and swimming lessons including female only, male only (lessons), parent and toddler, adult only and 50+ as well as Aquafit exercise classes.
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Yoga - 1st Tuesday of each month from 7-8pm
Art - 3rd Monday of each month from 5-7pm
A safe welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ Community to come together to improve their health and wellbeing while having fun and meeting new people. Counselling is available upon request.
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Support following a fall or illness to assist in regaining independence.
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The course teaches you I.T. Basics: Learn to use a PC, navigate the internet and stay safe online. FOR LADIES ONLY.
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The course teaches you I.T. Basics: Learn to use a PC, navigate the internet and stay safe online. FOR MEN ONLY.
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The Reach and Reconnect project tackles health inequalities, pandemic recovery and cost-of-living challenges by improving health and digital literacy. It helps individuals access healthcare, manage conditions and build confidence while teaching essential digital skills for navigating online services. It empowers individuals to enhance their wellbeing and overcome barriers.
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We have been planning our activities and currently only delivering 1-2-1 basis supporting local residents set up the online NHS app and small group interventions. Delivery of the project will soon be coming to an end and we will have achieved out set targets.
The overall project outcomes are:
Outcome 1
Disadvantaged residents better understand how to prevent ill health for themselves and their families
Outcome 2
800 people are better managing their existing/ emerging health conditions
Outcome 3
Disadvantaged residents will access local information and services to support individual and family wellbeing
Outcome 4
Residents in disadvantaged communities are more able to support family, friends, and community members
Outcome 5
Health and digital literacy is supported and strengthened in Sandwell services
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To increase the emotional health and well-being of children and for them to know and demonstrate more characteristics and qualities of healthy, safe, and respectful relationships.
The 6-week Real Respect primary programme was designed with the aim of being as age-appropriate, relevant, and culturally appropriate as possible. We take care, upon receiving referrals, to be aware of the spectrum of gender and make up of different family units in the cohort. We take guidance from the school and the children about their unique cultures and religions; we keep equality and diversity at the heart of the conversations. Also, very important from our prior learning working is that the discussions must be child led and children must feel emotionally and physically safe. We take care to respond in ways that could cause no shame or awkward embarrassment.
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Real Respect interventions use developmentally age-appropriate material. We explore how we take personal responsibility in situations where we interact with other people, with a focus upon respecting both ourselves and others. We want participants to learn how to reflect upon their choices and consequences. Most importantly, we want participants to have safe and healthy experiences with other people and we our long term strategy is to contribute to reducing problematic sexual behaviours amongst children and young people via open minded, yet safely boundaried discussion spaces. We want participants to know who their support network is should they experience any difficulties or worries they need to talk about when it comes to love, relationships and sexual activity. We work closely with school/college/referrers throughout the programme and share any safeguarding or other concerns, should we have them.
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Registered Data Bank. We can supply data sims including calls and texts to those in need.
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We provide rehabilitation and mobility training and work with people utilising their residual vision effectively and safely in order to ensure individuals can live independent lives.
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Relate counsellors work either with couples or individuals helping them to resolves their relationship difficulties whether they’re struggling through a bad patch, thinking of splitting up, trying to come to terms with a break up or maybe they keep choosing the wrong partner. Relate counsellors are experts in all these areas.
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Relationship, parenting and lifeskills workshops aim to teach you the practical skills you need to deal with what life throws at you. You may be going through a divorce or separation, having trouble adjusting to being a parent or perhaps you just want to be more assertive. Relate workshops will give you the confidence to take charge of your life.
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45mins Relaxation and Yoga Nidra session suitable for complete beginners and more experienced students. Please bring blankets and cushions to help you relax.
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Join us for coffee, homemade cakes, community and repairs!
Our talented team of repairers will try their best to fix any items you might bring in.
Usually open on the First Saturday of the month 10:30am to 13:00 but check our website for future dates
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Nicholl Grange is a 14 bed registered care home for people with mental health problems. It provides 24-hour staffing to help residents live comfortable and fulfilling lives.
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To provide respite stay with a Shared Lives Carer, from one night to a few weeks, to give family members a planned break.
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Door to door accessible transport available for those that find it difficult to access conventional transport. Available Monday to Saturday from 8am until 11pm.
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Room hire
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Library open to all: space to sit and read, free wifi, access to computers, stay and play sessions
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Family Hubs will offer the right help, in the right place, at the right time by offering services and support for all families with children aged 0 – 19 (or 25 with SEND) – our mission is to help all families in Sandwell thrive.
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Rowley Youth Club is a Sandwell MBC - Young People's Service ran youth club offering activities, advice and guidance for young people aged 11-19yrs old.
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RSPB Sandwell Valley is an enchanting urban green space located in the middle of Birmingham and the Black Country.
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Practical conservation group for 13 to 18 year-olds who want to help save nature, learn new skills and make new friends.
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Free Holiday provision for children aged 4-7 in receipt of free school meals.
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Ethnicity focus: Indian, Pakistani, Afro Caribbean, Eastern European
Full and part time daycare 5 days a week from 7.30am to 6.00pm for children aged 0-5yrs, to enable parents to return to work, training or higher education.
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Ethnicity focus: Afro Caribbean
IT Classes
Drama Classes
Art and Craft
for 11+
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A service which supports individuals who, through disability and social exclusion, feel that they have no meaningful involvement in decisions that are made which directly affect their lives.
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Sandwell Beam is a friendly emotional health and well-being drop-in service. We offer young people between 5 and 18 years old (up to 25 for care-leavers) a space to talk to someone about how they're feeling. No need to make an appointment, just drop-in!
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The Community Offer provides low level practical support and access to personalised information, advice and guidance to anyone aged 18+. Supporting your wellbeing and helping you live as safely and independently as possible.
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An organisation for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people run by deaf people.
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The Sandwell Adult Discussion Group offers an opportunity for Autistic Adults to meet within a safe and supportive environment. The group is free to attend. The groups offers topic based discussions which are led by those attending and supported by an Autism Specialist Worker. For more details please see service description.
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Falling down can be frightening. A fall can cause injury and create a situation where a person’s confidence is shaken.
The Falls Prevention Exercise Programme is a free service aimed at preventing falls in those aged 50+ or have mobility/balance issues.
What is it?
We offer a 12-week safe exercise programme at one of our community venues across Sandwell.
These exercises are designed to improve your mobility, balance and strength.
If you are unable to attend one of our community sessions, we can provide a workbook for you to exercise safely at home.
The team will also provide Information, Advice and Guidance on ways to prevent falls and maintain your mobility and balance.
The service will also refer you to the other community support services available if necessary.
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The Falls Prevention Exercise Programme is a free service aimed at preventing falls in those aged 50+ or have mobility/balance issues.
We offer a 12-week safe exercise programme at one of our community venues across Sandwell (eligibility criteria apply). Please get in touch to find the venue nearest to you.
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Support Groups
Workshops
Advice Sessions
1:1 Outreach Support
Family Sessions
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Football coaching - Oldbury United FC is a football club that delivers team sport for experiences footballers. Through positive activities that include football coaching, football competition, coach development and volunteer development we use sport to engage and transform lives.
We work with all sections of the community and provide:
Player development programmes ( 1-2-1 and team coaching)
Coach development programmes (Mentoring and coaching qualification)
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The SHIP programme aims to address the health inequalities affecting residents of Sandwell. The programme is funded by a grant from Sandwell Council Public Health and has eleven delivery partners, who are providing activities and interventions with residents across the diverse communities of Sandwell. The SHIP programme has two key objectives:
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Preventing and managing long-term physical health conditions.
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The Sandwell Language Network provides a programme of free, community-based English language learning support across the borough of Sandwell. The 2023-24 programme builds on the success of previous SLN programmes and aims to tackle health and economic inequalities, reduce isolation and promote community cohesion through basic and pre-entry ESOL.
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Sandwell Talking Therapies provides both psychological therapies service for people who are experiencing common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and stress as well as supporting people on their personal journey towards a meaningful and satisfying life. The service is open to anyone who is age 16 and over and registered with a Sandwell GP.
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Telephone befriending service for isolated, lonely and vulnerable people during Covid 19 pandemic and in the foreseeable future.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Tuesday & Wednesday / 9am - 3pm
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Wednesday: 1-3pm
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Tuesdays: 9.30am - 3pm
- Friday: 3 - 7pm
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Community group providing a Warm Space facility.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Wednesday: 10am - 12.30pm
Please note our Warm Space will still be available during the Christmas period.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Tuesday: 12.30 - 3.30pm
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Friday: 10.30am - 1pm
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Monday to Sunday: 9am - 11pm
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Saturday to Sunday: 12 pm - 6 pm
Please note: Over the Christmas Period, we will remain open to the public.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on Tuesdays, 11 am to 2 pm.
From Friday, 25th November, warm space will be available Tuesdays and Fridays, 11 am to 2 pm.
Please Note: Over the Christmas Period LCC will be open on Tuesday 20th - closed 27th, will resume on 3rd Jan 2023
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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The Centre is a warm space open to all in Victoria Park, Smethwick. We have television, internet access, refreshments and games for all as well as a museum covering Smethwick's rich and varied history
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Sandwell Welcoming Spaces
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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Sandwell Welcoming Spaces
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Murray Hall Community Trust is now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme.
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Welcoming Space
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are proudly part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone on:
Monday to Friday - 9.30am to 3.00pm
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Wednesday: 11am - 3pm
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Ethnicity focus: Polish, Eastern European
We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a warm welcome to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone on:
Fridays weekly: 10am to 12 noon.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Welcoming Spaces programme - providing a welcoming space to everyone.
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