Sutton Coldfield Children's Centres

22/10/2026

🍂🎃 Looking for something to do this October Half Term? 🎃🍂

Join the team at our Hodge Hill and Sutton Coldfield Best Start Family Hubs for a range of FREE activities for babies and young children throughout the half-term break! 🌟

👶 Baby Groups
📚 Music & Story Sessions
🎨 Play & Learn Sessions
🤝 Opportunities to meet other local families
💚 Fun, play and learning for children under 7

📍 Sessions will be taking place across: • Best Start Family Hub Kitts Green
• Best Start Family Hub Dyson Gardens
• Best Start Family Hub Holland House
• Tame Valley Children's Centre
• Local community venues and libraries

📝 No booking required. Please note that sessions are designed for younger children and spaces may be limited if demand is high.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All children must attend with a parent/carer. 🏥 Please bring your child's NHS number with you.

Take a look at the timetable below and come along to join the fun this half term! 🍁🍂

22/10/2026

🍂🎃 Looking for something to do this October Half Term? 🎃🍂

Join the team at our Hodge Hill and Sutton Coldfield Best Start Family Hubs for a range of FREE activities for babies and young children throughout the half-term break! 🌟

👶 Baby Groups
📚 Music & Story Sessions
🎨 Play & Learn Sessions
🤝 Opportunities to meet other local families
💚 Fun, play and learning for children under 7

📍 Sessions will be taking place across:
• Best Start Family Hub Kitts Green
• Best Start Family Hub Dyson Gardens
• Best Start Family Hub Holland House
• Tame Valley Children's Centre
• Local community venues and libraries

📝 No booking required. Please note that sessions are designed for younger children and spaces may be limited if demand is high.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All children must attend with a parent/carer. 🏥 Please bring your child's NHS number with you.

Take a look at the timetable below and come along to join the fun this half term! 🍁🍂

13/10/2026

📚✨ Exciting news for Birmingham families! ✨📚

Join in a very special storytelling experience with author and illustrator Emma Reynolds, as they bring the much-loved story "Amara and the Bats" to life through a live reading.

This is a wonderful opportunity for children and families to enjoy the magic of stories, celebrate a love of reading, and meet the creator behind this inspiring book.

Take a look at the flyer for venue details and find a session near you!

📖 Suitable for families with young children
🦇 Enjoy an engaging story session
❤️ Promote a love of books and reading together

13/10/2026

📣 Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Grow Family Services
🕛 19:00
📆 Thursday 22nd October 2026
📍 ONLINE
🔗 Book Your Place - https://www.ticketsource.com/grow-family-services/t-rzjaldq

12/10/2026

🍂🧥 Winter Coats Pop-Up Shop 🧥🍂

As the colder weather arrives, why not pop along to this fantastic community event hosted by Simply School Supplies?

Browse a selection of free pre-loved winter coats and school uniform, helping families keep warm without the extra cost this winter. ❤️

✅ Pre-loved items available free of charge (donations welcome)
✅ New items available with a suggested donation of £1
✅ Seasonal activities for children and families

📍 St Columba's Church, Banners Gate, B73 6TX
📅 Saturday 31st October
🕚 11:00am - 12:00pm

Everyone is welcome to come along and take a look. Please share with friends, family and anyone who may benefit from this wonderful local service.

Our next Pop up is at St Columba’s Church Hall details below ⬇️
Along with our school uniform we will have a selection of warm coats.
All pre loved is FREE to take away with and new items £1.00.
There will also be a selection of crafts for sale too.

12/10/2026

📢EXCITING NEWS!! 🎄⛄🐕🎥

Apollo Academy Festive Film🎞️ with Live Orchestra🎵 - ⛄The Snowman and the Snowdog 🐕🎫tickets are now ON SALE!

📢And if you book before 31st October, you can claim a whopping 30% off all tickets with code EARLY, making our family tickets cost just £5 per family 🤩😮🤩

📆Saturday 12th December with two shows at 🕒3pm and 🕟4.30pm
Both shows have craft and refreshments available for 30 minutes before the show
📍North Birmingham Academy Theatre, College Road, B44 0HF -
We are also exciting to be at a new venue this year, with tiered seating and therefore spectacular views from all seats of the film and the orchestra, fabulous onsite parking, and much more space for refreshments and craft too

This promises to be the fun and fabulous festive family event, so book now to avoid disappointment.

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08/10/2026

SEND Community Day with Grow Family Services on Friday 13th November 2026

07/10/2026

🌟 Join Family Voices at Best Start Family Hub 🌟

At Best Start Family Hub, we believe that parents and carers are the experts in their own family's experiences. Our Family Voices group gives local families the opportunity to share their views, ideas and feedback to help shape and improve services for children, parents and carers.

Family Voices is a welcoming and informal way for families to come together, meet other local parents and help influence the support available within their community. Through Family Voices, families across Hodge Hill, Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Perry Barr have taken part in a range of activities and discussions including:

> Community events and celebrations
> Arts and crafts activities
> Sharing views on local services and community issues
> Paediatric first aid sessions
> Mental health and emotional wellbeing discussions
> Healthy eating workshops
> Reading and early literacy awareness sessions
> Consultations to help shape Family Hub services

We are always looking for more parents, carers and family members to get involved. Whether you have used our services recently, are expecting a baby, or have young children, your experiences and ideas can help make a real difference for families in our community.

💬 Want to have your say and help shape local services?

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message to find out more about Family Voices and how you can get involved. Your voice matters, and together we can help create services that truly meet the needs of local families. ❤️

02/10/2026

We recently shared the exciting news that Our Place Support will be working with Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust on the consultation and future delivery of a new community facility for Falcon Lodge.

Falcon Lodge Community Centre has been closed since 2024 and has been very much missed. Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust is now purchasing the site, with plans for a new purpose-built community facility, and we’re pleased to be leading the community consultation to make sure local people help shape the new facility.

Over the coming months, we want to hear from as many people connected to Falcon Lodge as possible. We're keen to know what people valued about the old centre, what is missing locally now, and what you would like to see in a new community facility. Thanks to Pride in Place funding, there will be lots of ways to get involved, including community events, coffee mornings and creative activities as well as an online survey.

We’ll be out and about across Falcon Lodge speaking with residents, local organisations, businesses, churches and community groups as well as working with local schools.

Keep an eye on our social media and website for the online survey, event dates and more opportunities to have your say.

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02/10/2026

If you’re a parent, carer or guardian of a little one aged 0–4, come and spend the morning with us at Fun Factory at Ark Community Church.

It’s two hours created with both little people and their grown-ups in mind.

There’s space for children to play, explore, make friends and have fun... while parents, grandparents, carers, and guardians get the chance to meet other adults, have a conversation and become part of a friendly local community.

If walking into a new toddler group feels a little daunting, you won't be expected to already know anybody, but come through the door anyway and we’ll be pleased to see you.

Whether you’ve recently become a parent, you’re new to the area, you’re caring for grandchildren, or you simply need somewhere welcoming to bring your pre-schooler on a Thursday morning, Fun Factory is for you too.

🧸 FUN FACTORY
👶 For children aged 0–4 with their parent, carer or guardian
📅 Every Thursday
⏰ 10am–12 noon
📍 Ark Community Church St James Road, Mere Green, Sutton Coldfield, B75 5EH
💷 £3 for your first child
➕ 50p for each additional child

Booking is required.

📞 For more information and to book, contact Lynn on 07950 085905.

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