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Birmingham and Solihull Family Hubs are pleased to share an opportunity for parents to contribute to their upcoming 5-year Infant Feeding Strategy. This work has been commissioned by Birmingham and Solihull Councils. Your insights and experiences are invaluable in ensuring that the councils develop a strategy that reflects the needs and voices of the community. The strategy aims to improve infant feeding support and services, ensuring that all families have access to the best possible care and guidance. Your feedback will be completely anonymous. You can share your experiences on this link. The survey will close on Sunday 20 October 2024, so we encourage you to take part as soon as possible. Your participation will directly influence how services are shaped and delivered, ensuring that they meet the needs of families in our community. Thank you very much for your time and support.

Are you expecting a baby? Why not let us make you a cup of tea and tell you all about the Family Foundations programme? This free event is for couples who are 24 weeks pregnant and would like to know more about the programme and its benefits. Join us at 12.30pm on Wednesday 18 September at The Springfield Project, Springfield Road, Birmingham B13 9NY.

This is a Springfield Children’s Centre activity for families in the Hall Green District. If you are not sure, please call us on 0121 777 2722 to check you are in our catchment area, and if not we will be happy to put you in contact with the Children’s Centre for your area.

We are proud to share with you The Springfield Project’s Impact Report for the financial year 2023-24, now available to download from our website. This was a year of development for The Springfield Project, with new opportunities to serve and work alongside the community of Sparkhill and surrounding areas.

We are very grateful to all our supporters for supporting us and making this possible.

Springfield Children’s Centre will be running Summer Save and Play sessions for parents and children under 8 to attend together. There will be arts and crafts activities, healthy cooking, and planting and growing activities to do together, as well as ideas for living an active, healthy lifestyle using Startwell characters for inspiration. The sessions will take place every Tuesday in August, 10.30am-12.30pm at Springfield Children’s Centre, Springfield Road, B13 9NY. To book your place call 0121 777 2722. £1 will secure your place and you will receive a gift!

This is a Springfield Children’s Centre activity for families in the Hall Green District. If you are not sure, please call us on 0121 777 2722 to check you are in our catchment area, and if not we will be happy to put you in contact with the Children’s Centre for your area.

World Breastfeeding Week is 1-8 August 2024

Join us on Friday 2 August 11am-1pm, for a picnic in Cannon Hill Park to celebrate breastfeeding. Bring your own picnic and meet us at the MAC entrance. Whatever your breastfeeding experience we would love to celebrate together!

Do you have a 2-year-old child?

Your child could access 15 hours a week of FREE childcare through the Early Education Entitlement. Eligible 2-year-old children will receive 15 hours of free childcare or early education for 38 weeks – a total of 570 hours per year, which you can use flexibly with one or more child-care provider.

Suitable for families either working or not working and receiving certain benefits. Some providers will allow you to stretch the hours over 52 weeks, using fewer hours per week.

To check if your child qualifies for a funded Early Education childcare place, contact us at The Springfield Project Family Hub on 0121 777 2722. Applying is easy. Simply complete a short online application form at: www.birmingham.gov.uk/earlyeducation

To check what financial help you could receive, try the online interactive quick calculator at: http://www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator