If you helped this is for you!

If you’d like to help do this for someone else please email:

annehorder@thecrossway.org.uk

You’d like to do this sometime- but you are busy- and never free on a Saturday when many of the jobs are happening?

Well this could be your opportunity to join in!

On Sunday 25^th March during the time that you would normally be worshipping in Church you can join in a PAC job to help Cerebral Palsy Midlands in Victoria Road in Harborne.

We have been asked to spring clean and spruce up their centre prior to a special anniversary event.

This charity has been affected by funding cuts.

Could you join in helping and be a blessing to them?

We are looking for 25 people to give a couple of hours to help in this way.

Requirements: humble hearts and bendable knees.

Please email me if you are free to help or if you have any questions. If you would like to bring a friend/ neighbour from outside of church this is great- please let me know.

email: annehorder@thecrossway.org.uk

We have been asked to help two women who are expecting babies in the next few weeks.

They need cots and cot bedding, pushchairs, car seat to take the baby home from hospital, steriliser, moses basket

If you can help please contact the Crossway on 0121 426 0070 or 0121 426 0077

Thank you

cots and baby equipment wanted for expectant mums

Thanks to those who have recently donated baby clothes, cots and pushchairs. These have now been passed on and been gratefully received.

 If you are still thinking about giving away your cot, puschair and other baby equipment, please can you get in touch with us at the Crossway on 0121 426 0070.

We know that we will need at least two more cots, pushchairs and other baby equipment in the next few months. It would be lovely to reassure people who are still pregnant that we will be able to help them in this way.

This event involved about 60 amazing helpers who organised or provided transport, shifted armchairs, welcomed and assisted guests, cooked, served, cleared up or washed up, led sessions, made drinks, organised games, ran the computers and PA, fed the volunteers, took photos, etc etc. Some brought their dogs; some brought their babies! All worked their socks off. But it was well worth it.

Prime Time gives an opportunity for older people in the church and from the local community to have a really enjoyable week together at a time when many people are on holiday and many clubs or activities are closed. It is a way of helping some more isolated older people to enjoy the company of others, and most of all, Prime Time helps older people feel valued and loved.

Already, we are looking forward to next year………

Catriona Foster
Pastor – Older People

This call for help went out in early August:

 Could you make yourself free to help a mum who is trying to get residents in her block of flats to help clear a large overgrown communal garden so children can play safely?

For  15  Crossway volunteers the answer was yes!

 Working together with local residents they helped to clear a large overgrown communal area of garden.

"Where to start!"

As we worked we uncovered all manner of interesting stuff!

"No sign of this lot when we started"

 Along the way we had a lot of fun.

Thank you  to everyone who helped to make this happen.

If you’d like to be involved in something similar please get in touch.

 email pac@thecrossway.org.uk

Community Police will be available to meet local residents at The Crossway on Saturday September 10th from 2-4pm.

All are welcome to pop in and chat.

Do you have any concerns that you would like to share with the police to help them create a safe and secure environment for all our community?

The Crossway is on the Corner of Vivan Road and Greenfield Road, just off Harborne High Street – click here to see a map.

There were a total of 629 items of tins and packets of food together with toiletry items.

“This exceeded all our expectations and we can’t thank you enough for your gifts”

Please carry on bringing your gifts of food and toiletries to help those who are struggling to make ends meet.

As well as the collection bins at St John’s Church there is now a collection basket at the Crossway if it  is more convenient for you to drop your gift in there.

After one week of collecting we had 4 containers and a trolleyload of food that was donated by East End Foods. Fantastic! See photo!

Thank you and please keep bringing tins jars and packets of food and tolietry items.

We know some children who are on free school meals don’t always have enough to eat in the holidays- BBC documentary “Poor Kids”

All food given is collected by Helping Hands and given to families who are referred by the caring professions.

Please join in by bringing something next Sunday!

It was great to see them filming so creatively. Haven’t seen the film yet but we’re watching this space!

We also discovered which receptionist wanted to  avoid the limelight.

See you when you’re back in the country!