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Stay and Play, Riverside House

“What shall we do with these happy children?” …That’s what we sing each week to start our singing time. It’s got one of those annoying tunes that stays in your…
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Sunday, 3rd June (Jubilee Weekend)

The Big Lunch is a national initiative started a few years ago to encourage people to get to know their neighbours and to help a sense of community grow in…
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Riverside Money Advice

In February, the charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service, warned that families in the West Midlands are sitting on a debt time-bomb – households are struggling to meet mortgage payments, spending…
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Our Torch Bearers

Three times a year we meet as a community group leadership team to communicate, pray and worship together – to envision, share and inspire each other. We last met in…
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“No. 8” Inner Circle Prayer Day

On Saturday 31st March we had an amazing day as a number of Birmingham churches took part in a Prayer Day for the city, particularly for the communities in the…
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Exciting Highlights from Ladypool Road Stay and Play, Balsall Heath!

We run every Monday morning during term time in the Ladypool Road Congregational Church Hall, ¾ miles from Riverside House. We have seen 2 new volunteers join the team. Most…
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‘Blood, Sweat & Chocolate’

Riverside School of Performing Arts (RSPA) performed 16 dynamic performances of ‘Blood, Sweat & Chocolate’ to over 3000 students in schools around Birmingham. Using humour and personal stories, RSPA raised…
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Pineapple Play and Stay

Pineapple Play and Stay continues to grow and flourish. There are regularly 60 parents/carers and children at the Church of the Ascension on a Thursday morning (10-11.30am) in the heart…
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Save Our Playing Fields!

Holders Lane Playing Fields is a Public Open Space next to Cannon Hill Park.The area is under threat and could be sold off. If this sale goes ahead, the unrestricted…
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Pineapple Kids Club

Pineapple Kids Club has been running in Stirchley for the last 3½  years. We meet in the Church of the Ascension hall just off Pineapple Road on Wednesdays 4-5.30pm. The…
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