What's On at Crisis Skylight Birmingham July 2021

What a scorcher July was! We hope you have been able to keep cool!

We are looking forward to the courses and events being held during the month of Aug...

 

Read on to find out more!

Grand Union and Crisis present....

The Growing Project

The Growing Project, established in 2019, is a community-led growing scheme, working with organisations who support vulnerably-housed people and those in crisis.

The Minerva Canal-side Apothecary Garden

Specially designed and constructed to include planters for growing herbs for healing practices, this garden will be a communal seating area and have outdoor cooking facilities.

Led by women, the growing space will offer safe opportunities for women to come together, to develop knowledge around growing and healing practices in the city centre.

 Working collaboratively with women’s support organisations, Grand Union are running weekly sessions with artists and creative practitioners that foster a connection between plants and people.

Grand Union have invited our female * members to join them and other women* who have a lived experience of homelessness in this gardening project.

As part of The Growing Project our female members will get to

• Put mulch on flower beds and put up trellises
• Sow seed in flower beds and pots
• Make tea bags using the herbs and plants you have grown
• Create oils with the herbs and plants you have grown
• Using the herbs and plant in painting
• Get to meet other people who are not Crisis members
• Meet others who are being supported by different organisations in Birmingham

Thursdays @ 10:30am - 12:30pm

Minerva Works - Grand Union Gallery

Jo Capper at Grand Union and Danielle Phelps at Crisis

Lunch will be provided by Grand Union

Click the video below to see a little bit more about The Growing Project

*Women/Female = (trans, intersex and cis) and non-binary and gender variant people that identify with a women’s group

 

Course at Crisis: Let your lead worker know if you would like to come along to any of these sessions

Letter Art and Social

Create mounted decorative

letters to take away and display at home

Fridays @ 10:30am - 12:30pm

The Edge, Deritend

Tutor: Danielle Phelps

Learn the art of letter making whilst socialising and improving basic English skills within a small relaxed group where we will chat about and come up with themed words.

You will also learn how to mount decorative letters onto pieces of wood to take away and display in your own home

Upcycling

Learn new skills to upcycle a small furniture item to take home at the end of the course

Thursdays @ 1:00pm

The Arches Workshop, Digbeth

Tutor: Danielle Phelps

Techniques will cover:

• Wood Grain
• Rag Rolling
• Marbling
• Stencilling
• Decoupage
   

All sessions will be delivered within a small relaxed group where participants can share ideas and be inspired

 

Introduction to Painting & Decorating

Six-week introductory course starting Tuesday 27 July 2021

Every Tuesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Every Thursday 10:30am - 12:30pm

Arches Workshop

Tutor: Steve Peckover

• Learn new skills to help maintain and decorate your home.
• earn how to prepare surfaces for decoration.
• Learn how to apply paint to walls & ceilings by brush & roller.
• Learn how to paint a panelled door.
• Learn how to hang plain & patterned wallpapers.
   

Join our small, friendly & relaxed group.

Get creative and be inspired.

Outdoor Maths

Maths Outdoors for Learning and Life

 

Mondays @ 2:00pm-4:00pm

Various Outdoor Venues

Tutor: Marc Shemmans

Join Marc and other Crisis members for Maths at various outdoor venues.

Outdoor English

Tuesdays @ 2:00pm-4:00pm

Various Outdoor Venues

Tutor: Marc Shemmans

Join Marc and other Crisis members for English at various outdoor venues.

Yoga

Suitable for Beginners & Intermediate

Rebecca Bonnet is a Birmingham based Hatha Yoga Teacher and Personal Trainer.

Tuesdays @ 2:00pm

Online via Zoom

Sessional Tutor: Rebecca Bonnett

Yoga enables you to feel better, stronger and more flexible in body and mind

 “It has been very beneficial to me, because most of the time I am feeling very tense with everything that is going on at the moment. I am able to relax and start the day in a good mood.”

- Crisis Member

Member Coffee Morning

 

Meeting every fortnight

Dates in August are

Monday 9 August 2021 @ 10:00am

Monday 23 August 2021 @ 10:00am

The Warehouse Cafe

Staff Member: Eve Linnington

Come and join Eve and fellow members for a chilled out informal social time, get used to seeing people in person again.

We would love to see you if you can make it.

Regular Monthly events at Crisis Skylight Birmingham

Power Up!

This is the Crisis Skylight Birmingham member women's group

This is an inclusive space for all women (trans, intersex and cis) and nonbinary and gender variant people that identify with a women’s group. Self-definition is at the sole discretion of that individual.

*Due to staff availability we are holding Power up! on the first Wednesday in August as a one-off (Normally held on the second Wednesday of the month)

Topic: Nature

Date: Wednesday 4th August 2021

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Member Forum

Member Forum is

• an open forum where Members can bring anything relating to Crisis for discussion
• To feedback responses and actions from Crisis to Members' suggestions that come from Members' Forum, Your Views forms and class and service feedback.
• To act as a forum for consultation and information-sharing from all parts of Crisis

Next meeting

Date: Tuesday 17 August 2021

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Venue: TBC

Member Involvement Opportunities

Crisis Member Action Group

As a member of Crisis Member Action Group, you will work in a team of members to design and deliver a series of projects to influence positive changes at Crisis Skylight Birmingham and in the local community. In doing so you will have a positive influence on members’ journey with Crisis towards ending their homelessness.

Training Course developer

Bill, our clinical psychologist is looking for a member support in co-producing training for Crisis staff about having difficult conversations with members - mostly supporting members with very low mood and struggling with self-harm and/or suicidal thoughts

Speak to your lead worker if you are interested about any of these roles and they can arrange for more details and an application form to be sent to you

COVID-19 vaccine toolkit 
Birmingham City Council have asked us to share their Covid 19 vaccine toolkit with our members.

It can be accessed via their website by clicking on the link below.

DOWNLOAD COVID 19 Vaccine toolkit

Lateral Flow Testing Kits

Rapid lateral flow tests help to find cases in people who may have no symptoms but are still infectious and can give the virus to others.

The test usually involves taking a sample from your tonsils (or where they would have been) and from your nose, using a swab.

Crisis Skylight Birmingham have a supply of test available for staff, volunteers and our members.

If you would like to have some tests to do in your own time, please let your lead worker know.

 

TELL YOUR STORY

Personal stories are incredibly important to our work. Stories help the general public, policy makers and our supporters to understand the causes and the solutions to homelessness. During the past twelve months real life stories have helped to change the law for anyone fleeing domestic abuse, influenced the government to increase housing benefit and raised millions for Crisis and grass roots housing and homelessness organisations all across the Great Britain. 

• Would you be willing to tell your story about how Crisis Skylight Birmingham has supported you?
• It could be about helping you to find a job, it could be about helping you find more secure accommodation.

We would love to share your story with others in what ever way you are comfortable.

If you would be willing to share your story, do let your lead worker know.