Welcome to Rise & Shine – the Fit for All Programme for school Summer Holidays in 2022. 16 groups successfully bid for Summer Club funding with Fit for All back in June and are now delivering their inclusive Summer Clubs as part of Bring It On Brum!
Read more about who’s taking part as providers this summer or find the links to the information you need if you are running a Fit for All club, below.
Who’s Taking Part?
As usual, Fit for All this Summer includes a wide range of providers – reflecting the diverse membership of Children’s Quarter. There are large providers, like Norton Hall Children and Family Centre in Alum Rock and Hamstead Hall Academy in Handsworth Wood. There are smaller providers like Reboot Greencare and Shining Stars. Schools like Hamilton School in Handsworth and Dame Ellen Pinsent School in Billesley are running Fit for All Summer Clubs. Parent-led groups, like Birmingham SEND Socials in Birmingham and Square Peg Activities in Sutton Coldfield, are part of it too. Here’s the list:
| Summer Club | Outline | Total Places Provided | Serving… |
| Adventure Play | adventure play for children with complex needs | 120 | city-wide |
| All Saints Youth Project | inclusive youth activities | 1000 | Kings Heath area |
| Balsall Heath CATS | inclusive play | 1000 | Balsall Heath area |
| Dame Ellen Pinsent School | school summer club | 300 | children at the school |
| Hamilton School | school summer club | 375 | children at the school |
| Hamstead Hall Academy | inclusive sports, youth and play activities | 3200 | mainly NW Birmingham |
| Meriden Adventure Playground | adventure play | 1120 | mainly East Birmingham |
| Norton Hall | inclusive youth and play activities | 4512 | East Birmingham |
| Parks for Play | inclusive play | 936 | South Birmingham |
| PHAB Camps | four week-long inclusive residential camps | 720 | city-wide |
| Resources for Autism | sessions for autistic children and young people | 400 | city-wide |
| SEND Socials | parent-led play and trips out | 920 | mainly South Birmingham |
| Seven Up | inclusive youth and play activities at two sites | 272 | Handsworth and surrounding areas |
| Shining Stars | parent-led play and trips out | 160 | Chinese community in Birmingham |
| Square Peg Activities | parent-led inclusive play and activities | 1450 | Sutton Coldfield and North Birmingham |
Keeping in Touch and the WhatsApp Group
To get in touch with other groups that are providing Fit for All contact Paul at Children’s Quarter As well as email and phone links, your staff and reps can join the Fit for All WhatsApp group to stay informed and up-to-date. Details and invites to the group from Paul or any of the Children’s Quarter staff.
Briefing Sessions
There are three Fit for All briefing sessions during the Summer:
Briefing 1 will focus on introductions, bookings, contacts, enrichment, training and confirming funding etc. The briefing is on Monday 4 July 10-12 noon and will be repeated Tuesday 5 July 10-12 noon and Tuesday 5th July 12-2pm
Briefing 2 will focus on registers, community lunches, retention and welcome, training update and evaluation. The briefing is on Friday 12 August 10-11am and will be repeated on Monday 15 August 6-7pm
Briefing 3 will focus on evaluation, getting monitoring information complete in and finances. The briefing is on Friday 2 September 10-11am and will be repeated Monday 5 September 6-7pm.
Providers should arrange to be represented at all three briefings – they contain information you will need to deliver the programme and also provide time for networking and sharing experience.
Who’s Who at Children’s Quarter
Laura, Hazel and Paul are your contacts at Children’s Quarter who will be helping to run Fit for All as a programme and do the admin and coordination.
Laura is responsible for liaising with StreetGames, site visits, training, photography and video collection, the Meet Me project and provides help and advice in emergencies…
Hazel is responsible for programme monitoring – the key stuff around bookings and registers
Paul is responsible for most of the bids, communications, facilitating briefings, menus, stuff to do with food and evaluation.
But all will try to be helpful on anything to do with Fit for All (and they talk to each other), so don’t worry too much about getting the right person!
Further Information for Providers
See below for more details about:
Bookings and Registration
Food Club
Training
Evaluation
Financial Report and Final Claim Form
Programme Timeline
Final Payments
ALSO:
Bring it on Brum Providers’ Portal – you will need to be able to access the Providers’ Portal area of the Bring it on Brum website to book on training courses organised by Street Games and to see other useful information. This area is password-protected. Fit for All members will have been sent the password, but if you have forgotten it, please email Paul at Children’s Quarter.
Other Resources for Providers – further useful material, draft policies and information about matching funds can be linked to from here and via your shared folder on the Children’s Quarter drive which you can access using the link provided to you. If you want a reminder of how to access your shared folder then please email Hazel at Children’s Quarter.