Author: free@last

Our young people had the opportunity to look stunning at our annual Big Build Ball, in aid of raising necessary funds to enable us to continue building the lives of our children and young people, to enable them to live life to the full. Once again it was expertly organised by the amazing Emma Jones from…

We were exceptionally honoured to have been invited to join with other guests at the High Sheriff of the West Midlands Awards Dinner, in St Martins Church in the city centre. This prestigious occasion was to mark the individuals and organisations who have been inspirational over the last 12 months and beyond, across the whole…

The Nechells Lions had a tough match in the latest competition, as they only had 6 players turn up, but still decided to play the match against a team of 14 players, fielding a rotating 9. Not only did they have a third less players, they had thick fog to navigate through, right up until…

At the end of 2018, a team from international solicitor firm Gowlings WLG & Co, pledged to support free@last in any way they could. One of the team, Richard Lowe, ran a half marathan to raise money towards taking a group of young people to visit the Gowlings office in London. Richard bought the train…

Our very own Naomi Spencer, founder and director of Candy Bubbles (and also manager of the Nechells Lions), celebrated her 10th Anniversary of Candy Bubbles. It was a lovely evening of celebration, memories, friends and family joining together for a fun filled evening showing what has been achieved from a girl from Nechells. Naomi epitomises…

What an amazing game with a brilliant team spirit shown throughout the whole match, which showed in the result – we won 7-2!! Our goal scorers were: Subhaan x 1 Jahreal x 1 Wail x 1 JJ x 4 The man of the match went to KJ who is usually seen non-stop running around the…

This week our secondary aged youth club celebrated Black History Month by tasting a variety of Caribbean food. Quite out of the ordinary they put the tables together, sat as a group around a table, shared food and spoke about where the food originated from and different flavours and ingredients used. This gave staff and young…

Fantastic performance today again!! A cup match against Sandwell FC. First half the boys really worked well together and the passion was amazing, leading 3-2 at half time. Second half they slightly got off track, losing sight of their formation, and were soon drawing 4-4. Just 5 minutes before the end of the game we went…