Author: free@last

  • Nechells Lions FC

    Our new Under 11’s football team, Nechells Lions FC, have joined the Sandwell Minor League – playing 9 a side football on a Sunday mornings. We have been generously sponsored by Approved Shopfitting & Interiors (ASI) and FLR Group, enabling us to buy the necessary equipment needed to enter the league. Our first match was possibly the…

  • Unique Climbing Wall Feature

    We are very happy to have our own climbing wall at free@last and this has always been a feature that we’ve included in our plans for the new building. Although we are not a commercial climbing wall we have designed the wall with a couple of unique features that will hopefully entice climbers to come…

  • Birmingham Trainee Solicitors’ Society announce free@last as Charity of the Year

    We are really pleased to announce that the Birmingham Trainee Solicitors’ Society has named free@last as it’s charity of the Year. We are highly honoured and happy to work with the Society, who have already started their fundraising with a £185 from a Gin Tasting event. Their next big event is their annual ball at…

  • Entrepreneurial Challenge 2018

    It is often said that the youth of today are tomorrow’s leaders, but we have 88 x 11 year old children who believe they are today’s leaders – especially in business! free@last has been working with Cromwell Multi Academy Trust, which includes Bordesley Village School, to run a Year 6 Entrepreneurial Challenge. The children have…

  • Would you like to work for us?

    We work with children and young people, their families, neighbours and the whole community to make a difference in their lives. With grants from 2 different trusts, including Children in Need, we are able to increase our youth work delivery and recruit new members to our youth work team. We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic,…

  • A Successful Launch

    On the 20th and 21st April we held our long awaited launch, showing all those who have joined our journey, the remarkable youth and community centre that we now have. This has only been made possible by all those who have finacnailly contributed – especially the Big Lottery Fund (Reaching Communities Buildings); and Spencer Turner…

  • British Champion coming to free@last

    Tommy Langford, the British Middleweight Champion, is coming to free@last on Wednesday 18th April at 7pm, to talk about how boxing changed his life and to give us a demo training session. This is a free event open to 10-25 year olds from Nechells.

  • Grand Opening of our new centre

    After a very long and challenging journey we have finally completed our very special youth and community centre, built specifically for our children and young people. We would like to invite you to join us on our open days on Friday 20th April, between 10am and 12 noon or 2pm and 6pm; or Saturday 21st…

  • Christmas Lunch

    We had a great time on Christmas Day, as 8 amazing people volunteered to help get the hall ready and cook for 29 people, who had booked onto our Festive Food time together. We had great company, great food and lovely presents. Thank you to all who came, helped and donated – we are looking…