At the start of this year, the Pregnancy Outreach Workers Service (POWS) welcomed a new member of the team on board. We don't usually introduce new members of staff on our blog, but we thought it...
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POWS: Benefiting Birmingham
The consultation on Birmingham City Council's budget proposals for 2015-16, "Responding to the challenge, looking to the future", closed this week, and the council is now considering the feedback...
A busy new year for Lighten Up
Happy new year! We know lots of people are making new year's resolutions to lose weight, or otherwise become healthier, so we're ready for a new influx of clients across our Health Trainer and...
Long Term Conditions group: giving patients a voice
You may remember that, back in March, we wrote about our involvement with a forum for people with long term health conditions. Birmingham South Central CCG had offered to cover the group's running...
Finding an alternative route to employment: Georgina’s story
When Georgina Morgan started the Training to Care course at the beginning of this year, it looked like everything was going really well. She had completed a number of the mandatory training units...
New jobs and a bright future for our Trainees
Our Training To Care trainees are coming to the end of their 12 month placements now - and we're really happy to report that some are already starting to apply for - and get! - permanent jobs in the...
Two Ticks: positive about people with disabilities
Gateway Family Services has recently applied for, and been accepted to, the Jobcentre Plus "Two Ticks - Positive About People with Disabilities" scheme. It means we have made a public commitment to...
Catherine looks back at six years of Pregnancy Outreach Work
After six years with Gateway, Pregnancy Outreach Worker (POW) Catherine Lennon is leaving to live with her family in Ireland. So we asked her to reflect on her time with us. Over her time as a POW,...
Health Trainers – making the whole home healthier
Birmingham's childhood obesity crisis has been in the news again this week, as Birmingham's Lord Mayor came under fire for agreeing to open a new fast food restaurant near a school. In 2012 one in...