Parents and Friends Association

In 2007, the Parents and Friends Association (PFA) for EST Birmingham was formed. It is a meeting together of people who wish to actively support the centre – whether parents of children using the Centre or people who are keen to support the work of the centre.

The PFA consists of the following members:

David While (Chairman), Paul Rowe (Vice-Chair), Lorraine Howell, Jane Kimberely, Anita While, Mags Rogers, Rosie Parker, Sandra Whitworth, Jo Turner and Di Hazeldine.

If you would like to find out more about our association, please contact us.

Quiz night for EST Birmingham

Quiz poster

PFA Birmingham will be holding another "Quiz Night" on Friday 26th February 2010 from 7.30 pm at Sutton Conservative Club, Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield so come along and join in to raise funds for EST Birmingham.

Tickets £5.00 per person, teams of no more than 4/5 people.

Call Gill at the Centre on 0121-354-9444 for your tickets.

Pascoe pays a special visit

The Foxes Club at the Deanery C of E Primary School in Walmley, Sutton Coldfield held their first holiday club on Friday 23rd October 2009.

To help this event, a special appearance was made by Pascoe, one of the donkeys from EST Birmingham. The staff and children really enjoyed this special visit and the manager of Foxes, Mrs Jackie D'Arcy, added "We are proud to support EST based in Sutton Coldfield and have even adopted one of the donkeys at the Centre in Sutton coldfield. Pascoe was well behaved and was well received by all those who met him."

Fancy dress Halloween party

Fancy dress Halloween party

The Parents and Friends Association at EST Birmingham put on a fancy dress Halloween party on Saturday 31st October 2009. This was again well received by all those who attended.

Fun Day

PFA Birmingham held a Fun Day on Saturday 25th July. This was open to all users of the centre to come and have some fun.

We had face painting, raffle, with some fantastic prizes, as well as a duck race in the stream that runs by EST Birmingham. 50 little yellow ducks were released into the stream and the race was on. THe winning owner of the duck received tickets to a local tourist attraction.

The event raised much needed funds for the centre and as you can see from the photos the children (and adults) had a great time.

Easter Egg Hunt

Winner of our Easter Egg Hunt

The PFA in Birmingham, Sutton Park division held an Easter Egg Hunt, in the April Easter break. This was deemed to be a great success and raised much needed reveune for the PFA. We had on the day 198 people take part in the hunt and with the usual raffle and of course beautiful waether a great time was had by all. A vote of thanks are recorded for those supporters who supplied raffle prizes, with a special mention to Waitrose and Boots. Thanks for your support.

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