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Dorothy Parkes Centre

The Dorothy Parkes Centre is just across the road from Old Church; it is a project of Old Church. Many of the church activities take place in the Centre. The Centre opened in 2000 and was created out of the Old Church parish hall by an innovative partnership between the Parish Church Council, Sandwell Area Health Authority, Harborne Parish Lands Charity, the New Opportunities Fund and the Church Urban Fund. The Centre aims to be a place of welcome and opportunity to the local and wider community and is fully accessible, open seven days a week. There are a variety of groups, classes, and activities available at the Centre which all aim to help tackle local issues such as physical and mental health, obesity, social isolation, low educational attainment, poverty and unemployment. The Dorothy Parkes Centre has rooms and halls available for hire, for use with children’s parties, with weddings and wherever people wish to meet and be sociable. If you need a space or would be interested in developing your skills and interests, look at the Dorothy Parkes website.

Bell Ringing

Old Church is proud of its peal of bells as well as those who ring them for regular services as well as weddings and on special occasions. Old Church ringers ring in other churches in the Diocese and around the country; we welcome visitors to ring at Old Church. Those new to bell-ringing but who might be interested in finding out more would be most welcome. Practices are held every Thursday at 7.45 and Sundays at 9.45. For more information, contact Steve Horton or leave a message for him via our Contact page.

Foodbank

Old Church is proud to contribute food to Foodbank, based at the Parish of the Resurrection, Holy Trinity, as well as to Brushstrokes, a community project working for the poor of the community, based at the Parish Church of St Philip Neri (Roman Catholic). The number of people asking help from this Foodbank has increased dramatically since its opening and Old Church contributes to the store of tinned fruits, vegetables, fish and meat as well as other essential food needs. Items are collected on Sundays and taken to Holy Trinity. If you would like to do more than contributing food, including helping to distribute food parcels at Holy Trinity Foodbank as well as collections of food donations at local supermarkets, then please contact Liz Goss on 0121 429 6022.

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