North Birkenhead Development Trust - St James Centre

08/06/2026

Happy Monday! 🌻

Leah’s off this week so there’s no adult baking but there’s still lots on to get involved in!

Monday:
Chair Aerobics: 12:15
Community Connectors drop-in: 12:00
Community Dinner 🍜: 3:30-4:30

Tuesday:
Crochet: 10:30-12:30
After school club (over 7’s)🤸‍♂️: 3:30- 5:00

Wednesday:
The Positivitree Peer Support Coffee Morning ☕️🥓: 9:30-11:30

9:30: 💚Our Tots are taking on The Big Toddle to raise money for Barnardo's! Ring the centre if you’d like to be involved or donate to their JustGiving here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/st-james-1?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=lc_frp_share_transaction_transactional_--_donation_received_--_nth_donation

Calm Hour (must be booked in advance): 3:30-4:30

Thursday:
Can Cook / Well-Fed Mobile Shop🛒: 1:00- 2:30
Messy Play with Ray 🫟: 1:00 -2:00

The cafe and library are also open as normal Monday- Thursday! See you soon! 👋🏻

05/06/2026

🌟 June at the St James Centre! 🌟

We’ve got a fantastic month of community events lined up. In fact, there's so many squished in that we thought it would be best to give you a full calendar!

👶💚 10th June - The Big Toddle
Our Tots group is taking on the Big Toddle to raise money for Barnardo's!

💙🫂 12th June - National Empathy Day
Join in our kindness-themed activities and be in with a chance of becoming our Community Kindness Champion.

🧸🧺 18th June - Community Picnic Party (3:30pm–5:00pm)
Bring your teddy bears and enjoy an afternoon of games, food, stalls and family fun in the carpark to celebrate National Picnic Day

🍽️ 23rd June - The North End Men’s Meal (5:00pm–7:00pm)
A free evening of food, conversation and connection as we support Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month.

🏡 25th June - Community Support Marketplace (10:00am–2:00pm)
A free community event by and . Meet local support services, enjoy refreshments and pick up free energy-saving and fuel-readiness resources.

☀️ Plus, keep an eye out for our upcoming Summer Planning Meeting - we need your ideas for holiday activities!

Family Toolbox

04/06/2026

Well you may have noticed we transformed into a tv set today! 🎥 🎬 We welcomed BBC Rip Off Britain who filmed their advice clinic here!!

❤️ Thanks to everyone who used different doors, hung out in corridors instead of the cafe and whispered their way through the building - we love ya!

📚 Thank you to Louise Mincham who promised us some of her books for the library!

📅 Remember we’re open for booked appointments, organised groups and meetings only on Fridays, so noisy normality resumes Monday.

28/05/2026

Thank you for spending half term with us!!! It’s been a hot one but we’ve had a blast! 🌻

We had fun in the sun in West Kirby, made smoothies, watched movies, built dens, crafted, painted, glittered (SO much glitter) and we’ve finished off today with Birkenhead’s Got Talent and a carpark waterfight!! ☀️🎨💦🌊🫟

A huge thank you to every single one of you who kept the building lovely and tidy and our amazing cafe team for cooking up a storm in the kitchen all week🧹🧑‍🍳.

Also, a huge thank you to Merseyrail for sending us off on our sunny train adventure 🚂🏖️.

Now we’re on the countdown to summer!!! 👀👀

26/05/2026

Want to escape the sun today? Our fabulous friends from The Positivitree are onsite later today offering practical support and a good chat for parent carer families.

Plus it’s (not very surprisingly) nice and cool in the library! 💛📚❄️

21/05/2026

🌞And that's us closed for the Bank Holiday weekend (unless you've got pre-booked appointments, groups or meetings tomorrow of course)!

📸Nursery families, it's photo day here tomorrow too! Don't forget to come in through the carpark.

We can't wait to see you all next week to kick off our half term fun! Remember, there's no online booking required but we do have a max capacity so get here early and be ready to go. 🎨🏖️

See you on Tuesday! 👋

18/05/2026

We're SO excited about this! Put the date in your diaries!📅

There's going to be something for everyone and it's the perfect chance to get everyone together and celebrate the North End💚

Keep an eye out on here too - there's going to be some exciting things going on here at the centre on the run up! 👀🎤🫟

Calling North End residents!

Join us this summer for the North Birkenhead Block Party to celebrate your community!

📍 Ilchester Park
📆 Saturday 11 July 2026
⌚️ 12pm – 4pm

Free Event | Free Pizza | Free Fun

🎶 Music
⚽️ Sports & Games
🎮️ Gaming
🎨 Graffiti Art
🫟 Arts, crafts & messy play
🚒 Fire Engine
💅 Hair & Nails
🖌️ Face Painting
🏰 Inflatables
🦎 Reptile Zoo
🍕 Pizza truck & soft drinks
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Sensory space for families

Bring your family, bring your friends, and we’ll bring the fun!

The Hive, Wirral Youth Zone, The Positivitree, Koala North West, Gautby - Play, Youth & Community, Equilibrium North West CIC, North Birkenhead Development Trust - St James Centre, North West Training College, Zap Graffiti Arts, Weapons Down Wirral CIC, Dope Crusts, Wirral Council, Steve Morgan Foundation, SHINE Trust

14/05/2026

🌟MAY HALF TERM PLAN🌟

Here's our plan for the next school hols! We're not doing online booking this time round, but activities do have a max capacity so please arrive slightly early and be ready to go!

For smoothie making, there is a £2 per child charge to cover ingredients - this can be paid in cash or digitally on the day.

Families eat free off of our holiday menu in the cafe across the three days, and there will be cereal and fruit out to help yourselves to each morning. 🍎🍌

So get practicing your acts!🥁🤹 We can't wait to see you!👋

13/05/2026

What a gorgeous morning! 💛🌻

We’ve had a record number at Tots, Tea and Toast. It was so lovely to meet so many new friends! 🧸☕️

The Positivitree parent carer peer-support group is also in full swing (with bacon butties on the go 🥓) and our lovely All Level Art Group are busy drawing away too!

Fancy joining us for lunch? Leah’s made stew! Come down from 12! 👋🏻

12/05/2026

Just a reminder that Tots is on tomorrow from 9:15! For anyone under 5, it’s completely free, and we can promise you toast and a cuppa too! 🫟🧸🪁