Spitfire Services

Morning all we need shopping bags please if anyone had any spare bags please can you pop them upto spitfire services thank you 🙏

Good Morning our apologies phones are currently not working there is a technical fault with the line which BT are trying to resolve the issue ASAP

Notice

Fredrick (Fred) Hawthorne Funeral will be held on:

Tuesday 12th September at:

10.45am at - Sutton Crematorium, Tamworth Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6LG

Can you please be there for 10.30am

Will be leaving dads house at 10.15am

At 20 Mere Avenue, Castle Vale, B35 6QT

Really excited and humbled to have supported the campaign for the Covid Memorial garden to be placed in Castle Vale. It’s nearly finished and a few more pics from today

Good progress on the Covid Memorial garden today.

We have been working hard ensuring the COVID-19 Memorial garden happens so the big news work has started 👇

We are pleased to announce we have renewed our contract with Spitfire Services for another two years to provide continued access to independent financial services for all The Pioneer Group customers and residents of Castle Vale. https://www.pioneergroup.org.uk/news/money-advice-contract-renewed-to-provide-tenants-with-free-support/

A huge thank you to the co-op and there branch on High Street Erdington for supporting spitfire services and our food bank, this is going to make a huge difference to families at this difficult time.

Castle Vale has been honoured with being chosen as one of the locations for a Covid-19 memorial garden.
For anyone that has lost a loved one due to Covid-19 and would like their name to be memorised at the garden please send their name to [email protected] by the 28th February 2022

Good Evening we have some important news , here at Spitfire Services we have been working hard on a number of things. The last 2 years of the pandemic has been difficult. Our very own Jane Roche who is Deputy CEO at Spitfire Services has been campaigning for Covid 19 justice for families enquiry it’s because of Janes hard work that Castle Vale will not only have a memorial garden, but it will be the first in Birmingham. Raymond Goodwin CEO at Spitfire Services said we are very pleased to say thanks to Janes hard work this has happened.

Covid-19: Sites set out for Birmingham memorial gardens More people have died in Birmingham with coronavirus than any other council area in England.

Welsh House Farm Big Local Partnership setup a free 0800 welfare support helpline in conjunction with Spitfire Services. We know since it's inception it has directly helped and supported a number of residents right across the area.

You can pick up a copy of the leaflet directly from the Keystone Children’s Center reception area. Just call our Big Local office number on 0121 427 4193 and we will call you back.

All conversations to the helpline remain confidential to you. 👇

Free to a good home contact us if you would like these 👍🏻

It is with great sadness that we are posting this, we have lost a dear friend, Jack Dromey MP.
Jack was one of a kind. compassionate, caring, fearless, and always standing up for his constituents, and championing causes that needed fighting.
He was forever calling us a remarkable organisation who helped many people, but the truth is he was the remarkable one.
We never saw him as Jack Dromey MP more as “our Jack” who became part of Spitfire and the wider Castle Vale family. In the coming months with our partners at Pioneer Housing and the Castle Vale Community Council, we will find a way of celebrating the remarkable achievements of our friend and Colleague
We are heartbroken by the loss of our friend. Our Thoughts are with Jacks family at this sad time
RIP Our Jack.

Ray, Jane, and the Board of Spitfire Services

Our CEO Raymond Goodwin has been boosted if you have not had the booster get boosted now👍🏻

Whilst this has been a very strange year because of Covid 19, and a big thanks to all our partners including Pioneer Housing be assured no matter what happens we will be here to support you. Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

With Christmas fast approaching, check out our business opening hours during the festive period. We will be open as usual from 4th January 2022, but in the meantime if you need our 24/7 emergency out of hours service, simply call 0121 748 8100.

Thank you to Pauline for the lovely donation of mince pies which we have given to outreach angels to help spread some festive cheer.

We would like to say a huge thank you to Joan Hartwell and Pype Hayes United Reform Church Congregation, for their donations to our Food Bank. They donate all year, but the Christmas donation is very special. It will help so many people in crisis.

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Being kind spreads positivity and we could all do with more positivity in our lives! One small act of kindness can help make someone’s day. 💖

Do you receive Universal Credit, or did you receive any at any time during the pandemic? If so, then you might need to take some urgent action to avoid having to pay it back.

The DWP relaxed some of their verification rules during the lockdowns, but they have decided to go back and recheck some of the claims to make sure the awards were correct. You should check your Universal Credit electronic journal frequently to see if the DWP have asked for more information (even if you no longer claim). If you don’t provide the information requested you may have to pay back some or all of the money you were awarded.

If you need help with benefits advice, in partnership with our friends at Spitfire Services we offer a free and confidential money advice service for our tenants and residents of Castle Vale. Please give us a call if you would like a referral.

It’s great to see Castle Vale achieving Green Flag status well done all involved

Fifteen popular city parks achieve Green Flag status in 2021 All 15 of the city parks have retained their prestigious Green Flag status from the previous year

Birmingham City Council's mobile Recycling Truck is coming to Castle Vale on Tuesday 12th October from 7am - 12pm. The truck will be located on Farnborough Road next to the Castle Pool Community Partnership and will take items including:

🟢 Household Rubbish
🟢 Paper
🟢 Cardboard
🟢 Glass
🟢 Plastic
🟢 Aluminium
🟢 Clothes
🟢 Garden Waste
🟢 Toys
🟢 Small Furniture
🟢 Small Household Items

Spitfire Services AGM 15th October 2021at 2pm.
venue the Meeting Place Café St Gerards Church Centre Yatesbury Avenue Castle Vale B35 6JT

limited spaces please call 0121 747 5932

The meeting will be also streamed via zoom please contact us for a link to the meeting

Looking forward to working with our Friends at welsh house farm big local providing support to an amazing community

Welsh House Farm Big Local Chairperson Graham met up with Ray and Jane from Spitfire Services who we work in partnership to offer a confidential welfare advice line via a free 0800 number.

Over £35,000 welfare claimed income has directly benefitted over 20 people from across the area validates the Big Local partnership initial investment to setup the service.

We see this kind of tailored service being crucual in supporting residents in need over the coming months and hope to anounce more support for Welsh House Farm residents in the very near future.

Thank you to our friends at Birmingham Central Foodbank for the kind food donations last week, thank you for your continuous support, it is very appreciated.

Thank you to our kind friends Asda for there kind support during the ongoing pandemic your support will help many families affected by Covid 19