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Our CPRT courses have spaces for later this school year.  Theses courses usually run for eight-ten weeks (not half term week).  Would you like to know more about supporting your emotionally sensitive child using play therapy skills?  If so, please contact us using our enquiry form. This course does need the commitment of attendance at a weekly workshop and play sessions at home with your child but the rewards are huge.

Join us for our Heart to Heart Parent and Child Groups this summer holidays! Heart to Heart is a 6 session programme that uses play and creative activities to strengthen the bond between parent and child. We have two groups this summer holidays: South Birmingham group on Tuesdays 10:30 – 12:00 at our Moseley office North Birmingham group on Wednesdays 10:30 – 12:00 in Sutton Coldfield at the United Reform Church. The group is for children in school Years 2-6 and requires a parent to attend, and to play! We ask that you can commit to at least 4 out of the 6 weeks.  Contact our office using our enquiry form if you would like more information or to book your place. Please mention Heart to Heart when asked about which project you are interested in. Heart to Heart is…

We did it!! Thank you to everyone who supported our sponsored walk. On 10th April at 8am, 21 of our staff and supporters, including staff from Hill Dickinson Law firm, set off from Four Oaks train station on an epic mission. We walked 35k across Birmingham, along green ways and water ways, through the areas where we work. Thank you to Brookvale Primary School and Stirchley Community Church for kindly hosting us for much needed rest breaks. The sun shined on us all day and after 9.5hrs, a few strained muscles and many blisters later, we finally reached Longbridge station at 5.30pm. It was worth every step and we can proudly announce that we smashed our target – raising an amazing £7,693!! This money will go towards our vital work with children and families across the city. Thank you to everyone…

Lost someone and want to do something special in memory of them? What about making a donation to BTH this Christmas, to help other bereaved families. (You can just use the donate button at the top of our homepage). Or instead of writing Christmas cards you could donate the money you would have spent on cards and stamps to Beyond the Horizon? Or download the easyfundraising app and use it when you do your weekly or Christmas shopping and retailers will donate to us at no cost to you. Small but important actions. You will be supporting families in Birmingham who have experienced bereavement or domestic abuse this year to recover and thrive.

We had a great day on 20 April. Fun-filled activities for our young people, a chance to connect with each other, make pizza and help us with our fundraising ideas for schools.

Our annual report is out!  And filled with lots of stories of how we have been supporting children in Birmingham in the last financial year.  Take a look here: BTH Annual Report 2023-2024

Thanks so much to Max one of our supporters who ran a triathlon for us this month and raised over £1800!  Thanks so much to you Max and to all your sponsors, on behalf of all the children and young people we work with!

Well done Jade for completing the London Marathon and in a fantastic time of 5 hours and 27 minutes!  We are so grateful you ran for BTH and you looked great in the tee shirt! You can read all about Jade’s story here and you can still donate to her fundraising efforts here!  Jade first came in contact with Beyond the Horizon at the age of nine after her Dad died.  She had counselling with Beyond the Horizon at the time and recently got back in touch with us to say she would like to run the London Marathon for us! We were delighted. Well done Jade and massive congratulations from Beyond the Horizon!

Persevering: Grief as told by young people is a set of podcasts by young people, sharing their stories about being bereaved.  Our staff have been listening to it and you can listen too here on spotify or here on apple podcasts.

Our Annual Report is available for you to download as a pdf.

On Saturday 12th March we hosted a Remembering Day for all the families we have been in contact with who have lost a loved one or were already grieving at the start of the pandemic in 2020.  Many families had missed out on the chance to gather with others to remember their special person or to mark their anniversary due to restrictions.  We took time to remember people’s loved ones through crafts and memory activities and a collective time of quiet, gathered around the beautiful stones everyone had painted.  We also had plenty of food and fun times together including drumming and making slime.  Thank you so much to all the families that came and shared with us, to our great team of volunteers and staff and to the Sir John Middlemore Trust for funding our time together.