Heart of Birmingham Vocational College

On 06/06/24 the whole college attended our annual Gala Day at Redditch United Football Club's Valley Stadium; this year the day was held in memory of Nick Taylor, a much loved and dearly missed member of our college family who sadly passed away suddenly in July 2023.

Students, staff, visiting colleges and invited guests enjoyed a football tournament with 3 other SEND colleges; QAC, Wolverhampton College and Walsall College; as well as a staff versus students match, and fun activities including a Tombola, inflatable velcro dart football, beat the goalie, velcro golf, a coconut shy, beat the clown, and inflatable connect 4!

Congratulations to Walsall College, who won the tournament and the inaugural Nick Taylor Memorial Winners Trophy this year!

The Staff vs. Students match was a tense and thrilling game, ending in a 2-2 draw! Well done to all involved!

It was lovely to see so many people smiling and enjoying the day and the various activities and experiences. Thank you to Redditch United Football Club for being such wonderful hosts again this year, to our guest colleges and visitors for coming and joining in the fun, to our wonderful staff team who all worked incredibly hard on the day, and to the organising staff team for the hard work you all put in to making it such a wonderful day for everyone, and most importantly, thank you to our students for taking part, having fun, and celebrating a wonderful occasion.

All monies raised will be donated to a charity in Nick's memory, check out our news page for the full article!

As you may be aware, Heart of Birmingham Vocational College offer a Sports and Education Programme in partnership with Redditch United Football Club. Due to the demand in the local area, we are very pleased to announce that in September ’24 we will also be delivering our core curriculum programme based out of Redditch United Football Club, where students will work towards independence and employment outcomes.  

We are hoping to speak with Commissioners, Team Leaders/Managers, Senior Leaders, and Post-16/Transition Leads that can distribute this information to their teams and raise awareness of the provision we offer in Redditch, Worcestershire.

We would welcome the opportunity to come over to your provision/service or arrange a MS Teams meeting to discuss further. To arrange, please contact Susie Healey, Vice Principal via email: s.healey@hbvc.ac.uk

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Congratulations to our football team on their hard fought 2-0 victory in our Birmingham FA league fixture against Dudley College.

A spectacular free kick from 25 yards by number 10 gave us the lead before number 5 sealed the victory with a well taken finish late in the second half. A very good team performance and a pleasing clean sheet!