The Dorcas Club started in
1984. The central aim is to promote ‘community well-being’ through projects at the
centre. The Dorcas Club has managed
projects at the Dorcas Centre including, ‘Children with Special Educational
Needs’ and ‘Job Club’. The well-used
centre with a dedicated team of people is also involved in other projects
designed to enable and broaden their work in the community.
The Dorcas Club is located
in the vibrant multi-cultural, multi-faith and non-faith North-West Birmingham
community of Handsworth. The centre has
been going for over 35 years and is at the heart of this vibrant community with
a multi-cultural shopping area with stores that cater for African & Caribbean,
Asian and Eastern European communities.
We are served by multiple
bus routes i.e. the 101 Bus from the City stops right outside the centre and
the 74 and 75 run along the Soho Road which is up the Road and the West
Midlands Metro tram service just around the corner. The No 16, 54, 61 Bus
routes are all within a 10-minute walk. We are within 2.5 miles of the
Birmingham City Centre and within 4-mile of our neighbouring West
Bromwich.
We have 3 large NHS Health
centres and City Hospital all within 2-miles of the centre. We are also
served by 4 train stations within a 3-mile radius of the Centre. We have
a large community Library and South and City College within a 2-min walk, we
have links with Jobcentre plus. We have two Grammar schools, three
comprehensive and eight or more primary schools all within close
proximity. We also have multiple places of worship, Soho House museum and
over half-a-dozen Parks and green spaces.
