Federation of Irish Societies
Midland Heart / Focus Futures


St Eugene's Court

77 Rea Street, Digbeth

Birmingham BS 6BB

Tel: 0121 622 1833

Fax: 0121 622 1843

www.midlandheart.org.uk

tony.merry@midlandheart.org. uk

Chair: Tony Merry

Secretary: Bridie McGinley

St Eugenes Court is a project within Midland Heart/Focus Futures that provides support based accommodation services for 1st and 2nd generation older Irish men aged 55 years and over, in the Digbeth area of Birmingham, which is known as the Irish quarter. Midland Heart/Focus Features Futures in partnership with Irish Welfare & Information Centre in Birmingham, facilitates a drop-in centre, Monday to Friday, on the St Eugenes Court site for Irish men and women aged 45yrs and over. The drop-in centre provides food, clothing, welfare benefits and housing advice, physical health and mental health services, advocacy, advice on passports and birth certificates, and provides leisure activities.