About us
North Birkenhead Development Trust are a charity based in Bidston and St James Ward, Birkenhead, where we seek to improve the quality of life and opportunities for all living in our community. As a charity, we manage and deliver from the St James Centre, a multi purpose community centre, with a community café, Marketplace, Library, day nursery, foodbank, full weekly ‘whats on’, near by community garden, adult education, and more. It’s the vibrant, busy heart of the community. The St James Centre is also home to partner organisations; WIRED, NCompass, Unity Supported Housing, Cradle to Career, Crossing Point, Wirral Foodbank, Miriam Place Day Nursery, and more. Over the course of a year, the Trust has 40 000 visitors to the centre, and works closely with 5550 individuals.