24th Birmingham Manor Farm Scout Group
Charity 507303
Overview
Summary
24th Birmingham Manor Farm Scout Group appears to be a local youth-development organisation using scouting as a structured route into broader civic participation. Its stated purpose reaches beyond recreation or skills provision: it frames young people as individuals developing across physical, intellectual, social and spiritual dimensions, while also preparing them to participate in local, national and international communities. The available evidence indicates a service-delivery model focused on children and young people, but gives little visibility of its local partnerships, reach or distinctive practices.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East
Confidence: low
Direct current evidence from the Scouts directory shows that the group runs Beaver, Cub and Scout sections weekly in Greet. However, the available evidence does not directly establish the ward without relying on location information that is not published.
- Scouts official group directory: 24th Birmingham (Manor Farm)
Lists Beavers, Cubs and Scouts meeting weekly in Greet, and identifies the group as part of Cole Valley South. - Birmingham City Council planning portal
Records a site as being within the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East ward. - Charity Commission register, charity 507303
The registered charity is active and provides services for children and young people.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Scouts directory gives the current meeting location as Greet but does not specify the venue. Historical local material identifies a 24th Scout Group venue in the area; this was not treated as conclusive evidence of the current precise site.
- The Charity Commission reports that the charity operates in Birmingham City and owns and/or leases land or property, but this does not establish citywide service delivery or identify additional operational sites.
- The group is affiliated with Cole Valley South Scout District, whose area covers much of south-east Birmingham. That affiliation does not by itself demonstrate that this individual group routinely delivers services elsewhere in the district.
- There is no current evidence of regular delivery sites, material delivery partnerships, or services in other Birmingham wards.
Additional evidence needed
- A current group programme, annual report, or official group contact page confirming the regular activity location in Greet and any additional regular activity locations.
- Evidence from the group or Cole Valley South Scout District showing whether district-level events or shared facilities amount to regular delivery by the 24th Birmingham Manor Farm Scout Group outside Greet.
- Property or venue information confirming whether the Charity Commission contact location is an operational site, a correspondence address, or separate from the current meeting location.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Scouting is positioned as civic development, not only youth activity
The organisation appears to use scouting as a framework for helping young people become responsible citizens and contributors to society, rather than treating activities as an end in themselves.
Why it matters
This suggests its potential role in the local civic ecosystem may include building confidence, social responsibility and future participation, alongside education or leisure.
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“To promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.”
Source:Charity Commission“SCOUTING ACTIVELY ENGAGES AND SUPPORTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPOWERING THEM TO MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY.”
Source:Organisation
Its intended outcomes are unusually broad
The organisation appears to pursue a whole-person model of development, spanning physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential rather than a single educational or welfare outcome.
Why it matters
This breadth may make the group complementary to organisations focused on narrower needs, while also making its practical priorities difficult to assess without evidence of programme delivery.
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“To promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission“Education/training”
Source:Charity Commission
The available record reveals little about its place-specific role
Although the group's name identifies Birmingham and Manor Farm, the evidence does not indicate which communities it reaches, whether it addresses particular local barriers, or how it connects with other organisations.
Why it matters
This is a significant gap for understanding whether the group is a broadly accessible local asset, serves a particular constituency, or is isolated from potentially useful partnerships.
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“Children/young People”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Services”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which ages, neighbourhoods and communities the group currently reaches.
- Whether participation is limited by cost, transport, capacity, accessibility or volunteer availability.
- What relationships it has with schools, other youth organisations, community groups or the wider Scout network.
Remaining uncertainties
- Programme details, participation numbers and demographic or geographic reach.
- Information on volunteers, facilities, referral routes, partnerships and recent changes in activity.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
SCOUTING ACTIVELY ENGAGES AND SUPPORTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPOWERING THEM TO MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY.
Charity objects
To promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.