25th Birmingham 1st Beeches Scout Group
Charity 504337
https://www.facebook.com/1stBeechesScouts
Overview
Summary
25th Birmingham 1st Beeches Scout Group appears to be a youth-development organisation using the Scout model to provide structured educational activity for people aged 6–18. Its formal charitable purpose retains language centred on discipline, loyalty and citizenship, suggesting that character and civic formation are integral to its role rather than incidental outcomes. The available evidence indicates a broad age-range offer but reveals little about its local reach, delivery capacity, inclusion, partnerships or how its historic objects are interpreted in current practice.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A long-term youth-development pathway
The stated 6–18 age range may indicate that the group is designed to support young people across several developmental stages, rather than through a single short-term intervention.
Why it matters
A broad age range can make the organisation a potentially sustained source of relationships, confidence and informal education in young people’s lives. It also raises useful questions about progression, retention and transition between age groups.
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“Scouting activities for young people between 6 and 18 years of age.”
Source:Organisation“Children/young People”
Source:Charity Commission
Civic formation appears central to its purpose
The charity’s objects suggest that its educational role is oriented toward personal conduct and citizenship, not solely recreation or skills activity.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the group’s likely civic contribution: it may provide a setting where young people practise belonging, responsibility and community-minded behaviour. It would be valuable to understand how these aims are expressed today.
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“THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.”
Source:Charity Commission“Education/training”
Source:Charity Commission
A possible tension between historic objects and current audience
The formal object refers to boys, while the activity description refers more broadly to young people. This may indicate that the group’s present-day offer is broader than the wording of its historic governing purpose.
Why it matters
This distinction matters for understanding inclusion and governance. It may reveal an unexamined mismatch between formal charity language and current practice, or simply a lack of updated public wording.
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“THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.”
Source:Charity Commission“Scouting activities for young people between 6 and 18 years of age.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether participation is open to all young people or limited by gender, geography, cost or capacity.
- Whether the group works with schools, families, other Scout organisations or local community partners.
- How its citizenship and character-development aims are delivered in current practice.
Remaining uncertainties
- Current programme information, membership profile and age-section structure.
- Information on fees, accessibility, volunteer capacity and inclusion arrangements.
- Evidence of local partnerships, community activity and outcomes for participants.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Scouting activities for young people between 6 and 18 years of age.
Charity objects
THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.