Arts In The Yard
Charity 1197089
Overview
Summary
Arts In The Yard appears to use creativity as civic infrastructure rather than treating arts activity as an end in itself. Its stated role combines community arts, inclusive participation and practical support, suggesting an organisation that seeks to strengthen local connection and wellbeing in Yardley and the wider East Birmingham and Solihull area. Its broad charitable objects may allow it to respond flexibly to social need, but the available evidence does not yet show how these different strands are balanced in practice.
Operational geography
Coverage: District
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Yardley East
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence shows Arts In The Yard delivering walks and a garden festival at Old Yardley Park. Birmingham City Council identifies Old Yardley Park as a Yardley East green space.
- Arts In The Yard — Current Projects (updated 26 May 2026)
Arts In The Yard states that it hosts fortnightly women-only walks in Old Yardley Park and is running the Old Yardley Flower and Garden Festival there through its Historic Yardley project. - Birmingham City Council — Yardley East Ward Action Plan 2022–2026
The council's Yardley East action plan identifies Old Yardley Park and field among the ward's green spaces.
Tyseley and Hay Mills
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence identifies weekly Arts In The Yard yoga sessions in Hay Mills; Hay Mills is explicitly within the named ward.
- Arts In The Yard — Current Projects (updated 26 May 2026)
Arts In The Yard states that its Women of Yardley Unite programme delivers weekly yoga sessions in Hay Mills, with a flyer identifying Webster & Horsfall Group as the venue. - Birmingham City Council — Tyseley and Hay Mills Ward Action Plan 2022–2026
The council describes Hay Mills as part of the Tyseley and Hay Mills ward.
Acocks Green
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence shows regular delivery in Acocks Green and Stockfield. The organisation's partner independently confirms that Arts In The Yard works across Acocks Green.
- Arts In The Yard — Current Projects (updated 26 May 2026)
Arts In The Yard reports a free weekly coffee morning in Acocks Green and a monthly Arts Café within the Building Community Together project in Stockfield, Acocks Green. - Building Community Together — official project website
Stockfield Community Association states that it, Birmingham PlayCare Network and Arts In The Yard have worked across Acocks Green for several years.
Sheldon
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence identifies a weekly Arts In The Yard activity at a named Sheldon venue.
- Arts In The Yard — Current Projects (updated 26 May 2026)
Arts In The Yard states that Sheldon Coffee Morning & Games runs every Wednesday at Sheldon Heath Social Club.
Garretts Green
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence identifies a weekly Arts In The Yard club specifically serving Garretts Green.
- Arts In The Yard — Current Projects (updated 26 May 2026)
Arts In The Yard states that it launched Garretts Green Arts and Crafts Club, providing free weekly sessions supported by the Yardley Neighbourhood Network Scheme.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence supports a district-based operational identity centred on Yardley and adjoining East Birmingham neighbourhoods, rather than citywide Birmingham delivery. However, it does not establish the full set of wards covered by all ad hoc projects.
- Arts In The Yard's current-projects page also records walks at Oaklands Recreation Ground in Yardley, but the evidence reviewed does not sufficiently establish the applicable current ward boundary for inclusion here.
- The charity's registered address should not be treated as a confirmed operational base: the Charity Commission records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The available evidence indicates that partnerships extend delivery in Acocks Green through Building Community Together, and outside Birmingham through work with Solihull Council's Culture Solihull programme. The duration and scale of the Solihull work are not clear from the reviewed evidence.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable or venue list showing every active session, its location and frequency.
- Confirmation from Arts In The Yard of which venues are hired, regularly managed or otherwise used as operational bases.
- Current information on the geographic scope, funding period and delivery locations of the Solihull Arts Café programme.
- Current evidence establishing the ward for Oaklands Recreation Ground and any other Yardley activities not tied clearly to a supplied ward.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Arts as a route into wider community support
The organisation appears to position creative activity as a means of building confidence, connection and local wellbeing, alongside—not separate from—responses to hardship and exclusion.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie in creating accessible routes into community participation for people who may not approach conventional advice, welfare or support services directly.
Show evidence
“By curating arts projects across Yardley constituency, we develop, enable and enrich the local community through creative activities, events and projects.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include relief of financial hardship through food redistribution, advice, information and signposting to local support groups.”
Source:Charity Commission
A broad mandate may enable responsive local action
Arts In The Yard appears to have been constituted with an unusually wide remit spanning arts education, recreation, disability and hardship, which may let it adapt projects to changing local circumstances.
Why it matters
Understanding this flexibility helps distinguish the organisation from a narrowly defined arts provider and raises questions about which needs it is best placed to address through partnership.
Show evidence
“The charity advances public education in arts and crafts through a community arts centre, workshops, classes, sessions, events and exhibitions.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity works in disability, arts/culture/heritage/science, and economic/community development/employment.”
Source:Charity Commission
Inclusion is central to its identity, but reach is unverified
The organisation presents itself as open across age, ethnicity, background and ability, indicating that inclusion is a core operating principle rather than a specialist add-on.
Why it matters
This may make it a useful connector across groups often served separately; however, claims of openness do not establish whether participation reflects the area’s diversity or reaches people facing the greatest barriers.
Show evidence
“We aim to be inclusive for all, whatever your background, ethnicity, age or ability.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether food support, advice and signposting are active services or reserve charitable powers.
- Which neighbourhoods and communities in East Birmingham and Solihull participate most, least, or not at all.
- Whether Arts In The Yard operates a permanent community arts centre or delivers projects through partner venues.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent project lists, participant numbers, demographics and repeat-engagement data.
- Information on delivery partners, venues, referral relationships and funding sources.
- Evidence of outcomes beyond attendance, including wellbeing, skills, social connection or access to support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Arts projects and community initiatives to support and develop residents who live in East Birmingham and Solihull
Charity objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND TO PROMOTE ART, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE AND WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND ART SESSIONS AND PROMOTING ARTISTIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS. 2. IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, ILLNESS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SEVERE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVIDED THAT NEVERTHELESS SUCH FACILITIES SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. 3. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF, COLLECTION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO FOODBANKS, ADVICE AND INFORMATION AND SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS.