Birmingham Acocks Green Lions Club (CIO)
Charity 1204408
Overview
Summary
Birmingham Acocks Green Lions Club appears to be a locally rooted volunteer-service organisation that combines practical relief with community participation and fundraising. Its role seems less that of a specialist provider than a flexible civic connector: mobilising members, raising funds and directing support toward immediate local needs while drawing legitimacy, ideas and possible wider links from the international Lions network. The available evidence suggests a long-standing local presence, though it gives limited visibility of scale, beneficiaries or partner relationships.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Other Charitable Activities
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A flexible local-response model
The club appears to operate as a broad, adaptable source of volunteer effort and small-scale charitable support rather than around one defined service area. Its stated activities span seasonal hardship relief, food support, refuge support and environmental action.
Why it matters
This helps explain how the organisation may add value in gaps between specialist services: it can potentially respond to varied practical needs, but its breadth may also make its priorities and reach harder to assess.
Show evidence
“We fund raise to provide hampers at Christmas to Vulnerable people. We assist with food banks and womens refuge litter picking and help anywhere we can locally.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and carries out other charitable activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Civic participation is both mission and method
The club appears to treat volunteering not only as a way to deliver aid but as an intended civic outcome, inviting local people to connect, contribute skills and take an active role in community life.
Why it matters
Its potential contribution may therefore include strengthening local social participation and volunteer capacity, not solely distributing material assistance.
Show evidence
“The objects include promoting volunteering and encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.”
Source:Charity Commission“Joining is a great way to connect with people in your community.”
Source:Organisation“Put your talents to work by joining the Acocks Green Lions Club.”
Source:Organisation
Local identity paired with a wider network
The club appears locally focused while operating within the Lions movement, potentially combining neighbourhood knowledge with access to a recognised international service identity and wider charitable connections.
Why it matters
This dual position could make the club a useful bridge between highly local needs and resources, practices or relationships beyond Acocks Green. The practical extent of those wider links is not evidenced.
Show evidence
“We have been serving Acocks Green and it's surrounding areas since September 1979.”
Source:Organisation“We are a Non-profit Charity - part of a world wide group of charities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The scale, frequency and value of support, grants and fundraising are not provided.
- It is unclear which local organisations the club works with beyond references to food banks and a women's refuge.
- There is no evidence on how beneficiaries are identified, or whether support reaches groups not already connected to local services.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact updates showing projects, beneficiaries, funding and volunteer capacity.
- Information on referral routes, local partnerships and the practical relationship with other Lions organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We are a Non-profit Charity - part of a world wide group of charities. We provide support for our local community. We fund raise to provide hampers at Christmas to Vulnerable people. We assist with food banks and womens refuge litter picking and help anywhere we can locally.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND & WALES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR: 3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP BY: 3.1.1.1 PROMOTING THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP; 3.1.1.2 ENCOURAGING MEMBERS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE CIVIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY; 3.1.1.3 PROVIDING A FORUM FOR THE OPEN DISCUSSION OF ALL MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST; PROVIDED THAT PARTISAN POLITICS AND SECTARIAN RELIGION SHALL NOT BE DEBATED BY MEMBERS; 3.1.1.4 ENCOURAGING SERVICE-MINDED PEOPLE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT PERSONAL REWARD AND ENCOURAGING THE PROMOTION OF HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS IN COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, PROFESSIONS, PUBLIC WORKS AND PRIVATE ENDEAVOURS; 3.1.1.5 SUPPORTING YOUTH TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; 3.1.2 PROMOTING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PEOPLE IN LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES; 3.1.3 PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING; 3.1.4 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID AND DISASTER RELIEF; 3.1.5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES BY PREVENTING AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS, ASSISTING DISABLED PEOPLE TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES OR HELPING TO PREVENT OR MANAGE HEALTH ISSUES; 3.1.6 PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND/OR 3.1.7 PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION.