Birmingham Youth Sports Academy (Bysa)

Charity 1196269

https://bysa.co.uk

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Birmingham Youth Sports Academy appears to use low-cost, locally delivered sport as an accessible entry point to wider youth development. Its stated role reaches beyond football coaching: mentoring, tutoring, education, employability and racial harmony are embedded in its charitable purposes. The available evidence suggests a small, community-rooted organisation whose distinctive proposition is connecting structured sport with support intended to make young people more visible, capable and included. Its operational reach, outcomes and partnership network remain unclear.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Multi Neighbourhood

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bordesley Green

Confidence: high

BYSA's current website advertises regular weekly coaching at Small Heath Leisure Centre and Saltley leisure centre. Birmingham City Council identifies Small Heath Wellbeing Centre within Bordesley Green Ward and describes Saltley Wellbeing Centre as being in Bordesley Green.

  • BYSA website, coaching sessions page
    BYSA states that it currently runs boys' coaching every Saturday at Small Heath Leisure Centre and girls' coaching every Sunday at Saltley leisure centre.
  • Birmingham City Council, Councillor Raqeeb Aziz page
    The council locates Small Heath Wellbeing Centre within Bordesley Green Ward.
  • Birmingham City Council, Saltley Wellbeing Centre page
    The council describes Saltley Wellbeing Centre as being in Bordesley Green, Birmingham.
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East

Confidence: medium

BYSA presents Ackers Community Hub as its contact location, describes the hub as a newly opened BYSA community facility with classrooms and an office, and Birmingham City Council lists it as a BYSA community hub offering activities. The supplied evidence identifies the hub as being in Sparkbrook, but does not directly confirm its ward.

  • BYSA website, Contact Us page
    BYSA lists Ackers Community Hub in Sparkbrook, Birmingham as its contact address.
  • BYSA website, New community hub Ackers page
    BYSA says it opened a new community hub at Ackers, with renovated classrooms for mentoring and seminars and an office for career guidance.
  • Birmingham City Council, BYSA - Ackers community hub directory entry
    The council lists BYSA - Ackers community hub, with weekday opening hours and activities.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The evidence directly confirms two current weekly coaching venues and an active BYSA community hub, but it does not provide a current location-by-location timetable for BYSA's mentoring, tutoring, employment or Centre of Excellence activity.
  • BYSA's reference to 'Saltley leisure centre' is not accompanied by an address on its current coaching page. It is reasonably interpreted as Saltley Wellbeing Centre in Bordesley Green because BYSA's own earlier material uses the name Saltley Wellbeing Centre, but this should be confirmed directly with BYSA.
  • BYSA lists supporters including Sports Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, StreetGames and the West Midlands Combined Authority. The available evidence supports funding or support relationships, but does not show that these partnerships create additional regular delivery locations.
  • The charity's objects refer to young people living in or around Birmingham, but this is an area-of-benefit statement rather than evidence of citywide current delivery. The multi-neighbourhood classification is therefore based on the evidenced operational footprint, not the charitable objects.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current programme timetable identifying the venue or ward for mentoring, tutoring, employability support, Centre of Excellence activity and any school-based delivery.
  • Confirmation from BYSA of the full address of the current Sunday girls' coaching venue described as Saltley leisure centre.
  • The latest trustees' annual report or impact report setting out delivery locations, participant origins and any active delivery partnerships.
  • Current partnership agreements or project pages where partners provide venues, referrals or jointly delivered services.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/training
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Other Charitable Activities
  • Provides Services

Discoveries involving this organisation

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • Sport appears to be the gateway, not the end goal

    The evidence suggests BYSA uses football and multi-sport activity to establish regular contact with young people, then connects that engagement to mentoring, tutoring and wider developmental support.

    Why it matters

    This positions BYSA differently from a conventional sports club: its potential value lies in the relationships and progression opportunities built around sport, not only participation itself.

    Show evidence

    • “BYSA supports young people aged 7 to 18 through sports, education, mentoring and other activities.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “Its objects include advancing education, relieving unemployment and helping young people develop skills, capacities and capabilities.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Accessibility may be a deliberate part of the operating model

    Very low-cost boys' sessions and free girls' sessions may indicate an effort to reduce financial barriers to participation, particularly for groups who may otherwise be excluded.

    Why it matters

    If this is intentional, BYSA may be an important local access point for young people whose participation in organised sport is constrained by household income, gender or social circumstances.

    Show evidence

    • “Boys' coaching sessions cost £2 per person.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “Girls' coaching sessions are free.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “Its objects include recreational activity for people with need arising from poverty or social and economic circumstances.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Racial harmony is a core purpose rather than an incidental value

    BYSA appears to frame youth sport and support within an explicit commitment to mutual understanding, anti-discrimination and improved relations between racial groups.

    Why it matters

    This may make the organisation a potential bridge between sport, youth provision and local cohesion work, rather than solely a provider of recreational activity.

    Show evidence

    • “Its objects include promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Its objects include working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Its programme aim is to support the invisible and make the youth of today visible in the community.”

      Source:Organisation

    Remaining uncertainties

  • It is unclear how mentoring, tutoring and employability support are delivered, and how many young people receive them.
  • There is no evidence of outcomes, participant demographics, referral routes or active partnerships.
  • It is unclear whether the organisation's wider programmes operate regularly beyond the two listed coaching sessions.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Recent annual reports or impact data showing participation, progression and outcomes by programme.
  • Information on delivery partners, funders, schools and community referral relationships.
  • Evidence of how racial harmony and inclusion objectives are translated into activities and participant experience.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

Birmingham Youth Sports Academy (BYSA) was established in 2002 and is an award winning voluntary organisation supporting young people (boys & girls) aged 7 to 18 years old through sports, education, mentoring and other activities - https://bysa.co.uk/about-bysa

Charity objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN OR AROUND THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISED PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS. (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS. (C) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE.