Bromsgrove Bears Basketball Club
Charity 1213129
bromsgrovebearsbasketball.co.uk
Overview
Summary
Bromsgrove Bears Basketball Club appears to be a participation-focused community sports organisation whose role extends beyond providing basketball sessions. Its stated model combines facilities, coaching and organised competition to create a sustained pathway from childhood into adulthood. The club may also be an important locally rooted inclusion space: it reports a majority BAME membership while serving a broad age range, genders and abilities. Its presence across Birmingham, Bromsgrove and the surrounding area suggests it may connect communities across local authority boundaries rather than serving a single neighbourhood.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Rubery and Rednal
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence identifies an active partnership with Colmers School and Sixth Form College, in which students train weekly with Bromsgrove Bears and play National League basketball. Birmingham City Council identifies the school as being in the Rubery & Rednal ward.
- Bromsgrove Bears Basketball Club official contact page (25/26 season)
Lists 'Colmers school & Sixth Form' as the club contact location. - Colmers School and Sixth Form College, Colmers Basketball Academy
States that the academy operates in partnership with Bromsgrove Bears and that students train weekly with the club and compete at National League level. - Birmingham City Council directory: Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Identifies Colmers School and Sixth Form College as being in the Rubery & Rednal ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The club's current official website identifies Colmers School as its contact location, but does not explicitly state whether all club teams train, play home fixtures, or deliver programmes there.
- An older official Bromsgrove Bears website states that the club trained at both Colmers School and The Factory in Longbridge. The newer 25/26 website names only Colmers, so there is insufficient current evidence to record Longbridge and West Heath as an active operational area.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City and Worcestershire as areas in which the charity operates. This supports a local cross-boundary footprint, but does not identify current service sites or show that activity is distributed across Birmingham.
- The registered address in Northfield has not been treated as an operational site because the available evidence does not establish that services are delivered there.
Additional evidence needed
- A current training and home-fixture timetable identifying venues used by each team.
- Confirmation from the club of whether The Factory in Longbridge remains an active venue.
- Current information on the locations of any regular sessions or partnerships in Bromsgrove or elsewhere in Worcestershire.
- A current annual report or impact report describing the geographic origin of members and the locations of delivery.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A pathway rather than a single activity
The club appears to use basketball as a long-term participation pathway, combining access to facilities and coaching with development teams and local-league competition.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation's value may lie in retaining participants as they grow, rather than only offering occasional recreation. It may therefore be a connector between youth activity, adult sport and local competitive networks.
Show evidence
“Its objects include providing land, buildings, equipment, access to coaching and organising sporting activities.”
Source:Charity Commission“It has members from age 7 to adult and development teams participating in local leagues.”
Source:Organisation
Inclusion may be a central operational strength
The club appears to position itself as accessible across age, gender and ability, while serving a membership with substantial BAME representation. This may make it a meaningful civic space for groups not always equally represented in organised sport.
Why it matters
Understanding this role matters because the club may contribute to belonging and representation as well as physical activity. It could also hold experience that would be valuable to other local sports organisations seeking to widen participation.
Show evidence
“It provides an environment for young people and adults, male and female, and all abilities.”
Source:Organisation“More than 56% of the club membership is from BAME backgrounds.”
Source:Organisation
Its catchment may exceed Bromsgrove
Despite its name, the organisation appears to define its purpose across Birmingham, Bromsgrove and the surrounding area, suggesting that it may serve a dispersed regional basketball community.
Why it matters
This raises useful questions about where participants travel from, which facilities it depends on and whether it fills a gap between urban and suburban sports provision.
Show evidence
“The charity promotes healthy recreation in Birmingham, Bromsgrove and the surrounding area.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which venues the club uses and whether it owns, leases or shares facilities.
- Whether its membership reflects the wider local population and which groups remain underrepresented.
- How it works with schools, local authorities, leagues or other community organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Venue locations, session schedules, membership geography and waiting-list data.
- Information on partnerships, coaching capacity, fees, bursaries and participant retention.
- Participant feedback and outcome evidence on health, confidence, belonging and progression.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Bromsgrove bears basketball club provides a safe, secure and active environment for both young people and adults both male and female and all abilities to participate in their chosen sport of basketball. We currently have a membership of around 200 from ages 7 to adult, we have more than 56 % of the club from BAME backgrounds and have both development teams participating in local leagues together
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN BIRMINGHAM, BROMSGROVE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING THE AMATEUR SPORT OF BASKETBALL. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘FACILITIES’ MEANS, LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, ACCESS TO COACHING AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES.