Club 106 Community Project

Charity 1079160

www.club106.org.uk

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Club 106 Community Project appears to position itself as a broad, community-facing access organisation rather than a specialist provider. Its stated role combines digital inclusion and distance learning with creative, recreational and sporting activity, while defining need widely through financial hardship, disability, ethnicity, age and general community participation. The available evidence suggests an organisation seeking to use varied activities as routes into education, confidence and wider social inclusion, though its practical delivery model and local partnerships remain unclear.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: International

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • The Charity Commission's current charity record lists Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates, but gives no Birmingham project name, service address, venue, ward, partner or description of activity.
    • No evidence supports assigning the organisation's Birmingham activity to any specified Birmingham ward; therefore no operational area has been recorded.
    • The charity's governing document identifies Greater London, particularly the London Borough of Hackney, as its area of benefit, while its latest Charity Commission record reports operation in Birmingham City, other UK cities and several countries. The available evidence does not establish the scale, regularity or delivery model of the reported Birmingham activity.
    • The supplied website could not be retrieved, and no current annual report or project-level public documentation was available to verify areas of activity, local partnerships or active services in Birmingham.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current programme, annual report or service timetable identifying the Birmingham activities delivered, their frequency and their intended beneficiaries.
    • Venue confirmations for any Birmingham delivery sites, sufficient to confirm the areas in which activity takes place.
    • Confirmation from named Birmingham partners, commissioners or host venues showing the charity's current role and the geographic reach of any joint delivery.
    • Clarification from the charity on whether Birmingham City is an active delivery location in the current reporting period or a broad self-reported operating area.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/culture/heritage/science
    • Disability
    • Economic/community Development/employment
    • Education/training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
    • Recreation
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • Elderly/old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Other Charitable Activities

    Discoveries involving this organisation

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

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • A broad gateway into inclusion

      The organisation appears to use a wide mix of learning, leisure and creative activities to reach people who may not engage through formal education alone.

      Why it matters

      This suggests its distinctive role may be creating multiple entry points into support, rather than delivering a single narrowly defined service.

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      • “The charity's objects include computer training, distance learning, sport, recreation, music, drama and dance.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “Its activities include sport, recreation, leisure, music, fashion, modelling, drama and dance alongside computer training and distance learning.”

        Source:Organisation

    • Digital access appears to be the organisation's anchoring purpose

      Although its activity range is broad, the repeated emphasis on IT skills, internet training and distance learning may indicate that digital inclusion is a core organising rationale.

      Why it matters

      This helps distinguish the organisation from a general arts or recreation group: creative and leisure activities may complement a wider effort to reduce exclusion from learning and opportunity.

      Show evidence

      • “The first charitable object focuses on advancing education through IT skills, internet training, computer training and distance learning.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “Its activities state that it promotes IT skills with internet training and provides computer training and distance learning facilities.”

        Source:Organisation

    • Its intended constituency is unusually expansive

      The organisation appears to combine targeted support for people experiencing disadvantage with an offer open to the general public and other voluntary bodies.

      Why it matters

      This may create opportunities for bridging different communities and organisations, but it also raises a useful question about how resources are prioritised among very different beneficiary groups.

      Show evidence

      • “The charity helps children and young people, older people, people with disabilities, people of particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities or voluntary bodies, other defined groups and the general public.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “The charitable objects refer to people suffering financial hardship or otherwise in need.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Which activities are currently delivered, at what scale and in which locations.
    • Whether the organisation works directly with beneficiaries, through partners, or both.
    • How it balances its Hackney focus with its stated Greater London and worldwide reach.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Recent annual reports or service data showing participant numbers, activity levels and outcomes.
    • Information on delivery sites, staff or volunteers, partner organisations and referral relationships.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    EDUCATION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHERWISE IN NEED, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY, GREATER LONDON AND WORLDWIDE, WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF I.T. SKILLS WITH INTERNET TRAINING. WE PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR COMPUTER TRAINING AND DISTANCE LEARNING AND PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, LEISURE, MUSIC, FASHION, MODELLING, DRAMA, AND DANCE.

    Charity objects

    1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHERWISE IN NEED, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY, AND GREATER LONDON, WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF I.T. SKILLS WITH INTERNET TRAINING BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR COMPUTER TRAINING AND DISTANCE LEARNING 2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, AND LEISURE 3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY IN THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, AND DANCE 4) FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT THE DISCRETION OF HE CHARITY'S COMMITTEE