Community Action Project
Charity 1076090
Overview
Summary
Community Action Project appears to operate as a locally rooted civic hub rather than a single-purpose service provider. Its stated focus on the African-Caribbean community in Soho and Victoria sits alongside services open to the wider local community, combining early-years and out-of-school provision, advice, space and routes toward work and education. The available evidence suggests an organisation using a physical base and mixed service offer to connect community wellbeing, participation and economic opportunity.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record, based on the organisation's current reporting, lists Birmingham City among seven local-authority areas where the charity operates. However, it gives no Birmingham project, venue, partner, delivery address or beneficiary-service location.
- The only currently evidenced physical delivery site is in Sandwell. This is outside Birmingham and cannot be mapped to a supplied Birmingham ward or place.
- The organisation's governing objects focus primarily on the Soho and Victoria ward area of Sandwell; this should not be conflated with Birmingham's Soho and Jewellery Quarter ward.
- No material partnership evidence was found that identifies a Birmingham delivery location or demonstrates that a partner extends the organisation's operational reach into a specific Birmingham area.
- The regional coverage classification reflects the organisation's self-reported Charity Commission geography across Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Direct evidence of active service delivery is materially stronger for Sandwell than for Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service list, annual report or impact report identifying Birmingham-based delivery, including the neighbourhoods or wards served.
- Official project, commissioning or partner documentation that names Birmingham delivery venues, outreach locations or referral areas.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether Birmingham City is a current delivery area, rather than a catchment, beneficiary-origin area or historic reporting classification.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A community anchor with a multi-service model
The organisation appears to use facilities, childcare-related provision, advice and meeting space as interconnected entry points rather than as separate activities. This may enable people to encounter support through everyday community use of a shared local venue.
Why it matters
This suggests its role may be to create access and connection across several needs, making it potentially important infrastructure for other local organisations as well as individual residents.
Show evidence
“We offer nursery and, out of school club provisions, conference and meeting space hire, general advice & information.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
Targeted cultural roots alongside a wider civic remit
Its charitable objects place the African-Caribbean community at the centre of its original purpose, while its stated beneficiaries include the general public. This may indicate a culturally grounded organisation whose local role extends beyond a single community.
Why it matters
Understanding this balance is important: cultural specificity may be a source of trust and legitimacy, while wider access may position the organisation as a bridge across the neighbourhood.
Show evidence
“TO PROVIDED OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR PRIMARILY THE AFRICAN - CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY IN AND AROUND THE SOHO AND VICTORIA WARD OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDYWELL.”
Source:Charity Commission“Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
Childcare may underpin wider economic participation
The combination of nursery and out-of-school provision with a stated aim to help people access work, education and local services suggests childcare may be part of a broader participation strategy, not only a family service.
Why it matters
This points to a potentially under-recognised role in reducing practical barriers to employment and learning, especially for parents and carers.
Show evidence
“We offer nursery and, out of school club provisions.”
Source:Organisation“Aims to provide a one stop service to the local community to help them to access work, education and other services locally.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the African-Caribbean community remains the main user group in practice.
- Which local organisations use its spaces or refer people to its services.
- Whether its one-stop model produces measurable routes into work, education or other support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent service-user data, including geography, age, ethnicity and reasons for access.
- Information on referral pathways, tenant or venue users, and local delivery partners.
- Outcome evidence for childcare, advice and employment or education support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We offer nursery and, out of school club provisions, conference and meeting space hire, general advice & information. Best described as a Social Enterprise organisation which aims to provide a one stop service to the local community to help them to access work, education and other services locally.
Charity objects
TO PROVIDED OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR PRIMARILY THE AFRICAN - CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY IN AND AROUND THE SOHO AND VICTORIA WARD OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDYWELL AND IN PARTICULAR THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.