Community Institute Of Training
Charity 1147555
Overview
Summary
Community Institute Of Training appears to be a broad-based learning organisation using education, particularly information technology, as a route to inclusion and wider wellbeing. Its stated focus on people no longer in full-time employment, older people and people with disabilities suggests that it may occupy a role at the intersection of digital participation, lifelong learning and community resilience. However, the available evidence describes purpose more clearly than its actual delivery model, scale or local relationships.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence from the Charity Commission states that the charity operates in Birmingham City as well as nine other named local-authority areas. This supports a multi-region operational claim, but does not identify any Birmingham ward, neighbourhood, venue or delivery location.
- The registered contact address should not be treated as a service-delivery site. The Charity Commission record also states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The latest financial information available on the Charity Commission record is for the year ending 3 December 2022, reporting £0 income and £0 expenditure. Annual returns and accounts for the years ending 3 December 2023 and 3 December 2024 are overdue, so current active delivery cannot be confirmed.
- No official website content, current project information, venue listings, annual report or partner evidence was available to establish whether activity in Birmingham is neighbourhood-based, district-wide or delivered at a particular physical site.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable, service brochure or official website page identifying Birmingham delivery venues, online provision or target areas.
- Up-to-date annual returns, accounts or an impact report showing activity and expenditure after 3 December 2022.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether the registered contact address is only a correspondence address or is used for service delivery.
- Evidence from named delivery partners or venues confirming current programmes in specific Birmingham wards or places.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Digital learning appears to be the organisation's practical entry point
Information technology is the clearest named subject in both the objects and activity description, suggesting that IT education may be the organisation's main means of engaging people rather than simply one topic among many.
Why it matters
This positions the organisation as a potential contributor to digital inclusion, especially where lack of confidence or skills may limit access to services, social connection or employment-related opportunities.
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“To advance the education of the public in the subject of information technology.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include to advance the education of the public in the subject of Information Technology.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation may use learning as a response to later-life exclusion
Its explicit emphasis on people no longer in full-time employment, alongside older people and people with disabilities, suggests a focus on maintaining capability and participation after conventional working life.
Why it matters
This may make the organisation relevant to other groups addressing isolation, digital exclusion, ageing and disability, even where those groups do not primarily identify as education providers.
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“To promote learning for pleasure by people no longer in full time employment through the continued development of their individual capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding.”
Source:Charity Commission“Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its stated remit is wider than its clearly evidenced activity
The charity identifies health, poverty relief, employment and community development among its purposes, but the supplied activity evidence specifically describes education and IT learning. These wider outcomes may be intended consequences of learning rather than separately delivered services.
Why it matters
This distinction is important when assessing potential partnerships: the organisation may complement health, employment and poverty-focused agencies through capability-building, rather than duplicate their specialist provision.
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“Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment.”
Source:Charity Commission“It is also to promote the benefit of learning for pleasure by people no longer in full time employment.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the organisation provides classes directly, through partners or through advice and advocacy.
- Which communities in the West Midlands it reaches and whether its beneficiaries match its stated target groups.
- How education activity connects in practice to health, poverty relief, employment or community development.
Remaining uncertainties
- Details of current programmes, locations, participation levels and delivery partners.
- Recent annual reports or outcomes evidence showing participant needs, results and referral relationships.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Community Institute of Training activities include to advance the education of the public in the subject of Information Technology. It is also to promote the benefit of learning for pleasure by people no longer in full time employment through the continued development of their individual capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding in the subject of education value.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE LEARNING FOR PLEASURE BY PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN ENGLAND ESPECIALLY WEST MIDLANDS) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.