Express Yourself Community Club

Charity 1188525

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Express Yourself Community Club appears to be a broad social-inclusion organisation using accessible community-based support as its main route to reducing isolation. Its activities span young people, families and wellbeing, while its charitable objects recognise that exclusion can arise through interconnected pressures such as ill health, financial hardship, discrimination and poor housing. This suggests a potentially preventative, relationship-centred role rather than a narrowly specialist service, although the available evidence does not show its scale, locality or delivery model.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Neighbourhood

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Acocks Green

Confidence: low

The supplied record lists an organisational address in Birmingham. This is evidence of an organisational address, but not confirmation that services are delivered there or that the address is an operational venue rather than correspondence premises.

  • Supplied organisation record
    Lists the charity address in Birmingham, and describes community services, young people's drop-in and support, family support, and wellbeing sessions.
Remaining uncertainties
  • No accessible current organisational website, programme information, annual report, or venue listing confirms where services are now delivered.
  • The recorded organisational address may be a registered or correspondence address rather than a service-delivery site.
  • The available evidence does not identify any current secondary locations, delivery venues, neighbourhood catchments, or material delivery partnerships.
  • A 2020 Heart of England Community Foundation grant record evidences historical Birmingham activity supporting older people during COVID-19, but does not establish the organisation's current reach or location of delivery.
  • The neighbourhood coverage classification is a cautious interpretation of the small organisation's locally framed activities; it is not directly evidenced as a current formal catchment.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current timetable, service leaflet, booking page, or official social-media post identifying delivery venues and neighbourhoods.
  • The most recent trustees' annual report and accounts, including narrative reporting on current projects and beneficiaries.
  • Confirmation from the organisation of whether its recorded address is an operational base, and details of any other regular delivery sites.
  • Evidence from named current partner organisations where joint delivery materially extends the organisation's geographic reach.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides Services

Discoveries involving this organisation

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

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • A broad gateway into social inclusion

    The organisation appears to use varied, low-threshold community activities as entry points for people experiencing different forms of exclusion, rather than organising solely around one diagnosis, age group or crisis.

    Why it matters

    This may make the club well placed to engage people whose needs do not fit neatly within specialist services, and to identify issues before they become more acute.

    Show evidence

    • “Community services.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “Young people drop in and support; family support; wellbeing sessions.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “The objects are to promote social inclusion by preventing social exclusion, relieving the needs of socially excluded people and assisting them to integrate into society.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Intergenerational intent alongside youth-focused activity

    There is a notable tension between activities explicitly naming young people and families, and beneficiary categories that also include older people and disabled people. This may indicate an ambition to serve a wider community than the visible programme descriptions currently reveal.

    Why it matters

    Understanding whether this is genuinely intergenerational, or whether some groups are only nominally included, would clarify both the organisation's community role and possible unmet demand.

    Show evidence

    • “Young people drop in and support; family support; wellbeing sessions.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “The charity helps children/young people, elderly/old people, people with disabilities and the general public.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Potential connector across overlapping pressures

    The charity's objects frame exclusion as produced by multiple, overlapping social pressures. Combined with family support, wellbeing activity and advice or advocacy, this suggests the organisation may act as a connector between personal wellbeing, household circumstances and wider support systems.

    Why it matters

    If this role is borne out, the club could hold valuable local insight and be a useful partner for organisations working separately on youth support, disability, health, housing or financial hardship.

    Show evidence

    • “Social exclusion is defined as resulting from factors including unemployment, financial hardship, ill health, discrimination, poor educational attainment, family breakdown and poor housing.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The charity provides services and advocacy/advice/information.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Family support and wellbeing sessions.”

      Source:Organisation

    Remaining uncertainties

  • Which groups are actively reached, and whether older people and disabled people receive dedicated support.
  • Where the organisation operates, how many people it supports and whether services are regular, targeted or open to all.
  • Whether it makes referrals, coordinates with other organisations or provides support directly over time.

    Additional evidence needed

  • A current programme timetable, eligibility criteria and anonymised participation profile.
  • Information on referral pathways, partner organisations and examples of outcomes for participants.
  • Annual reports or service evaluations showing changes in demand, reach and impact over time.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

Community services. Young people drop in and support Family support Wellbeing sessions

Charity objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).