Fitcap
Charity 1206159
Overview
Summary
Fitcap appears to be a community-rooted youth development organisation using sport and recreation as an accessible entry point to wider educational, social and employability outcomes. Its formal remit is broad, spanning East Birmingham and North Solihull and including young people, disabled people and voluntary bodies, while its public-facing identity is centred on locally led physical activity, holiday provision and youth engagement. The available evidence suggests an organisation whose value may lie in connecting informal participation with longer-term confidence, skills and community belonging.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Shard End
Confidence: high
FITCAP currently lists a weekly disability-football session at Shard End Wellbeing Centre. Its 2025 trustees' report also identifies Shard End as a principal community served.
- FITCAP — Contact Us
Lists FITCAP's address as Shard End Wellbeing Centre. - FITCAP — Weekly Activities
Lists a Sunday disability-football session at Shard End Wellbeing Centre. - FITCAP CIO Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2025
Describes the organisation as working especially in deprived communities in Shard End, Yardley and North Solihull.
Acocks Green
Confidence: high
FITCAP's current weekly timetable lists activities at Cedars Academy, Arthur Moore Hall and Stockfield Park. The venue sources identify Cedars Academy and Arthur Moore Hall as being in Acocks Green.
- FITCAP — Weekly Activities
Lists weekly dance sessions at Cedars Academy and Arthur Moore Hall, plus Wednesday and Saturday multisports sessions at Stockfield Park. - Cedars Academy — Contact Us
Identifies the academy as being in Acocks Green. - Arthur Moore Hall — AGB Central
Identifies the hall as being in Acocks Green.
Garretts Green
Confidence: medium
FITCAP currently lists a weekly bootcamp at Oasis Blakenhale. Birmingham City Council records Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants in the Garretts Green ward, but the available evidence does not confirm the precise relationship between that setting and FITCAP's listed venue.
- FITCAP — Weekly Activities
Lists a Wednesday group bootcamp/boxercise session at Oasis Blakenhale. - Birmingham City Council — Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants directory record
Records Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants in the Garretts Green ward. - FITCAP — Partnerships
States that FITCAP and Oasis Hobmoor work together to provide coaches for holiday camps and youth-club activities, supporting a partnership-led delivery model in east Birmingham.
Glebe Farm and Tile Cross
Confidence: medium
FITCAP's live weekly timetable lists a Saturday football session at Tile Cross Academy. The available evidence does not otherwise confirm the academy's ward.
- FITCAP — Weekly Activities
Lists a Saturday football session for ages 12–16 at Tile Cross Academy. - Tile Cross Academy / Charity Commission venue record
Identifies Tile Cross Academy.
Remaining uncertainties
- The official weekly-activities page presents these sessions as currently available, but does not show start dates, end dates or a last-updated date for each listing; individual activities may therefore change more quickly than the page evidence indicates.
- FITCAP's latest trustees' report describes activity across Shard End, Yardley and North Solihull, and the Charity Commission records Birmingham City and Solihull as its operating areas. This supports a district-scale east-Birmingham and north-Solihull footprint, but does not identify every present delivery venue or Birmingham ward.
- FITCAP lists an LGBTQ+ session at Urban Heard, but the available evidence reviewed did not establish a sufficiently reliable match between that venue and one of the supplied Birmingham ward identifiers.
- The partnership page also describes delivery with Stockfield Community Organisation, Oasis Hobmoor and CARS Area Together in Smith's Wood. Some wording refers to activity begun in or around 2022, so it is not sufficient on its own to treat all of those partnership locations as current operational areas.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme calendar or booking data with dates, venue details and session status for all weekly and holiday activities.
- A current annual impact or delivery report that breaks activity down by venue, ward and local authority area.
- Confirmation from FITCAP of whether activity with Urban Heard, Oasis Hobmoor, Stockfield Community Organisation and CARS Area Together remains active, and the locations at which it is delivered.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Sport appears to be Fitcap’s gateway to broader youth development
Fitcap may use activities that are easy to join, such as sport, camps and youth clubs, to create routes into mentoring, skills development, qualifications and employment-related support.
Why it matters
This suggests Fitcap should be understood less as a sports provider and more as a relationship-based development organisation whose activities can bring young people into wider forms of support.
Show evidence
“Youth Services including training, qualifications, sports activities, mentoring, detached youthwork, outreach work, diversionary activity, holiday clubs and life skill workshops.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include advancing education, relieving unemployment and developing young people's skills, capacities and capabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its operating model appears deliberately community-facing rather than venue-bound
Detached youthwork, outreach and activities described as run by the community may indicate that Fitcap seeks to meet people through local relationships and participation, rather than relying solely on formal referrals or a fixed service setting.
Why it matters
This could make Fitcap particularly relevant where young people are not already connected to institutions, but it also means its local trust and delivery partnerships may be central assets.
Show evidence
“Sport & physical activity sessions for the community ran by the community.”
Source:Organisation“Youth Services including detached youthwork and outreach work.”
Source:Organisation
Fitcap has a broad civic mandate that may exceed its visible public offer
Its formal purposes include convening residents, authorities and voluntary organisations, supporting disabled people and benefiting the wider community; however, the website foregrounds activity sessions and camps. This may indicate under-visible convening or inclusion work, or a gap between formal remit and current communications.
Why it matters
Clarifying this would help distinguish whether Fitcap is primarily a direct provider or also a local connector with capacity to strengthen collaboration across East Birmingham and North Solihull.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include associating residents, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children and young people, people with disabilities and other charities or voluntary bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website highlights weekly activities, event programmes, coaching and youth club activity.”
Source:Organisation
- Which neighbourhoods, age groups and communities are currently reached, and which are absent from participation.
- Whether Fitcap delivers accredited training, employability support, disability-inclusive provision or cross-sector convening in practice.
- How many weekly sessions are active, since the website states four weekly sessions but lists no current session items.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent service data showing participant demographics, locations, attendance, outcomes and referral routes.
- Details of delivery partners, venue relationships, funding sources and examples of collaboration with local voluntary bodies or authorities.
- A current programme timetable and evidence of accessibility, qualifications, mentoring and progression opportunities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Youth Services including training, qualifications, sports activities, mentoring, detached youthwork, outreach work, diversionary activity, holiday clubs and life skill workshops.
Charity objects
1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN EAST BIRMINGHAM AND NORTH SOLIHULL BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.’ 2. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF EAST BIRMINGHAM AND NORTH SOLIHULL, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.’ 3. TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.