Fusion Youth Project
Charity 1130696
Overview
Summary
Fusion Youth Project appears to be a locally focused youth-development organisation that combines open-access activities with more targeted support for young women and mentoring. Its role is broader than recreation: leisure activities seem to be used as an entry point for confidence, health, skills and social participation. The organisation’s Church of England foundation shapes its charitable purpose, while the available evidence suggests a practical service model centred on young people’s transition toward adulthood.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no sufficiently current, location-specific evidence to confirm that Fusion Youth Project presently delivers services in any supplied Birmingham ward or recognised place.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's reported operating area, but its governing-document record describes the area of benefit as 'undefined; in practice, local'. This supports a local/neighbourhood operational identity more than a confirmed citywide service footprint.
- The registered address cannot be treated as a current operational site: it may be a correspondence address, and the Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The charity's latest published financial data is for the year ending 1 January 2018, showing zero income and expenditure, and its Charity Commission reporting is overdue. Current activity, service venues and partnership arrangements therefore cannot be confirmed.
- Older directory listings associate the project with St Andrew's Sports and Community Centre, but these are not authoritative or sufficiently current evidence of present operation there.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual return, trustees' report or independently verifiable statement confirming whether services are currently active.
- Current programme, session or referral information identifying the venues and Birmingham neighbourhoods in which youth work is delivered.
- Confirmation from any current host venue, school, church or delivery partner of Fusion Youth Project's active use of premises and partnership role.
- Clarification from the charity or trustees as to whether the registered address is an operational location or correspondence address.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Recreation appears to be a route into wider development
The evidence suggests that youth activities are not an end in themselves, but a means of improving wellbeing, self-esteem, skills and young people’s ability to participate in society.
Why it matters
This indicates that Fusion Youth Project may occupy a preventative, developmental role: creating accessible social spaces while also addressing factors that can affect young people’s longer-term confidence and life chances.
Show evidence
“The charity provides recreational and leisure time activities designed to improve young people's conditions of life.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides support and activities to develop young people's skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation combines universal and targeted youth support
An open youth group sits alongside mentoring, young women's work and a transitional group for young women, suggesting a model that offers both general access and support tailored to particular stages or experiences.
Why it matters
This is useful because it suggests the organisation may be able to identify needs that are not well served through a single universal youth offer, especially among young women navigating transition.
Show evidence
“Activities include an open youth group, a transitional group for young women, mentoring and young women's work.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people and other defined groups.”
Source:Charity Commission
Schools may be an important connection point rather than a separate service area
Schools work alongside youth groups, mentoring and residentials may indicate that Fusion Youth Project works across the settings in which young people learn, socialise and seek support.
Why it matters
This may make the organisation a potential bridge between informal youth provision and formal education, with opportunities for early identification of need and sustained relationships beyond school-based contact.
Show evidence
“Activities include schools work, residentials, mentoring and an open youth group.”
Source:Organisation“The charity aims to advance the education and self esteem of young people in the area of benefit.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The geographical area of benefit and the communities reached are not identified.
- There is no evidence of participant numbers, outcomes, funding, staffing or partnerships.
- It is unclear how the Church of England basis affects participation, governance or service delivery.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact evidence showing who participates, unmet needs and outcomes.
- Information on referral pathways, school relationships, local partners and the role of volunteers.
- Details of the organisation's current locations, capacity and strategy.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The provision of recreational and leisure time activities for local young people, provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life;promote good health and self esteem. These include an open youth group, a 'transitional' group for young women, mentoring, young women's work, schools work, residentials.
Charity objects
THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND SELF ESTEEM OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.