Heart Of Oldbury Community Centre CIO
Charity 1192226
Overview
Summary
Heart Of Oldbury Community Centre CIO appears to be an early-stage, place-based organisation designed to become civic infrastructure rather than simply deliver a fixed programme. Its role is to convene residents, public bodies, voluntary groups and service providers around local needs, potentially using a community-centre space as the platform for that work. The available evidence suggests a broad mandate and an explicitly consultative approach, but does not yet show which needs it has prioritised, what activities are operating, or how its partnerships function in practice.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record states that the charity operates in Birmingham City and Sandwell, but does not identify any Birmingham service venue, project, partnership, neighbourhood or ward.
- The charity's stated activities and objects focus on Oldbury and its surrounding area. This supports a neighbourhood-based operational identity, but does not establish whether any current delivery takes place within Birmingham.
- The registered contact address may be associated with the community-centre activity, but the available evidence does not conclusively confirm it as a currently operating public service site.
- No official website was available in the organisation record, and no current annual-report detail was accessible that identified delivery locations or material delivery partners.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, timetable, venue-hire listing or annual report identifying where activities and services are delivered.
- Confirmation from the organisation of any current Birmingham venues, projects or neighbourhood-based partnerships.
- Evidence identifying whether the reported Birmingham City operation represents direct service delivery, beneficiaries travelling from Birmingham, or a broader administrative reporting category.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A centre intended as shared local infrastructure
The organisation appears to see a community centre as a means of bringing different local actors together, rather than only as a venue for its own activities.
Why it matters
This suggests its potential value may lie in enabling relationships, shared provision and community participation across Oldbury, not solely in the services it directly runs.
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“The charity's objects include associating residents, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission“The trustees may establish, maintain, manage or cooperate in managing a community centre.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its initial strategy is needs-led rather than programme-led
The organisation appears to be developing its offer through consultation, indicating that its activities may be shaped by locally expressed priorities rather than a pre-set specialist mission.
Why it matters
This could make the centre responsive to gaps that established providers do not see, but it also means its eventual focus remains unclear.
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“The organisation is developing a range of community and social activities.”
Source:Organisation“It seeks the views of the local community, service providers and support organisations to ascertain what is needed in Oldbury and surrounding areas.”
Source:Organisation
Broad inclusion creates reach but not yet a defined constituency
The charity is positioned to serve the general public without distinction and through both facilities and services, suggesting a wide civic remit rather than a focus on one demographic or issue.
Why it matters
Its breadth may help it connect otherwise separate groups, but it raises a practical question about how it will prioritise limited capacity and ensure less visible needs are heard.
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“The charity helps the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space and provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the organisation currently controls or operates a community-centre space.
- Which needs local consultation has identified and whether any activities are already being delivered.
- Which organisations or public bodies are active partners rather than consultees.
Remaining uncertainties
- Details of current programmes, attendance and the communities participating.
- Consultation findings and the process used to reach residents whose voices are often less visible.
- Information on premises, governance capacity, funding and active partnership arrangements.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We are a newly formed community organisation that is in the process of developing a range of community and social activities that will be of benefit to our community. We sort the views of our local community, service providers and other support organisations to ascertain what is needed here in Oldbury and the surrounding areas.
Charity objects
TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF OLDBURY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, 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. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.