Hockley Sport Foundation
Charity 1142733
Overview
Summary
Hockley Sport Foundation appears to use sport and recreation as a practical route into broader community development across Birmingham’s disadvantaged areas. Its remit is unusually wide: it combines inclusion for disabled people, children, young people, older people and families facing hardship with facilities, services, advice and human-resource support. The available evidence suggests an organisation positioned less as a specialist sports provider than as a locally oriented inclusion organisation using sporting participation to improve wellbeing, access and social connection.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission profile states that the foundation works across Birmingham and delivers projects in disadvantaged areas, but it does not identify individual neighbourhoods, wards, venues or project locations.
- The available operational description and financial information are old: the latest recorded financial year ended on 6 April 2017, and the Charity Commission record shows overdue reporting. This substantially limits confidence that the stated Birmingham-wide activity remains current.
- The registered address cannot be treated as a confirmed delivery site. The Charity Commission record states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- No current evidence was found of delivery partnerships, operated venues, or projects that would demonstrate a more specific Birmingham footprint.
- The organisation's website was unavailable, so it could not provide current service-location evidence.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual return, trustees' report or impact report identifying projects delivered since 6 April 2017 and their locations.
- Current programme, session or venue information from the organisation confirming where services are delivered in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from current partner organisations or venues of any active Hockley Sport Foundation delivery arrangements.
- Evidence establishing whether the registered address is used for services, administration only, or neither.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Sport appears to be the delivery mechanism, not the sole purpose
The foundation may use sport as an accessible way to pursue wider social-welfare aims, including poverty relief, education, inclusion and improved quality of life.
Why it matters
This suggests that its potential role in Birmingham may extend beyond recreation. It could be relevant to organisations concerned with inequality, disability inclusion, family support or community development.
Show evidence
“The charity’s objects focus on recreation and leisure facilities in the interests of social welfare and improving conditions of life.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity’s purposes include education/training, prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport and recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity aims for community development and delivers projects in disadvantaged areas.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation is designed around multiple barriers to participation
Its beneficiary groups and charitable objects suggest an inclusion model that recognises disability, age, financial hardship and social circumstances as overlapping barriers rather than separate issues.
Why it matters
This may make the foundation a useful bridge between sport, disability support and anti-poverty work, while also creating a need for partners with specialist safeguarding, accessibility or welfare expertise.
Show evidence
“The objects refer to people needing facilities because of age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity engages disabled adults, children, young people, people with learning disabilities and underprivileged families and adults.”
Source:Organisation
Its operating model may combine direct delivery with community infrastructure
The foundation appears able to contribute through several forms of support: facilities or open space, direct services, advice, advocacy and human resources. This may indicate a flexible, hands-on role rather than a single programme model.
Why it matters
Understanding whether these capabilities are delivered directly, through volunteers, or with partners would clarify the organisation’s capacity and its potential as a convenor or host for other local activity.
Show evidence
“The charity describes a hands-on attitude and a unified approach.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides human resources, buildings, facilities or open space, services, advocacy, advice and information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which Birmingham neighbourhoods the foundation works in and whether activity is concentrated around Hockley.
- Whether it owns or manages facilities, or mainly delivers activity in spaces provided by others.
- Which organisations fund, refer to, host or collaborate with the foundation.
- How many participants are reached, how often, and with what outcomes.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme list showing locations, target groups, delivery partners and frequency.
- Information on facilities, staffing, volunteers and referral routes.
- Annual reports or impact evidence showing participant numbers, outcomes and changes over time.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Hockley sport foundation is a charity that aims for community development with hand on attitude and progress through unified approach. We work across the city of Birmingham , delivering projects in disadvantaged areas. We engage many participants every year in various sporting field including disable adult, children, young people, people with learning disability, underprivileged families/ adults.
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONMIC CIRCUMSTNACES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.