Housing, Education, Training & Enterprise Trust
Charity 1095590
https://communityshelter.wixsite.com/communityshelter2
Overview
Summary
Housing, Education, Training & Enterprise Trust appears to be a broad, multi-purpose charity operating at the intersection of homelessness support, education and arts participation. Its stated role combines immediate material assistance with longer-term development through free training and public education. The evidence suggests an organisation whose remit has expanded beyond a single service area, potentially positioning it to support people facing exclusion while also creating routes into skills, culture and wider community participation.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence supports that Birmingham is within the charity's declared operating geography, but does not identify any current Birmingham ward or recognised place in which services are delivered.
- The charity's project website says it sources temporary and permanent housing units across Birmingham, Dudley and Worcester, but it does not confirm the number, status or locations of Birmingham properties currently in use.
- The website refers to emergency units becoming available from December 2024 and bookings for 2025; these time-specific statements have not been independently confirmed as delivered services as of August 5, 2026.
- A former Birmingham premises is evidenced for 2020, but this is historic evidence and should not be treated as a current operational site.
- Accommodation addresses are deliberately confidential for safeguarding. No attempt should be made to infer or disclose them.
- The Charity Commission records zero income and expenditure for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, which reduces confidence that the organisation's website-described activity represents current live delivery at the stated scale.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, service update or statement from the charity confirming which Birmingham housing, outreach, food, training or arts services are presently active.
- Non-sensitive location information identifying the Birmingham ward or recognised place in which any public-facing service, office, donation point or partnership activity currently operates.
- Confirmation from named delivery partners or local authorities of active Birmingham referrals, leases, housing placements or commissioned activity.
- Current evidence distinguishing properties being sought or planned from properties already acquired, leased or occupied for service delivery.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- 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
A bridge between crisis support and personal development
The organisation appears to combine practical support for homeless people with free education and training, suggesting a model that may address both immediate hardship and longer-term opportunities.
Why it matters
This is more distinctive than a charity focused only on emergency relief or only on training. It may enable support to continue across different stages of a person's circumstances, although the evidence does not show whether these services are joined up in practice.
Show evidence
“Provides housing and accommodation, food, clothes, shelter and educational support for homeless persons.”
Source:Organisation“To advance education by the provision of free training.”
Source:Charity Commission
Arts are embedded within a wider social-purpose remit
Performing arts training and public appreciation of the arts appear to be central charitable purposes alongside housing, poverty relief and education, rather than a marginal cultural activity.
Why it matters
This may indicate an unusually broad understanding of inclusion: arts participation could be seen as part of education, confidence, skills or public benefit. It raises a useful question about whether cultural activity is a pathway for people experiencing disadvantage.
Show evidence
“To advance the education of practising artists by the provision of free training in performing arts.”
Source:Charity Commission“To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of the performing arts.”
Source:Charity Commission
A deliberately expansive remit may create partnership potential
The organisation's beneficiaries, methods and charitable purposes span multiple age groups, disability, poverty, health, housing, employment, culture and voluntary-sector support. This may position it as a connector across otherwise separate local systems.
Why it matters
Its breadth could make the trust a useful collaborator for housing providers, training bodies, arts organisations and community groups. Equally, the breadth may obscure its practical priorities; understanding its active partnerships would be especially valuable.
Show evidence
“Who the charity helps includes children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies, other defined groups and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“What the charity does includes education and training, relief of poverty, accommodation and housing, arts and culture, health, economic and community development and recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether housing, homelessness support, training and arts activity are integrated programmes or separate strands.
- Which beneficiary groups are actively reached, and which services are currently delivered.
- The organisation's geography, scale, staffing, facilities, funding and partnerships.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, programme descriptions and outcome data showing current activities and beneficiary journeys.
- Information on referral routes, delivery partners, facilities and funding to clarify the organisation's operating model.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
1. PROVIDE HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION, FOOD, CLOTHES AND SHELTER AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS PERSONS. 2.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION WHETHER VOLUNTARY, PAID OR UNEMPLOYED BY THE PROVISION OF FREE TRAINING. 3. TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AN APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCE OF THE ARTS. 4. AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
Charity objects
1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRACTISING ARTISTS WHETHER VOLUNTARY, PAID OR UNEMPLOYED BY THE PROVISION OF FREE TRAINING IN PERFORMING ARTS. 2 TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. 3 FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WHICH WILL FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.