Integration By Sport, Birmingham

Charity 1104864

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Integration By Sport, Birmingham appears to use sport as an entry point for wider social inclusion: particularly supporting Somali young people while framing its charitable purpose around racial equality, education, recreation and improved life conditions across Birmingham. Its stated activity combines participation, culture and integration rather than treating sport as an end in itself. The organisation may therefore occupy a bridging role between a specific diaspora community and wider civic life, though the available evidence does not show its delivery model, partnerships or current scale.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Citywide

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • The Charity Commission's stated activities describe work for young people across Birmingham, including cultural and music activities in different areas of the city. This supports a citywide intended or historic remit, but does not identify current delivery locations.
    • No current website, annual report, programme timetable, venue list or partner evidence was available to confirm that services are presently being delivered.
    • The registered address is a correspondence address and is not sufficient evidence of an operational site.
    • The most recently reported financial year ended on 30 April 2021, recorded zero income and zero expenditure, and the Charity Commission record indicates overdue reporting. This substantially limits confidence that the stated activities reflect current operations.
    • No evidence was found of partnerships that currently extend the organisation's operational reach within Birmingham.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current annual return, trustees' report or activity report confirming whether the charity is actively delivering services.
    • Current session schedules, venue bookings or programme publicity identifying where sports, cultural or integration activities take place.
    • Confirmation from the organisation of its active delivery sites and the geographic reach of its beneficiaries.
    • Current evidence from delivery partners, local authorities, schools, youth clubs or sports venues confirming any active collaboration.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/culture/heritage/science
    • Education/training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Religious Activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Other Charitable Activities

    Discoveries involving this organisation

    The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • Sport appears to be a vehicle for inclusion

      The available evidence suggests that sporting activity is used to create routes into education, cultural participation and social integration, rather than being the organisation's sole purpose.

      Why it matters

      This helps distinguish the organisation from a conventional sports provider. Its potential contribution may lie in using accessible activities to build confidence, belonging and connections across communities.

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      • “To promote youth Sporting activities for all youth in Birmingham especially the Somali Youth.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “To promote racial equality, advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • A community-specific focus sits within a citywide inclusion mission

      The organisation appears to prioritise Somali young people while retaining an explicitly inclusive remit for Birmingham residents without distinction. This may indicate a bridge-building model: responding to particular community needs while seeking participation in wider society.

      Why it matters

      This is useful when considering potential relationships. The organisation may hold trusted links with Somali communities while sharing objectives with broader youth, equality and integration organisations.

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      • “To encourage cultural and music activities among the somali youth in different areas in Birmingham.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “To help somali Youth and adults integrate into the main stream British society.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “To promote the benefit, particularly of those young people aged 5 to 25, in Birmingham and the neighbourhood thereof without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • Culture may be an important but less visible part of its approach

      Music and cultural activity appear alongside sport and integration work, suggesting that cultural expression may be treated as a resource for participation and belonging rather than as separate programming.

      Why it matters

      This points to possible complementarity with arts, heritage and community-development organisations, and cautions against understanding the organisation only through its name.

      Show evidence

      • “To encourage cultural and music activities among the somali youth in different areas in Birmingham.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • There is no evidence about current programmes, geographic reach, participant numbers or frequency of activity.
    • No partnerships, referral relationships, funding sources or local authority connections are identified.
    • It is unclear whether adults are directly served or mainly engaged through youth-focused activity.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Recent programme descriptions, annual reports or participant feedback showing how sport, culture and integration activities are delivered.
    • Information on partner organisations, venues, neighbourhoods served and the communities participating.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    To promote youth Sporting activities for all youth in Birmingham especially the Somali Youth. To encourage cultural and music activities among the somali youth in different areas in Birmingham. To help somali Youth and adults integrate into the main stream British society

    Charity objects

    A. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 5 TO 25, IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROMOTE RACIAL EQUALITY, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; B. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.