Jericho Centre
Charity 1120936
Overview
Summary
Jericho Centre appears to operate as a locally rooted pathway organisation: it combines employment support with confidence-building, mentoring, social support and youth activity. Its role may be less about placing people directly into jobs than helping people overcome the practical and social barriers that can precede training, volunteering and employment. The stated focus on Balsall Heath, Moseley and surrounding areas suggests a place-based mission, while its beneficiary groups indicate an intentionally broad community reach.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Employment support is framed as readiness-building
The available evidence suggests that Jericho Centre treats unemployment as more than a job-search problem. Advice, CV support and job clubs sit alongside confidence-building, mentoring, support groups and volunteering pathways, indicating an approach designed to strengthen people’s preparedness and connection before employment.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a conventional employment advice service. It may be an important local bridge for people whose barriers to work include confidence, isolation or mental health challenges.
Show evidence
“The relief of unemployment includes advice, training, job search, job club facilities and support in curriculum vitae writing.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provision of advice and guidance, confidence building and mentoring to assist clients in getting training, volunteering opportunities and jobs.”
Source:Organisation“Support groups for lone parents and clients with mental health problems to prepare for employment.”
Source:Organisation
Youth activity may form an early intervention pathway
Youth clubs, homework clubs, creative work with NEET young people and leadership courses may indicate that the organisation addresses exclusion before it becomes long-term unemployment. Its youth provision appears connected to, rather than separate from, its employment-focused purpose.
Why it matters
This suggests a potential long-term role in local resilience: supporting young people’s confidence, learning and leadership alongside adult employment preparation.
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“The charity objects include educating children and young persons by the provision of an after school club.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities with young people include youth clubs, homework clubs, creative activities with NEET young people and leadership courses.”
Source:Organisation
A broad inclusion mandate sits within a defined local geography
Jericho Centre appears to combine geographically focused community development with an inclusion-oriented remit across age, disability, ethnicity and other characteristics. This may position it as a local connector across groups rather than a narrowly targeted specialist service.
Why it matters
Understanding this breadth is useful when considering collaboration: the organisation may hold relationships across multiple local communities, but its capacity and depth of reach are unknown.
Show evidence
“The charity objects seek to improve conditions of life for people in Balsall Heath, Moseley, Birmingham and surrounding areas without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, culture, race, disability or religion.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- There is no evidence on the scale, frequency or current status of services.
- No outcomes, referral relationships or local partnerships are identified.
- It is unclear how the organisation balances youth, employment and wider community activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or service data showing participant numbers, outcomes and geographic reach.
- Information on referral routes, delivery partners and the views of people using services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Provision of advice and guidance, confidence building and mentoring to assist clients in getting training, volunteering opportunities and jobs. Support groups for lone parents and clients with mental health problems to prepare for employment. Activities with young people as youth clubs, homework clubs, creative activities with NEET young people, leadership courses.
Charity objects
THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING JOB SEARCH AND JOB CLUB FACILITIES AND SUPPORT IN CURRICULUM VITAE WRITING. II) TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IN BALSALL HEATH, MOSELEY BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CULTURE, RACE, DISABILITY, RELIGION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. III) TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN AFTER SCHOOL CLUB.