Leigh Flourishing Communities (Charitable Trust)
Charity 1218099
Overview
Summary
Leigh Flourishing Communities appears to be a broad social-inclusion organisation whose intended role is to connect people in economically deprived communities with learning, services and participation opportunities. Its objects suggest an operating model that combines direct support with relationship-building: helping individuals and families navigate existing systems while working alongside charities, public bodies and community organisations. The organisation is framed less as a specialist provider for one group than as a local bridge across education, employment, family resilience and community life.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Alum Rock
Confidence: medium
The charity's registered address is on Naseby Road in Alum Rock. This is supported contextually by the Leigh Trust's official contact information, which identifies the same address as a location at Nansen Primary School. However, the available evidence does not directly confirm that the CIO itself delivers its charitable services from that address rather than using it for administration or correspondence.
- Supplied organisation record
Leigh Flourishing Communities (Charitable Trust) is registered at 104 Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HG. - Leigh Trust official website — Members and Trustees / contact information
The site identifies Leigh Trust as located at Nansen Primary School, 104 Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HG, using the same telephone number and enquiry email domain as the supplied charity record.
Remaining uncertainties
- No current service, project, annual-report or impact-report evidence was found that identifies where Leigh Flourishing Communities itself delivers learning, family-support, poverty-relief or social-inclusion activity.
- The charity's objects refer to Birmingham and the wider West Midlands, but these are purposes and intended scope rather than evidence of current citywide or regional delivery.
- The shared address, telephone number and email domain indicate a likely connection with Leigh Trust, but the available material does not explicitly establish the legal or operational relationship between the CIO and Leigh Trust.
- No material partnerships attributable specifically to the CIO were evidenced. References on the Leigh Trust website to family-support activity and partners cannot safely be treated as activity of this separately registered charity.
- The registered address may be an administrative or correspondence base rather than a public-facing charitable delivery site.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustees' report or Charity Commission filing describing the CIO's activities and locations.
- An official page or programme documentation explicitly linking Leigh Flourishing Communities (Charitable Trust) to its service delivery, venues and partner organisations.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether the registered address is an operational delivery site, an administrative base, or both.
- Current evidence identifying the geographic reach of any services beyond Alum Rock, including whether activity is confined to individual school communities, operates across Birmingham, or extends into the wider West Midlands.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A connector across multiple routes out of exclusion
The available evidence suggests the charity sees social exclusion as more than a lack of income or training. It appears designed to connect learning, local services, employment opportunities, family resilience and community participation.
Why it matters
This indicates a potentially holistic role: progress in one area may depend on support in others. It may therefore be especially relevant to organisations whose clients face overlapping barriers rather than a single, defined need.
Show evidence
“The charity's object is to promote social inclusion by preventing and relieving social exclusion.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include access to learning, engagement with services, education, training and employment, reduced isolation, family resilience and participation in community life.”
Source:Charity Commission
Partnership is central rather than incidental
The charity appears positioned to work through a local support ecosystem, not solely as an independent service provider. Its intended contribution may include helping institutions and community organisations reach people who are otherwise disconnected from them.
Why it matters
This makes its relationships important to understanding its likely value. It may complement specialist services by improving access, trust and navigation rather than duplicating their provision.
Show evidence
“Its objects include working in partnership with charities, public bodies and community organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“It aims to support individuals and families to engage with local services, education, training and employment opportunities.”
Source:Charity Commission
A broad public remit may conceal an intended priority population
Although the recorded beneficiary group is the general public, the objects concentrate on people excluded through social and economic deprivation. This may indicate a formally broad remit with a practical focus on underserved communities in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.
Why it matters
The distinction matters when assessing reach and fit: the organisation may be open to all while being most relevant where deprivation, isolation and weak connection to opportunity overlap.
Show evidence
“The charity helps the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“Social exclusion is defined as exclusion resulting from membership of a socially and economically deprived community.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which communities, age groups or neighbourhoods the charity currently reaches.
- Whether it delivers activities directly, makes referrals, or mainly coordinates partnerships.
- Which partnerships, services or outcomes are currently active.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports or service descriptions showing delivery, participation and outcomes.
- Information on partner organisations, referral routes and the geographic areas served.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Charity objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE WIDER WEST MIDLANDS BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) PROVIDING ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING, EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS; (B) SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; (C) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT THAT REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION, STRENGTHEN FAMILY RESILIENCE AND INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE; AND (D) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARITIES, PUBLIC BODIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE AND EXCLUSION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.