Like U
Charity 1187973
Overview
Summary
Like U appears to occupy an unusually broad civic role at the intersection of conflict prevention, racial harmony, migrant inclusion and mental wellbeing in the West Midlands. Its stated model is not limited to supporting individuals: it also seeks to improve relationships between communities and service providers. This suggests an organisation oriented toward reducing exclusion and tension through mediation, advocacy, practical support and stronger local participation, particularly for European migrant communities.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- No direct evidence was found that Like U currently delivers services, maintains a site, or has a material delivery partnership in any of the supplied Birmingham wards or in Birmingham City Centre.
- The charity's objects refer to the West Midlands, but this is an intended charitable scope rather than evidence of current service delivery across Birmingham or the wider region.
- The supplied Worcester address may be a correspondence address and does not establish a Birmingham site.
- Like U's public fundraising profile describes work supporting European migrants in Worcestershire and Herefordshire and partnerships with Worcester- and Worcestershire-based bodies. This reasonably indicates a cross-county/regional operational identity, but the profile does not provide dated service locations or confirm its present accuracy.
- No recent annual report, impact report, project listing, or Birmingham partner evidence is available in the supplied evidence to confirm whether operations have subsequently extended into Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or trustees' report identifying places where services were delivered during the most recent financial year.
- A current Like U service directory, programme timetable, or official website/social-media update naming any Birmingham delivery venues, outreach locations, or target areas.
- Confirmation from Birmingham-based public bodies, funders, or delivery partners of an active Like U project, referral arrangement, or commissioned service.
- Current confirmation from Like U of its operational base and whether it delivers any services within Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who they help
- 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
A bridge between communities and institutions
The available evidence suggests Like U sees social inclusion partly as a relationship problem: it aims both to help European migrants participate in the wider community and to help service providers adapt to their needs.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a purely direct-support service. Its potential value may lie in translating community experience into changes in how local services engage with migrant residents.
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“Providing a local network group that encourages and enables members of the European migrant community to participate more effectively with the wider community.”
Source:Charity Commission“Increasing, or co-ordinating, opportunities for members of the European migrant community to engage with service providers, to enable those providers to adapt services to better meet the needs of that community.”
Source:Charity Commission
Conflict prevention is linked to inclusion
Like U appears to treat anti-social behaviour, racial abuse and disputes not as isolated enforcement issues, but as connected to fractured relationships, discrimination and exclusion.
Why it matters
This indicates a preventative and relational operating model, where mediation and racial-harmony work may be intended to reduce escalation before conflicts become breaches of the peace.
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“Provision of services for mediation and conciliation between people, organisations and groups involved in disputes or interpersonal conflict.”
Source:Charity Commission“Promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups and working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race.”
Source:Charity Commission“Tackling anti-social behavior and enhancing multi-cultural relationships.”
Source:Organisation
Mental wellbeing may be an integrated, not separate, concern
The organisation’s mental-health objects may indicate recognition that exclusion, conflict and migration-related pressures can affect wellbeing, although the evidence does not confirm that services are delivered as an integrated programme.
Why it matters
If these areas are connected operationally, Like U may offer a more holistic response than organisations focused only on community cohesion or only on mental health.
Show evidence
“To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of anxiety, depression, personality disorder, psychosis and eating disorders in the West Midlands.”
Source:Charity Commission“To advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to mental wellbeing, recovery and crisis.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services Like U currently delivers directly, and which are aspirations within its charitable objects.
- Whether European migrant communities remain its principal focus or whether its beneficiary base has widened.
- Which organisations, service providers or communities it works with in practice.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, activity reports or service descriptions showing current programmes and reach.
- Evidence of partnerships, referral routes and outcomes for mediation, inclusion and mental wellbeing work.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Tackling anti-social behavior, enhancing multi-cultural relationships, promoting well being of European Minorities, supporting European migrants living in Great Britain
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE WEST MIDLANDS WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION BETWEEN PEOPLE, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN DISPUTES OR INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS WHERE THAT DISPUTE OR CONFLICT RESULTS FROM OR MAY LEAD TO ACTS OF NUISANCE, VANDALISM, RACIAL ABUSE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE. THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; (C) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE WEST MIDLANDS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRANT COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY: PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRANT COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY; INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRANT COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION.Ö 1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PERSONALITY DISORDER, PSYCHOSIS AND EATING DISORDERS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO MENTAL WELLBEING, RECOVERY AND CRISIS.