Lyndon Senior Phab Club
Charity 1049247
Overview
Summary
Lyndon Senior Phab Club appears to use shared leisure as a practical route to inclusion: bringing disabled and non-disabled people together through activities, trips and holidays rather than treating disability support as a separate service. Its role may extend beyond recreation, creating regular settings in which social connection, participation and equality can be experienced on equal terms. The available evidence suggests a community-facing club model, though its local reach, scale and partnership network remain unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: District
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence identifies the club's regular Tuesday meeting venue as Lyndon Methodist Church Centre in Solihull, outside the supplied Birmingham ward and place list. It therefore does not establish a current operational site within a named Birmingham area.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City and Solihull as places where the charity operates. This supports a cross-boundary local or district-scale footprint, but does not identify Birmingham neighbourhoods, wards, service venues or the proportion of activity taking place in Birmingham.
- The registered Birmingham correspondence address is not treated as an operational site: the Charity Commission records that the charity does not own or lease land or property, while current venue evidence points to Lyndon Methodist Church Centre.
- The club undertakes day trips, holidays and outside activities, but no current destinations or Birmingham locations are specified. These activities cannot be mapped to Birmingham operational areas.
- The relationship with Lyndon Methodist Church materially provides the club's recurring meeting venue, but the evidence does not show that the church extends delivery into any Birmingham ward.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, annual return narrative or confirmation from the club identifying any Birmingham venues used for regular meetings, activities or outreach.
- Information on whether Birmingham residents are served through activities delivered in Birmingham, rather than attending the Solihull meeting venue.
- Current details of any regular delivery partnerships, activity destinations or community venues within Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Inclusion is delivered through participation, not separation
The club appears to make mixed-ability participation its core operating principle. Recreation is used as the setting in which people with and without physical disabilities can meet and take part on equal terms.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from services designed only for a defined client group. Its potential value lies in reducing social separation while creating ordinary, repeated opportunities for connection.
Show evidence
“Phab's aim is to promote and encourage people of all abilities to come together on equal terms, to achieve complete inclusion within the wider community.”
Source:Organisation“The provision or assistance in the provision, in the interests of social welfare, of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for people with and without a physical disability resident in the area of benefit.”
Source:Charity Commission
The club may combine local belonging with access beyond the local area
Its mix of indoor and outdoor activities, day trips and holidays suggests that the club may provide both regular social contact and opportunities that members might find harder to access independently.
Why it matters
This points to a broader role than hosting activities: the organisation may help members participate in community life and travel experiences across different settings.
Show evidence
“The club does inside and outside activities to encourage disabled and able bodied on an equal basis including day trips, holidays and external people coming in for activities.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
Recreation appears to be an equality strategy
Although leisure is the formal charitable mechanism, the organisation appears to frame recreation as a means of advancing inclusion and equality rather than as an end in itself.
Why it matters
This helps identify potential common ground with disability, inclusion and community organisations that may not otherwise view a social club as a relevant collaborator.
Show evidence
“Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission“Phab's aim is to promote and encourage people of all abilities to come together on equal terms.”
Source:Organisation
- The club's geographic reach, membership size and frequency of activities are unknown.
- There is no evidence about referral routes, volunteers, partnerships or whether younger people participate in practice.
- The nature of its advocacy and information activity is not described.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity schedules, annual reports or participant feedback showing attendance, accessibility and outcomes.
- Information on local partners, venues, volunteers, funding and connections with disability or community services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Phab's aim is to promote and encourage people of all abilities to come together on equal terms, to achieve complete inclusion within the wider community. The club does inside and outside activities to encourage disabled and able bodied on an equal basis including day trips, holidays and external people coming in for activities.
Charity objects
THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT A PHYSICAL DISABILITY RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.