Moseley Community Development Trust
Charity 1087949
Overview
Summary
Moseley Community Development Trust appears to be a place-based civic enterprise with an unusually broad mandate: using regeneration as a route to connect employment, environmental improvement, wellbeing, inclusion, culture and community infrastructure. Its role seems less like that of a specialist service provider and more like a local platform that can convene, support and enable multiple forms of neighbourhood activity. The available evidence suggests an organisation designed to address interconnected local conditions rather than isolated needs.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Moseley
Confidence: high
Official current sources consistently identify Moseley as MCDT's core neighbourhood, locate its two operational properties there, and describe regular activities and services delivered from them.
- Moseley Community Development Trust, About Us
MCDT describes itself as an independent charity creating practical, sustainable solutions for the Moseley neighbourhood through local partnerships and projects, and lists Moseley Exchange, Moseley Hive, Moseley for Ukraine, Moseley Outreach and Moseley Regeneration Group within its umbrella. - Moseley Exchange, About Us
The Exchange is a project owned and run by MCDT in Moseley; MCDT's outreach worker and volunteer coordinator run activities for local people, often at its other property, Moseley Hive. - Moseley Community Development Trust, The Moseley Hive
MCDT describes Moseley Hive as its community hub in the heart of Moseley Village, hosting weekly community drop-ins, family activities, food provision, social activities and sessions involving partner services. - Moseley for Ukraine, official website
Moseley for Ukraine states that it works under MCDT; a reported April 2026 employment-support session took place at Moseley Hive.
Remaining uncertainties
- MCDT's operational identity is fundamentally neighbourhood-based: its principal sites, community infrastructure, volunteering activity and regeneration work are concentrated in Moseley.
- There is, however, reasonable evidence of a citywide service reach through Moseley for Ukraine. MCDT's February 2026 account describes this MCDT project as supporting people settling in Moseley and across Birmingham, and as a Birmingham support hub offering information, drop-ins and wellbeing, employment, housing, language and integration support. The available evidence does not show how much of this support is delivered away from Moseley rather than from its Moseley hub or remotely.
- A March 2026 joint tree-planting event in Balsall Heath with Fruit & Nut Village shows that the Moseley for Ukraine partnership has delivered at least recurring activity outside Moseley. One recent partnership event is insufficient to treat Balsall Heath as an established continuing operational area.
- The evidence does not support treating MCDT's wider partnerships, including Birmingham Community Action Network involvement, as evidence of routine direct service delivery across all Birmingham wards.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual or impact report identifying the locations, frequency and beneficiary geography of each MCDT programme.
- A current programme calendar or delivery log for Moseley for Ukraine, distinguishing services delivered at Moseley sites, online and at venues elsewhere in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from MCDT or its partner Fruit & Nut Village on whether Balsall Heath activity is an ongoing programme.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Regeneration is treated as a whole-place task
The Trust appears to understand neighbourhood regeneration as involving social, economic, environmental and cultural conditions together, rather than physical redevelopment alone.
Why it matters
This suggests its potential value lies in joining up issues that are often addressed separately, including employment, open space, health, community relations and recreation.
Show evidence
“Its purpose is to lead the regeneration of the neighbourhood of Moseley in Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects include employment, environmental improvement, health, community facilities, inclusion, education, arts and culture.”
Source:Charity Commission
The Trust may function as enabling infrastructure
Its combination of facilities, services, advice and support for voluntary groups may indicate that it strengthens the capacity of other local organisations as well as directly helping residents.
Why it matters
This would make the Trust important not only for what it delivers itself, but for its possible role in making local civic activity more sustainable and connected.
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“It provides buildings, facilities and open space, services, advocacy, advice and information, and acts as an umbrella or resource body.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include providing assistance and support to voluntary groups.”
Source:Charity Commission
Economic inclusion is linked to local participation
The Trust appears to frame unemployment not only as an employment issue, but as part of wider exclusion that may be addressed through training, enterprise support, accessible facilities and community relations.
Why it matters
This may distinguish it from employment-focused organisations that concentrate solely on job matching, and points to possible partnership opportunities across economic development and inclusion work.
Show evidence
“Its objects include assisting people to find employment, providing work experience, training opportunities and business advice.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include eliminating social exclusion and discrimination, promoting community relations and celebrating diversity.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which activities are currently active, and which charitable objects are primarily reserve powers.
- How the Trust is governed in practice and what community ownership means operationally.
- Which local organisations, communities and institutions it currently works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and programme information showing current delivery, income sources and priorities.
- Evidence of partnerships, use of facilities, beneficiary reach and outcomes across Moseley.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Moseley Community Development Trust is community owned, led and managed community enterprise. It's purpose is to lead the regeneration of the neighbourhood of Moseley in Birmingham.
Charity objects
1) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTING PEOPLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, OR PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE. 2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP :- A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS; OR B) TO EXISTING BUSINESS; 3) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE; 4) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY GROUPS; 5) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES, SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE AGED, WHO HAVE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE CHRONICALLY SICK; 6) TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS; 7) TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE OR TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING OR IMPROVING COMMUNITY, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME FACILITIES AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO NEED THOSE FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; 8) TO PROMOTE THE ELIMINATION OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND DISCRIMINATION; 9) TO PROMOTE GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS; 10) TO PROMOTE THE CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY; 11) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; 12) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO TRAINING AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES; 13) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND CULTURE; 14) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.