Moseley Muslim Community Association
Charity 1174911
www.moseleycommunityhub.org.uk
Overview
Summary
Moseley Muslim Community Association appears to function primarily as a neighbourhood civic platform: it combines a community centre operating model with broad charitable aims spanning education, welfare, inclusion, culture and recreation. Although its name signals a Muslim community identity, the stated remit is geographically rooted and explicitly open to all local residents. Its likely value lies not only in delivering activities, but in providing shared space through which residents, voluntary groups and public bodies can potentially connect.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Balsall Heath West
Confidence: low
Direct evidence identifies Moseley Community Hub in Balsall Heath as the association's active community-centre, workspace and events venue. The supplied evidence does not directly establish operational activity at ward level.
- Moseley Community Hub, Contact Us
The organisation gives Moseley Community Hub's location as Balsall Heath, Birmingham. - Moseley Community Hub, homepage and workspace pages
The site presents the former Moseley School of Art as an operating hub with workspaces, event spaces, gallery space and community engagement activity; it states that the hub is located on Moseley Road. - Charity Commission register, charity 1174911
The charity reports running a community centre, education, arts and social-welfare activities, and hiring rooms and halls; it also reports owning and/or leasing land or property. - Birmingham City Council planning record 2017/10368/PA
The council record identifies the former Moseley School of Art as an MMCA site.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates and describes use by people in Balsall Heath, Moseley and 'around Birmingham'. This supports a wider potential catchment, but does not evidence regular delivery sites or services elsewhere in the city.
- The available current evidence identifies one operational venue only: Moseley Community Hub in Balsall Heath. There is insufficient evidence to record activity in the Moseley ward or other wards solely because they are mentioned as nearby places or beneficiary catchments.
- Birmingham City Council's Central Birmingham Framework identifies Moseley Community Hub as part of a Balsall Heath cultural cluster, including local organisations and a National Trust-linked initiative. The available evidence does not establish that these partnerships create separate, ongoing MMCA delivery locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, annual report or venue calendar showing whether MMCA directly delivers activities away from Moseley Community Hub.
- Current partner-project documentation identifying MMCA's role, delivery locations and the duration of any cultural-cluster or National Trust-related activity.
- Evidence distinguishing the geographic origins of venue users from the locations in which the charity itself delivers services.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Recreation
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A place-based connector rather than a single-service charity
The association appears to use a community centre as infrastructure for multiple forms of local benefit, rather than organising around one issue or beneficiary group. Its objects suggest it is intended to bring residents, local authorities and voluntary organisations into common effort.
Why it matters
This suggests its role may include convening and enabling other activity, making its relationships and use of space as important as its own programmes.
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“The charity's objects include associating residents, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission“The organisation runs a Community Centre and hires rooms and halls for community use.”
Source:Organisation
Broad inclusion sits alongside a specific community identity
Despite its Muslim community identity, the available evidence indicates an organisation designed to serve a wider neighbourhood without distinction, including children, older people, disabled people and the general public.
Why it matters
This may make the association a potentially important bridge between faith-rooted civic life and wider local participation, rather than a narrowly membership-based organisation.
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“The charity's objects benefit residents without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race, political, religious or other opinions.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children or young people, elderly people, people with disabilities and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its breadth may be both a strength and a strategic question
The association claims activity across education, welfare, poverty relief, arts, employment, equality and recreation. This may indicate a flexible response to varied local needs, but the evidence does not show which areas are most substantial or distinctive in practice.
Why it matters
Understanding its actual balance of activity would clarify whether the organisation is a generalist community anchor or whether particular capabilities could be shared with, or complemented by, specialist local organisations.
Show evidence
“Activities include community education, art and social welfare.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's purposes include education, poverty relief, arts, economic and community development, equality and recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which activities are currently delivered directly, and which are enabled through room hire or partner use.
- Whether the organisation has active relationships with local authorities, voluntary groups or specialist support providers.
- Which communities use the centre most, and whether its inclusive remit is reflected in participation.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme timetable, annual report or impact report showing services, attendance and outcomes.
- Information on room users, delivery partners, referral routes and community consultation.
- Evidence of how activity and beneficiaries have changed over time.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The running of a Community Centre for use by the local people in Balsall Heath, Moseley and around Birmingham. Running Activities of Community Education, Art and Social Welfare with the view to improve the life of the residents. Hire of Rooms and Halls for Community's own use.
Charity objects
TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BALSALL HEATH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.