Newbigin Community Trust
Charity 1170076
Overview
Summary
Newbigin Community Trust appears to be a neighbourhood-based organisation using Newbigin House as a platform for social inclusion and resident-led renewal in Winson Green and Handsworth. Its stated role is broader than delivering support to defined groups: it seeks to help people experiencing multiple forms of exclusion contribute their own gifts, passions and ambitions to local change. The available evidence suggests an asset-based, place-focused model, although there is little current information about its programmes, reach, partnerships or outcomes.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- 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
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A place-based platform for resident-led change
The Trust appears to position Newbigin House not simply as premises for services, but as a local base from which neighbours can shape renewal together.
Why it matters
This suggests its distinctive contribution may lie in convening, enabling and building local agency, rather than only providing individual support. Its impact may therefore depend on relationships and participation as much as formal services.
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“The Charity's vision is for Newbigin House to become a seedbed for urban change.”
Source:Organisation“Enabling opportunities for neighbours to express gifts, passions and dreams as a basis for renewing our common life together in Winson Green and Handsworth.”
Source:Organisation
Inclusion is framed as multi-dimensional
The Trust appears to understand social exclusion as arising from interconnected economic, health, educational, housing, discrimination, justice-system and family pressures, rather than from a single issue.
Why it matters
This broad framing may make the organisation a potential bridge across specialist services and community groups. It also implies that narrowly defined interventions may not capture its intended role.
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“The objects include preventing social exclusion, relieving the needs of people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.”
Source:Charity Commission“Social exclusion is defined through factors including unemployment, financial hardship, ill health, discrimination, poor skills attainment, poor housing, crime, public care and the penal system.”
Source:Charity Commission
Capacity building may be as important as direct provision
Although the Trust can provide facilities, services and advice, its objects suggest a strategic emphasis on helping disadvantaged residents identify and meet needs themselves.
Why it matters
This distinguishes an empowerment-oriented model from one focused solely on relief. Understanding the balance between these approaches would be important for prospective collaborators and funders.
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“The objects include developing the capacity and skills of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Winson Green and Handsworth.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space, services, and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services, groups and neighbourhood partners are currently active through Newbigin House.
- Whether the organisation's resident-led vision is reflected in governance, programme design and measurable outcomes.
- The website notice gives no indication of current operational capacity or accessibility.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact reports describing activities, participation, outcomes and income.
- Current programme information, partnership lists and evidence of how local residents influence decisions.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Charity's vision is for Newbigin House to become a seedbed for urban change, enabling opportunities for neighbours to express gifts, passions and dreams as a basis for renewing our common life together in Winson Green and Handsworth, with a focus on the advancement of social inclusion and community capacity building.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 3.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL INCLUSION TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF WINSON GREEN AND HANDSWORTH BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY); OR WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE PUBLIC CARE OR PENAL SYSTEM. 3.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF WINSON GREEN AND HANDSWORTH IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.