Oscar Birmingham Ltd
Charity 1109849
Overview
Summary
OSCAR Birmingham appears to be a condition-specific community organisation whose role extends beyond health information into advocacy, peer connection and wider wellbeing support. Its stated ambition links sickle cell and thalassaemia support to social and economic wellbeing, suggesting that it understands these conditions as affecting everyday family life rather than only clinical care. The organisation also appears to work as a bridge: between affected communities, education settings, public agencies and voluntary-sector partners across Birmingham and surrounding areas.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Soho and Jewellery Quarter
Confidence: low
Direct evidence identifies OSCAR's Birmingham office, where it offers appointments for advice and guidance during stated opening hours. However, the available evidence does not support assigning this activity to a specific ward.
- OSCAR Birmingham, Contact Us
The organisation describes its Birmingham office, gives opening hours, and invites people to make appointments there for advice or guidance.
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence supports a physical office in Birmingham, but the available sources do not identify the locations of monthly groups, workshops, home visits, school or college presentations, clinic visits, or activities for children and young people. Those activities may occur across multiple Birmingham wards, but no further ward-level areas can be evidenced safely.
- OSCAR's website directly describes several services as Birmingham-wide or city-wide, including peer mentoring for young adults, befriending support, and specialist support for carers. This supports an interpretation that its principal Birmingham operational identity is citywide rather than neighbourhood-based, but it does not show equal delivery intensity in every ward.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City, Solihull and Walsall as places where the charity operates. This supports a regional overall footprint, but the current evidence does not specify the services, venues, frequency, or scale of delivery in Solihull or Walsall.
- Although OSCAR names Birmingham City Council, BVSC, Birmingham and Solihull ICS, NHS specialist teams and the Birmingham Carers Hub partnership in connection with services, the evidence does not establish additional fixed operational sites belonging to OSCAR.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service-delivery or impact report showing the wards, venues, dates and participant reach of groups, outreach, school or college presentations, and home-visiting activity.
- Current partnership documentation from Birmingham Carers Hub, Birmingham City Council, BVSC, Birmingham and Solihull ICS, or NHS referral partners confirming OSCAR's delivery geography and any partner-hosted venues.
- Confirmation from OSCAR of whether its Birmingham office remains its sole client-facing site and whether activities are delivered from other Birmingham venues.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- 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
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A community bridge around long-term conditions
OSCAR Birmingham appears to combine direct support with a connective role between people affected by sickle cell or thalassaemia and wider institutions. Its model may depend as much on trusted relationships and navigation as on standalone services.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish OSCAR from a health-information provider: it may be an important access point for communities whose needs span healthcare, schools, carers, finances and public services.
Show evidence
“OSCAR provides support and befriending services, education, advocacy and awareness activities.”
Source:Organisation“It works with public and private agencies in and around Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“The charity reports acting as an umbrella or resource body.”
Source:Charity Commission
Health support is framed as wider wellbeing
The organisation appears to view sickle cell and thalassaemia as conditions with social, economic and family consequences, not solely medical ones. Its support offer may therefore be designed to reduce isolation and practical pressures alongside improving health knowledge.
Why it matters
This suggests potential complementarity with advice, carers, youth, poverty-relief and community-development organisations, including those without specialist blood-disorder expertise.
Show evidence
“Its aim includes improving health, social and economic wellbeing for children, young people, families and adults living with these conditions.”
Source:Organisation“Website sections include carers support, youth voice, mentoring, wellbeing and cost-of-living support information.”
Source:Organisation“The charity reports work in health, disability, poverty relief and economic or community development.”
Source:Charity Commission
Awareness work may be a route to earlier recognition and community influence
OSCAR appears to use schools, colleges, events and public education not simply for publicity, but potentially to improve recognition of conditions that may be poorly understood outside affected communities.
Why it matters
This positions the organisation as a potential contributor to prevention of misunderstanding, stigma and delayed support, while creating links with education providers and public-health partners.
Show evidence
“OSCAR organises community events and presentations in schools and colleges.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects include increasing public knowledge and understanding of sickle cell disorders, thalassaemia and related conditions.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include research into the nature, prevalence and treatment of these conditions.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The scale, frequency and reach of direct support, advocacy and education activities are unknown.
- It is unclear which public, private or voluntary-sector organisations OSCAR actively partners with.
- There is no evidence about beneficiary experience, outcomes, funding stability or current research activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact data showing services delivered, numbers reached and outcomes for people affected by the conditions.
- A current partnership map identifying referral routes, formal collaborations and gaps in local support.
- Evidence from beneficiaries, carers and young people about which parts of OSCAR's offer are most distinctive or difficult to access.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
OSCAR Birmingham Ltd raises awareness of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia, both red blood cell disorders and provides support and befriending services to those affected by these conditions. OSCAR educates, provide advocacy and raises awareness by organising community events, presentations in schools,colleges. We work with public and private agencies to further our work in uand around Birmingham
Charity objects
3.1 PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM, OR AFFECTED BY SICKLE CELL, THALASSAEMIA AND OTHER RELATED CONDITIONS INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE; REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC. 3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; I) TO THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SICKLE CELL DISORDERS, THELASSAEMIA AND OTHER RELATED CONDITIONS. II) THROUGH RESEARCH INTO NATURE, PREVALENCE, TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL AND THALASSAEMIA AND RELATED CONDITIONS.