Parents And Children Together
Charity 1095457
parentsandchildrentogether.co.uk
Overview
Summary
Parents And Children Together appears to be a family-strengthening organisation using a broad, culturally grounded support model rather than a single specialist service. Its stated focus on preventing and restoring family breakdown is delivered through parenting support alongside arts, culture, education and enterprise activity. This suggests it may operate as a community-facing bridge: supporting family wellbeing while creating routes into participation, skills and connection for a local multi-ethnic community.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence: the Charity Commission record for charity 1095457 lists Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates, alongside Nottinghamshire and Solihull. It does not identify Birmingham venues, wards, projects, delivery partners or service schedules.
- Reasonable interpretation: Birmingham is best understood as a declared city-level area of operation rather than a demonstrably neighbourhood- or district-based footprint. No supplied ward or recognised place can be evidenced as a current operational location.
- Current operational activity in Birmingham is uncertain. The latest Charity Commission financial return available for the year ended 31 August 2024 reports income of £6 and expenditure of £523, which provides little evidence of substantial live service delivery during that period.
- The organisation's registered office should not be treated as evidence of Birmingham operational activity.
- No current physical site in Birmingham is evidenced. The Charity Commission record states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- No current material partnership extending the organisation's operational reach within Birmingham was identified. A Birmingham Youth Justice reference concerns an intervention described in a historic 2018 plan and is insufficient evidence of a current partnership.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, referral information or contact-page statement identifying where Birmingham groups, advice, training or family-support activities are delivered.
- A current annual report, trustees' report or activity update describing delivery volumes, locations and beneficiaries for Birmingham.
- Confirmation from the organisation or current delivery partners of any Birmingham venues, commissioned work or active partnership arrangements.
- Evidence identifying whether Birmingham activity is available across the city or is concentrated in particular wards or neighbourhoods.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Family support is framed as community development
The organisation appears to treat family wellbeing as connected to cultural participation, learning and economic opportunity, rather than addressing parenting difficulties in isolation.
Why it matters
This helps explain why its activity spans performing arts, education and enterprise: these may be part of its preventative model, not peripheral additions.
Show evidence
“Its aim is to provide family support skills and services within the local multi-ethnic community.”
Source:Organisation“Its services include performing arts, music and culture, education and enterprise activities.”
Source:Organisation“Its charitable objects include advancing education, relieving poverty and promoting good health.”
Source:Charity Commission
Prevention and restoration suggest work across different stages of family stress
The organisation appears to position itself both before and after family breakdown, potentially combining early support with help for families already experiencing difficulties.
Why it matters
This indicates a potentially wider role than a conventional parenting programme and raises useful questions about how services are sequenced and targeted.
Show evidence
“It specialises in prevention and restoration of family breakdowns.”
Source:Organisation“Its charitable objects include providing advice, support and training programmes aimed at developing good parenting.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may be building intergenerational support networks
Support groups for fathers, mothers and young people, alongside eligibility including older people, suggest an interest in strengthening relationships across generations rather than concentrating only on parents of young children.
Why it matters
This may make the organisation a useful connector between family support, youth engagement and wider community participation.
Show evidence
“Its services include father, mother and young people support groups.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people, elderly and old people, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which ethnic communities and local area the organisation principally serves.
- Whether arts, enterprise and support groups are delivered directly, through partners, or both.
- Who is most likely to access support and what outcomes the organisation achieves.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or service descriptions showing participant numbers, activities and outcomes.
- Information on partnerships, referral sources, venues and community relationships.
- Evidence of how fathers, mothers, young people and older people participate in or benefit from services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
OUR MISSION: "BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE" OUR AIM TO PROVIDE FAMILY SUPPORT SKILLS AND SERVICES WITHIN THE LOCAL MULTI-ETHNIC COMMUNITY. SPECIALISING IN PREVENTION AND RESTORATION OF FAMILY BREAKDOWNS. OUR SERVICES EMPOWER PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND CHILDREN THROUGH: - PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC & CULTURE - EDUCATION AND ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES - FATHER, MOTHER, YOUNG PEOPLE SUPPORT GROUPS
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH BY PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND TO OFFER TRAINING PROGRAMMES AIMED AT DEVELOPING GOOD PARENTING.