Phase Trust
Charity 1100404
Overview
Summary
Phase Trust appears to be a youth-development organisation positioned between schools, families and wider support agencies in and around Dudley. Its distinctive role is not simply delivering activities, but making relational support available where young people’s educational, emotional and behavioural pressures overlap. Christian faith is part of its formal purpose, yet the available public-facing evidence frames its offer primarily through wellbeing, individual potential and practical support. This may enable it to operate across both civic and faith-informed settings.
Operational geography
Coverage: District
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- No current evidence identifies a service, delivery venue, school partner or community programme within any of the supplied Birmingham wards or City Centre.
- Phase Trust describes its work as operating across Dudley Borough 'and beyond', but does not specify which places or local authorities are included in 'beyond'; this cannot be treated as evidence of current Birmingham delivery.
- Halesowen is presented as the organisation's address and as the base for its facilities, but it is outside Birmingham and therefore does not establish a Birmingham operational site.
- The organisation works through schools, agencies and detached community work, but its public material does not name current partner schools or community locations, potentially in part because of safeguarding considerations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual or impact report that identifies delivery locations, commissioning authorities or partner schools.
- Confirmation from Phase Trust of any active Birmingham contracts, school partnerships, referral pathways or delivery venues.
- Official partner evidence showing that Phase Trust currently delivers a programme in a named Birmingham ward or City Centre.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A bridge between youth settings
Phase Trust appears to operate as an intermediary around young people rather than within a single setting, working with schools, community groups, statutory bodies, parents and young people themselves.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie in connecting support across systems that often encounter the same young person separately. Its relationships may be as important to its operating model as its direct services.
Show evidence
“Phase Trust operate a number of projects working with schools, community groups and statutory bodies.”
Source:Organisation“We work in partnership with many agencies and schools throughout the Dudley Borough and beyond.”
Source:Organisation
Support seems designed around the whole person
The organisation appears to treat educational progress, behaviour, wellbeing, decision-making and personal development as connected rather than separate issues.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish Phase Trust from a narrowly academic, sport-only or advice-only provider. It may be especially relevant where young people’s needs cross school, home and emotional wellbeing.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include promoting young people's physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential.”
Source:Charity Commission“This means treating them as unique individuals with different social, emotional and development needs.”
Source:Organisation“Parents have fed back to me to say at home there has been a marked improvement in their daughter’s behaviour and attitudes.”
Source:Organisation
Faith-informed purpose, broadly framed public offer
Christian faith is central to Phase Trust's formal charitable purpose, but its public-facing messaging appears to foreground universal value, mental health, pressures and potential rather than religious participation.
Why it matters
This may indicate a model able to work across diverse schools and public agencies while retaining a faith-based identity. It would be useful to understand how this balance is experienced by partners and beneficiaries.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include the advancement of the Christian faith.”
Source:Charity Commission“Phase Trust believes that every child and young person has value.”
Source:Organisation“With many different pressures coming from friends, schools, parents and so much more, you may be struggling to piece different bits of life together.”
Source:Organisation
- The scale, frequency and geographic reach of projects are unclear.
- It is unclear which needs Phase Trust addresses directly and which it refers onward.
- There is no systematic evidence of outcomes, beneficiary demographics or partner perspectives.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current service list showing delivery settings, referral routes, target groups and partner organisations.
- Recent annual reports or impact data, including numbers reached, outcomes and how Christian faith informs practice.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Phase Trust operate a number of projects working with schools, community groups and statutory bodies.
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL AS INDIVIDUALS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.