Quinton Youth For Christ
Charity 1137368
Overview
Summary
Quinton Youth For Christ appears to operate as a locally embedded youth-development intermediary: combining Christian mission with practical support in schools, informal settings and community activities. Its role is distinctive less for any single programme than for working across institutions—schools, churches, police, leisure services and youth spaces—to support young people through transition, mentoring, wellbeing provision and recreation. The available evidence suggests a partnership-led model that may extend local youth-work capacity, though its reach, outcomes and current delivery scale are not yet clear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Quinton
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence identifies recurring youth provision at Quinborne Community Centre and Highfield Farm Recreation Ground, both in Quinton, alongside transition-club delivery at Quinton schools. Taken together, this supports Quinton as the organisation's principal operational area rather than merely its named area of benefit.
- Quinton Youth for Christ, About Us
The organisation describes itself as 'a local charity based in Quinton, Birmingham' and says it supports local schools through year-six transition clubs. - Quinton Youth for Christ, Youth Night
The organisation advertises a term-time weekly youth night for school years 6 and above at Quinborne Community Centre. - Quinton Youth for Christ, Football Project
The organisation advertises a term-time weekly football project at Highfield Farm Recreation Ground. - Birmingham City Council, Highfield Farm Recreation Ground
The council identifies Highfield Farm Recreation Ground as being in Quinton, Birmingham. - Charity Commission register, Quinton Youth for Christ (1137368)
The charity's recorded area of benefit is Quinton and its current reported operating area is Birmingham City.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence shows that Quinborne Community Centre and Highfield Farm Recreation Ground are venues used for delivery, but does not show that Quinton Youth for Christ owns, leases or has any permanent operational base at either site. The Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The organisation also states that it runs transition clubs at a primary school in Oldbury, outside Birmingham. This indicates some reach beyond Quinton, but the available evidence does not establish the scale, frequency or current status of that work sufficiently to characterise the organisation as district-wide.
- The charity says it works with local churches and other partners, and the Charity Commission describes support for police, leisure services and churches. However, no current partner list or partner-site information identifies additional Birmingham wards where those relationships materially extend delivery.
- A registered correspondence address has not been treated as a Birmingham operational site.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable or annual/impact report identifying all schools, youth-group venues and outreach locations used during the latest academic year.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether Quinborne Community Centre, Highfield Farm Recreation Ground and school premises are current active delivery sites, and whether any additional sites are used.
- A current list of delivery partners, the nature of each partnership and the locations where joint youth work is actually delivered.
- Clarification of the extent and frequency of provision at the primary school in Oldbury.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A bridge between youth settings
The organisation appears to connect young people across formal education, informal youth provision, faith communities and public services, rather than operating solely as a church youth group or school service.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie in creating continuity for young people across settings that often work separately, especially during school transitions or where support needs do not fit one institution alone.
Show evidence
“Provides mentoring work, health drop-in provision, transition clubs for year 6 pupils and group mentoring projects in educational establishments.”
Source:Charity Commission“Supports partners including police, leisure service and local churches in their youth-work provision.”
Source:Charity Commission“We exist to enrich, empower and equip young people in partnership with the local community.”
Source:Organisation
Faith-led, but with a broad practical offer
Christian faith appears to provide the organisation's purpose and values, while its delivery model includes secularly recognisable youth-development activities such as mentoring, wellbeing support, sport and transition support.
Why it matters
This may enable the organisation to contribute distinctive relational and values-based support while remaining relevant to schools and wider community partners. It also raises a useful question about how faith is experienced within publicly accessible services.
Show evidence
“Its objects include advancing the Christian faith and promoting Christian values including dignity, empowerment and partnership to young people.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include mentoring, health drop-in provision, after-school drop-ins and a football league.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its website identifies work with churches, schools, youth groups and community projects.”
Source:Organisation
Partnership may be a core operating strategy
The evidence suggests Quinton Youth For Christ may deliberately strengthen existing local provision rather than primarily seeking to replace it with standalone services.
Why it matters
If so, understanding its relationships may be more important than counting its programmes: its contribution could include trusted capacity, youth-work expertise and coordination within a wider local ecosystem.
Show evidence
“Supports partners in the area in their provision of youth work.”
Source:Charity Commission“Find out how we are partnering with local Churches.”
Source:Organisation“We exist to enrich, empower and equip young people in partnership with the local community.”
Source:Organisation
- The number, geography and characteristics of young people reached are not stated.
- It is unclear which activities are currently active and how outcomes are measured.
- The nature of faith participation or boundaries within school and community services is not described.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact reporting showing delivery scale, beneficiaries, outcomes and changes over time.
- Information from schools, churches, public-service partners and young people about the organisation's practical role in local youth support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Provide support to educational establishments through mentoring work, health drop-in provision, transition clubs for year 6 pupils and group mentoring projects. Provide after school activities including drop-in provision at local internet cafe and running a football league. Supporting the partners in the area in their provision of youth work including police, leisure service and local churches.
Charity objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE AS FOLLOWS: (A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH APPEARING IN APPENDIX 1 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN [QUINTON] AND ITS ENVIRONS; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF PROCLAIMING CHRISTIAN MESSAGES OF AN EVANGELISTIC AND TEACHING NATURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN [QUINTON] AND ITS ENVIRONS; (C) TO DEMONSTRATE, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN VALUES, INCLUDING DIGNITY, EMPOWERMENT AND PARTNERSHIP TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT [QUINTON] AND ITS ENVIRONS; (D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUPPORT AND MENTORING IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS. THROUGH LUNCHTIME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, STREET BASED YOUTH WORK AND OTHER YOUTH PROVISION TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED; (E) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS THEREBY DEMONSTRATING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY PROMOTING OVERSEAS SERVICE, EDUCATION, PRACTICAL ACTION AND WORKING WITH THOSE AFFECTED, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH RELEVANT RELIEF AGENCIES.