Severn Angels Housing And Support

Charity 1192817

https://www.severnangelshousingandsupport.co.uk

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Severn Angels Housing And Support appears to occupy a focused role at the intersection of homelessness prevention, women’s safety and supported accommodation. Its model combines a practical housing response with advice, advocacy and domestic-abuse support, suggesting that it addresses both immediate insecurity and the circumstances that can sustain it. The organisation’s stated reach across the West Midlands and Worcestershire may position it as a specialist resource for women whose housing needs are inseparable from vulnerability, safety or exclusion.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Regional

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • Direct current evidence confirms that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but it does not identify any specific Birmingham delivery area. No eligible Birmingham area can therefore be recorded confidently.
    • The organisation delivers women-only shared accommodation and tenancy-based support, but public evidence does not give the locations of its accommodation or service-delivery sites. These may appropriately be undisclosed given the nature of the service, so no locations have been inferred.
    • The public evidence does not establish whether Birmingham activity is distributed across the city, concentrated in particular districts, or delivered principally through referrals and support rather than accommodation.
    • The website refers to collaboration with Jobcentre Plus, training providers and local partners, but does not identify Birmingham-specific partners or show that any partnership materially extends the charity's reach within particular Birmingham areas.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current official statement from Severn Angels identifying the Birmingham localities or referral areas in which it actively delivers services, without disclosing safeguarded accommodation addresses.
    • A current annual or impact report showing the number and type of Birmingham placements, support cases or referrals, preferably by local authority area or broad district.
    • Confirmation from the organisation of whether its Birmingham accommodation is managed directly, commissioned through partner providers, or accessed through referral arrangements.
    • Named current Birmingham commissioning, referral or delivery partners and the geographic scope of those arrangements.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Accommodation/housing
    • Disability
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Other Defined Groups

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • 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

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • Housing is used as a safety intervention

      The available evidence suggests that accommodation is not simply the organisation’s end service: women-only housing appears to be a protective response for people facing homelessness alongside domestic abuse, displacement, care experience or other vulnerabilities.

      Why it matters

      This helps distinguish the organisation from a general housing provider. Its value may lie in creating safety and stability where ordinary accommodation options may be unsuitable or unsafe.

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      • “Provides safe, women-only accommodation for women at risk of homelessness, including victims of domestic abuse, refugees, care leavers, and other vulnerable groups.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “Provides housing and services to individuals in need who are rough sleeping, in temporary, insecure, or unsuitable accommodation or at risk of becoming homeless.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • The organisation appears to address overlapping forms of exclusion

      Its beneficiary groups indicate a service designed for people whose housing insecurity may be compounded by violence, migration, transition from care or wider vulnerability, rather than by poverty alone.

      Why it matters

      This suggests a potentially important specialist role within the local support system: coordinating needs that are often handled separately by housing, domestic-abuse, refugee and care-leaver services.

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      • “We offer comprehensive support services, including domestic violence assistance.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “Provides safe, women-only accommodation for women at risk of homelessness, including victims of domestic abuse, refugees, care leavers, and other vulnerable groups.”

        Source:Organisation

    • Its operating model extends beyond accommodation provision

      The combination of buildings, services and advocacy suggests that Severn Angels may support women to navigate systems as well as providing a place to stay.

      Why it matters

      If so, the organisation may be especially valuable at transition points: helping people move from crisis accommodation toward safer, more secure options while dealing with advice or advocacy needs.

      Show evidence

      • “Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “We offer comprehensive support services, including domestic violence assistance.”

        Source:Organisation

      Remaining uncertainties

    • The scale, locations and type of accommodation provided are not known.
    • It is unclear whether support is delivered directly, through partnerships or by referral.
    • There is no evidence about outcomes, capacity, funding or the balance between crisis and longer-term support.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Information on accommodation capacity, duration of stay, eligibility and geographic coverage.
    • Evidence on referral partners, support pathways and survivor safeguarding arrangements.
    • Outcome data or beneficiary feedback showing whether women move into safe, sustainable housing.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    Severn Angels Housing & Support provides safe, women-only accommodation for women at risk of homelessness, including victims of domestic abuse, refugees, care leavers, and other vulnerable groups. We offer comprehensive support services, including domestic violence assistance.

    Charity objects

    SEVERN ANGELS HOUSING AND SUPPORT AIM TO RELIEF POVERTY IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AND WORCESTERSHIRE AREAS BY PROVIDING HOUSING AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED (HOMELESS PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF 16 YEARS AND OVER) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WHO ARE ROUGH SLEEPING , IN TEMPORARY, INSECURE, OR UNSUITABLE ACCOMMODATION OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER.