Shalom Agape Community Church (Sacc)
Charity 1175872
Overview
Summary
Shalom Agape Community Church appears to operate as a faith-rooted community-support organisation rather than solely a place of worship. Its stated activities connect pastoral and religious work with practical support for people facing poverty, homelessness, displacement and exclusion. The organisation’s role may be to provide a trusted, culturally responsive entry point into help and opportunity, particularly for young people, refugees and other groups who may need both social support and advocacy.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- No current evidence identifies a service, activity, venue or partner-operated provision within any of the supplied Birmingham wards or the City Centre.
- The charity's recorded address is in Smethwick, outside Birmingham City Council's ward geography. It may be a correspondence address rather than a delivery site.
- The stated activities—counselling, youth activity, homelessness work, poverty relief and refugee support—are described without locations, catchment areas, delivery dates or named partners.
- The available evidence supports an interpretation of a small, locally focused community church rather than a citywide organisation, but does not establish the precise neighbourhoods in which it currently delivers services.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustee report or activity update specifying where services and church/community activities are delivered.
- The organisation's current website or official social-media pages, including event locations and regular meeting venues.
- Confirmation from the charity of any Birmingham-based delivery locations, outreach routes, referral arrangements or material partnerships.
- Evidence distinguishing the Smethwick registered address from any premises used for worship, counselling, youth work, poverty relief or refugee support.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Religious Activities
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith may be the organisation’s platform for wider civic support
The available evidence suggests that Christian worship and community care are integrated rather than separate strands of work. Religious identity may provide the relationships, trust and values through which practical support is offered.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a charity delivering a single specialist service: its potential value may lie in combining belonging, advice and material support in one community setting.
Show evidence
“The charity’s object is to advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities include religious and community based activities, counselling, poverty relief and tackling homelessness.”
Source:Charity Commission
It may act as a bridge for people facing multiple barriers
The mix of counselling, advocacy or information, refugee support, homelessness work and youth development suggests an organisation positioned to respond to overlapping needs rather than a narrowly defined issue.
Why it matters
People experiencing poverty, displacement or exclusion often need help navigating several systems. This may make the organisation a useful connector to specialist agencies, even though no referral relationships are evidenced.
Show evidence
“Its activities include helping refugees access help and resources.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides services and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
Youth support appears oriented toward long-term opportunity
Youth recreation and socialisation are presented alongside giving young people tools for a brighter future, suggesting that participation may be used as a route to confidence, connection and future prospects.
Why it matters
This may indicate an asset-building approach rather than only crisis response, creating potential complementarity with organisations offering education, employment or mentoring.
Show evidence
“Its activities include youth activities such as recreation and socialization.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities include giving young people the necessary tools for a brighter future.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which communities, places and ethnic or racial groups the organisation primarily reaches.
- Whether it delivers support directly, refers people elsewhere, or works through formal partnerships.
- The scale, frequency and outcomes of its homelessness, refugee and youth activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports describing services, participant numbers, outcomes and geographic reach.
- Information on partner organisations, referral routes and specialist support available to beneficiaries.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY BASED ACTIVITIES: - counselling - Youth activities eg : Recreation, Socialization - Tackling homelessness in the community - Poverty relief through community work - Giving young people the necessary tools for a brighter future - Helping refugees access help and resources
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE