Signpost Inclusion CIO
Charity 1188854
Overview
Summary
Signpost Inclusion CIO appears to operate as a practical inclusion infrastructure for children and young people with additional needs: combining adapted recreational activity, family participation, youth social connection and a small PA support service. Its role seems broader than activity provision alone. By reducing barriers to ordinary leisure, supporting carers and employing PAs, it may help families build sustainable participation and relationships within their local community. The available evidence suggests a deliberately varied, family-centred model, though its reach, outcomes and partnerships remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Acocks Green
Confidence: medium
Direct current evidence shows that Signpost runs specialist swimming lessons and monthly family swim sessions through exclusive hire at Fox Hollies Leisure Centre. Confidence is reduced because the available evidence identifies the venue's locality but does not explicitly confirm its position within the current ward boundary.
- Signpost Inclusion, Activities page
The organisation states that it has exclusive hire of Fox Hollies Swimming Pool for its own swimming lessons and runs monthly Family Fun Swim sessions. - Signpost Inclusion, Vacancies page
A current recruitment notice states that Signpost swimming lessons run at Fox Hollies Leisure Centre on the first three Saturdays of each month. - Birmingham City Council, Fox Hollies Leisure Centre directory entry
The Council identifies Fox Hollies Leisure Centre as being in Acocks Green, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence establishes a regular Birmingham delivery site at Fox Hollies Leisure Centre, but it does not identify the locations of Signpost's youth, gaming, holiday, family, dance, singing or gym sessions. Those activities may be delivered principally from its Solihull base or at other venues not publicly specified.
- Signpost's PA service provides support in young people's homes and in accessing the community, but the current website does not define its service catchment. It therefore cannot support a conclusion that PA support operates across Birmingham or in particular Birmingham wards.
- The organisation also delivers activities through venues in Solihull, including Renewal Family Centre and Olton Mere Sailing Club. This supports an operational footprint spanning the Birmingham-Solihull area, but does not evidence citywide Birmingham delivery.
- The district coverage type is a reasonable interpretation of the known clustered Birmingham-Solihull venues and locally framed activity offer, rather than a directly published geographic catchment.
Additional evidence needed
- A current timetable or booking information showing the venues for youth, gaming, dance, singing, gym, holiday and seasonal activities.
- A current annual report, impact report or service specification stating the geographic catchment and the Birmingham locations served by the PA support service.
- Confirmation from Signpost of whether Fox Hollies is its only current Birmingham delivery venue and whether any activities operate in other Birmingham wards.
Areas of work
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Inclusion is delivered through ordinary social life
The organisation appears to pursue social inclusion less through specialist advice alone and more through accessible versions of common childhood and family activities, such as swimming, gaming, sailing, sport and seasonal events.
Why it matters
This suggests its distinctive contribution may be creating repeated opportunities for belonging, confidence and peer relationships rather than providing a single discrete intervention.
Show evidence
“Activities include swimming, sailing, youth clubs, social gaming, singing, dancing, football, gym sessions and seasonal family sessions.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects include preventing young people with additional needs and disabilities from becoming socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.”
Source:Charity Commission
The family, not only the young person, appears to be the unit of support
Family swims, holiday and seasonal sessions, and parent and carer meet-ups suggest that Signpost Inclusion may treat family participation and carer respite as conditions that enable young people to take part.
Why it matters
This points to a potentially more durable model: reducing isolation around the child while building informal connections among parents, carers and grandparents.
Show evidence
“Family activities are offered throughout the year and in school holidays.”
Source:Organisation“Parent support meet-ups offer respite activities for parents, carers and grandparents.”
Source:Organisation
PA support may connect leisure inclusion with practical care capacity
The PA service suggests the organisation is not solely an activities provider; it may also reduce the administrative and safeguarding burden that can prevent families from accessing support.
Why it matters
This combination could make Signpost Inclusion an important bridge between social opportunity and the practical support required to use it.
Show evidence
“The organisation runs a PA service linking families to PAs.”
Source:Organisation“It employs the PAs and covers insurances and training.”
Source:Organisation
- The number, age profile and geographic reach of beneficiaries are not provided.
- It is unclear whether activities are integrated with mainstream providers or delivered mainly in separate settings.
- There is no evidence of outcomes, referral routes, funding model or formal partnerships.
Remaining uncertainties
- Participation and outcome data, including repeat attendance and beneficiary feedback.
- Information on partnerships with schools, local authorities, leisure venues and disability-support organisations.
- Details of PA service capacity, eligibility, demand and how it supports young people's participation.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Lessons and social groups including swimming lessons, family fun swim sessions, sailing clubs, youth clubs, social gaming groups, seasonal family sessions, singing, dancing, football and gym sessions and PA support
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDIVIDUALS.