St Basil'S
Charity 1080154
Overview
Summary
St Basils appears to be a specialist youth-homelessness organisation whose role extends beyond providing accommodation. Its stated model combines housing, early prevention, advice, support and routes into skills and employment for 16–25 year olds across the West Midlands. As both a charity and a registered social-housing provider, it appears positioned to connect immediate housing insecurity with longer-term independence. The available evidence suggests a long-established organisation seeking to make homelessness prevention, rather than crisis response alone, its organising purpose.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Housing is a platform for wider independence
St Basils appears to treat a stable home as one part of a wider transition to adulthood, linking accommodation with confidence, skills, opportunities and employment support.
Why it matters
This indicates that its distinctive role may be as a bridge between homelessness services and longer-term social and economic inclusion, rather than solely a housing provider.
Show evidence
“St Basils works with young people aged 16-25 in the West Midlands to enable them to find and keep a home, grow their confidence, develop their skills, increase opportunities and prevent homelessness.”
Source:Organisation“Services include Homeless prevention services, Accommodation and Support services and Employability Service.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include providing housing, education or training for employment, assistance to find employment and relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission
Prevention appears central, not peripheral
The organisation appears designed to intervene before homelessness becomes entrenched, while retaining capacity to support young people already without secure housing.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish St Basils from services focused only on emergency accommodation and suggests its relationships with advice, outreach and housing systems may be especially important.
Show evidence
“Are you aged 16-25 and homeless, at risk or just in need of some housing advice? We can help!”
Source:Organisation“Projects include Young Person's Outreach Navigation Service and Home-2-Home Supported Lodgings.”
Source:Organisation“Its mission includes preventing homelessness.”
Source:Organisation
It has an unusually formal housing role for a youth charity
Registration as a social-housing provider suggests St Basils may hold or manage housing capacity directly, rather than functioning only as a referral, advice or grant-making organisation.
Why it matters
Direct housing-provider status may give the organisation practical leverage in local youth-homelessness pathways, while also creating operational responsibilities beyond those of many support charities.
Show evidence
“A Registered Provider – registered with the Regulator of Social Housing (number H3994).”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include carrying on the business of providing houses, hostels or other housing including social housing.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The scale, location and type of accommodation actually provided are not stated.
- There is no evidence of referral routes, local-authority relationships or outcomes for young people.
- The relative emphasis on prevention, supported housing and employability is unclear.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports showing service volumes, outcomes, housing stock and financial model.
- Information on partnerships with local authorities, landlords, colleges, employers and other homelessness services.
- Evidence from young people about accessibility, continuity of support and outcomes after leaving services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
St Basils works with young people to enable them to find and keep a home, to develop their confidence, skills and opportunities and to prevent homelessness.
Charity objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SOCIAL HOUSING 3.1 TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING HOUSES, HOSTELS OR ANY OTHER HOUSING INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS; EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 3.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING OR SECURING EDUCATION OR TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND BY ASSISTING THEM TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; 3.3 TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE BOARD THINKS FIT INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; EDUCATION 3.4 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES OR THROUGH PROVIDING OR ARRANGING WORK EXPERIENCE; RELIEF OF POVERTY 3.5 TO RELIEVE POVERTY GENERALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 3.6 TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO NEED SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; GENERAL 3.7 TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.