Tame Valley District Scout Council
Charity 505525
Overview
Summary
Tame Valley District Scout Council appears to be a youth-development organisation operating through scouting, with education and training as its formal charitable mechanism. Its role seems broader than delivering isolated activities: the available evidence suggests it supports a structured pathway through which young people develop discipline, loyalty and citizenship. The organisation’s emphasis on training may indicate a district-level enabling role, helping sustain scouting activity rather than focusing solely on direct provision to individual children.
Operational geography
Coverage: District
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Handsworth
Confidence: high
The district's current official website explicitly identifies Handsworth as part of its area of operation.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
States that Tame Valley Scout District covers much of north Birmingham and that its area includes Handsworth; it describes delivery through 13 Scout Groups, Explorer units, Network and Scout Active Support sections.
Handsworth Wood
Confidence: high
A current group page gives both a regular meeting arrangement and a named site in Handsworth Wood.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — 64th Birmingham group page
Says the group meets at Clem Dench Scouting Centre in Handsworth Wood, with Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers sections.
Perry Barr
Confidence: high
The official district description names Perry Barr, and a current group page records a service site there.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Perry Barr among the areas covered by the district. - Tame Valley Scouts official website — 236th Birmingham St Johns group page
Lists St Johns Church Centre in Perry Barr as the group's address and shows Beaver, Cub, Scout and Explorer provision.
Kingstanding
Confidence: high
The official district description names Kingstanding, supported by a current group page giving a regular meeting venue and weekly section activity there.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Kingstanding among the areas covered by the district. - Tame Valley Scouts official website — 213th Birmingham Kingstanding group page
States that the group meets on Fridays at Maryvale Community Centre in Kingstanding, providing Squirrels through to Explorers.
Oscott
Confidence: high
The current official district description explicitly identifies Oscott as within the district's operational area.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Oscott among the areas covered by the district.
Perry Common
Confidence: high
The current official district description explicitly identifies Perry Common as within the district's operational area.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Perry Common among the areas covered by the district.
Pype Hayes
Confidence: high
The official district description names Pype Hayes, and a current group page records a regular local meeting site.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Pype Hayes among the areas covered by the district. - Tame Valley Scouts official website — 210th Birmingham group page
States that Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers meet on Tuesdays at Pype Hayes URC in Pype Hayes.
Erdington
Confidence: high
The district's official coverage statement is supported by two current group pages recording regular meeting venues in Erdington.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Erdington among the areas covered by the district. - Tame Valley Scouts official website — 5th Birmingham Stockland Green group page
States that the group meets on Fridays at Stockland Green Methodist Church in Erdington. - Tame Valley Scouts official website — 177th Birmingham Erdington Methodist group page
States that the group's sections meet on Friday evenings at Erdington Methodist Church in Erdington.
Aston
Confidence: high
The official district description names Aston and a current group page identifies an active local venue.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Aston among the areas covered by the district. - Tame Valley Scouts official website — 327th Birmingham As Sufa group page
Lists As-Suffa Institute in Aston and gives current Beaver and Cub meeting times.
Lozells
Confidence: high
The current official district description explicitly identifies Lozells as within the district's operational area.
- Tame Valley Scouts official website — home page
Lists Lozells among the areas covered by the district.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence strongly supports a north-Birmingham district footprint rather than citywide delivery, but it does not provide a complete current list of all 13 Scout Groups and six Explorer units.
- The district website says its area includes parts of Great Barr, but Great Barr is not an available area identifier and the evidence does not establish which supplied ward or wards those activities fall within.
- Some named operational areas are supported by the district's coverage statement but not by a separately published group venue; this confirms district inclusion but not the precise current site or intensity of activity within each ward.
- The Charity Commission address should be treated as a correspondence or registered address rather than a confirmed service-delivery site.
- Birmingham Scouts is the district's county-level Scouting structure and materially supports its organisational reach, but the available evidence does not identify additional geographic delivery locations created through particular external partnerships.
Additional evidence needed
- A current district directory or annual report listing every Scout Group, Explorer unit, Network and Active Support section with activity status.
- Confirmation from Tame Valley District of the wards covered by its Great Barr activity and of any venues used for district-wide events, camps or specialist provision.
- Current information on whether the Special School Group referenced by Birmingham Scouts remains active and, if so, its service location and safeguarding-safe public description.
- A current partnership or venue-use list showing whether churches, community centres, schools and other host organisations provide ongoing delivery locations.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A civic-development mission expressed through youth training
The charity appears to use scouting as a practical route to develop civic values in young people, linking educational activity with discipline, loyalty and good citizenship.
Why it matters
This suggests its contribution is not only recreational or extracurricular. It may help build young people’s confidence, responsibility and connection to community life.
Show evidence
“THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.”
Source:Charity Commission“Education/training”
Source:Charity Commission
Potentially an enabling layer within local scouting
The reference to furthering training and activities in scouting may indicate that the council strengthens the conditions for scouting to happen, potentially by supporting programmes, training or coordination beyond a single activity.
Why it matters
Understanding this possible enabling role is important because its influence may extend through other local scouting activity, rather than being measured only by direct contact with young people.
Show evidence
“Furthering of training & activities in scouting.”
Source:Organisation“Children/young People”
Source:Charity Commission
A notably traditional statement of purpose
The formal objects use language centred on boys and traditional civic virtues, while the beneficiary category refers more broadly to children and young people. This may indicate a gap between historic governing language and the organisation’s current practical reach.
Why it matters
This is worth examining because formal purpose, public identity and actual inclusion can shape who sees the organisation as relevant or welcome.
Show evidence
“THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.”
Source:Charity Commission“Children/young People”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the council directly delivers activities or primarily supports local Scout groups and volunteers.
- Which communities, age groups and geographic areas it currently reaches.
- Whether its formal objects reflect its current inclusion and participation practices.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on governance, local groups, volunteer training and the council’s relationship with wider Scout structures.
- Recent activity reports showing participation, partnerships, programmes and the characteristics of young people reached.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Furthering of training & activities in scouting.
Charity objects
THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.