The Bidgley Power Foundation

Charity 1145102

www.bidgleypower.org

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

The Bidgley Power Foundation appears to use sport, particularly badminton, as an entry point into a broader model of youth development, inclusion and community participation in Birmingham. Its stated purpose extends well beyond recreation: it connects physical activity with employability, volunteering, leadership and support for people facing disability or socioeconomic disadvantage. The organisation’s public-facing language suggests an emphasis on individual growth and diverse lived experience, although the available evidence does not show how these ambitions are delivered in practice or which partnerships sustain them.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Citywide

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Aston

Confidence: high

Direct evidence identifies Aston Park Pavilion as the Foundation's 'new home and project hub', where it says it has run camps, youth clubs and music groups. The Foundation's current contact page gives Aston Park, Aston as its contact location. Birmingham City Council confirms Aston Park is in Aston ward.

  • The Bidgley Power Foundation — The Bidgley Power Pavilion page
    The Foundation describes the Bidgley Power Pavilion, in Aston Park, as its 'new home and project hub' and says it has run Aston summer and winter camps, youth clubs and music groups there.
  • The Bidgley Power Foundation — Contact page
    The Foundation lists its contact location as Aston Park, Aston.
  • Birmingham City Council — Aston Park
    The Council states that Aston Hall and Aston Park sit in the heart of Aston ward.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The available evidence directly identifies a sustained physical and programme hub in Aston, but does not identify the ward-level locations of the Foundation's wider outreach and volunteering activity elsewhere in Birmingham.
  • The Foundation's website says it reaches 3,600 people annually 'across Birmingham' and provides intensive one-to-one support through outreach workers. This supports a citywide operational footprint, but does not show whether delivery is regular across all parts of the city or concentrated in particular neighbourhoods.
  • The registered address in Aston is not treated as a separate operational site because the evidence does not establish its current use for service delivery.
  • The website lists organisations including Aston Villa FC, NHS, Birmingham City Council, Bring It On Brum, StreetGames and Badminton England as funders or associates, but the available material does not demonstrate which, if any, currently provide delivery venues or materially extend the Foundation's geographic reach.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current programme timetable or annual/impact report showing outreach, volunteering placements and delivery venues by ward or neighbourhood.
  • Confirmation from the Foundation of which locations, beyond Aston Park Pavilion, are active service-delivery sites in 2026.
  • Current partnership agreements or partner programme pages that identify joint delivery locations and the Foundation's role at those locations.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Provides Services

Discoveries involving this organisation

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • Sport appears to be a platform rather than the end goal

    The foundation may use badminton and other physical recreation as a practical route into wider social outcomes, including confidence, skills, education, employability and civic participation.

    Why it matters

    This positions the organisation less as a conventional sports provider and more as a community-development organisation whose sporting offer may create trusted pathways to support and opportunity.

    Show evidence

    • “The charity promotes healthy recreation through facilities for badminton and other sports.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Its objects include developing young people's skills, vocational education, employability, enterprise skills and volunteering opportunities.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Its intended reach is unusually broad for a youth-focused charity

    Although young people are central to its objects, the foundation appears designed to work across disability, disadvantage, community capacity and the wider public, potentially linking groups often served separately.

    Why it matters

    This breadth may enable the organisation to act as a bridge between youth services, disability inclusion, sport and neighbourhood participation; it may also create pressure to prioritise clearly.

    Show evidence

    • “The charity helps children and young people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies and the general public.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Its objects include supporting socially and economically disadvantaged community members in Birmingham.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • The organisation presents personal development as relational and civic

    Its website language may indicate that it values identity, trust, inclusion and community contribution alongside formal outcomes such as employment or training.

    Why it matters

    This suggests that its distinctive contribution could lie in building belonging and agency, not only in providing activities or qualifications.

    Show evidence

    • “The website presents stories linked to community, safety, inclusivity, equality, trust, leadership and networking.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “Its activities include promoting civic life through volunteering and opportunities for people to make positive change in their communities.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    Remaining uncertainties

  • Which activities are currently delivered, and whether badminton remains a substantial part of provision.
  • Whether the foundation works directly with participants, through partner organisations, or both.
  • Which Birmingham communities, neighbourhoods or age groups are most actively reached.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Recent programme descriptions, participant numbers and outcomes by activity and beneficiary group.
  • Information on delivery partners, referral routes, coaches, volunteers and community venues.
  • Participant feedback or case studies showing how sporting, educational and civic activities connect in practice.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

helping young & disabled people developing their skills and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent responsible individuals.Advancing vocational education & work-based education to develop employability and enterprise skills.Relieving unemployment.Promote civic life through volunteering providing opportunities for people to make a positive change to their communities.

Charity objects

1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL COMMUNITIES WHO ARE LIVING IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING BADMINTON AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF PROMOTING HEALTHY RECREATION; 2) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 30 LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (NON-ACADEMIC) AND WORK-BASED EDUCATION TO DEVELOP EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS; 3) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, IN BIRMINGHAM AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND 4) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, COURSES, TRAINING, PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE, ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS IN LEADERSHIP, COACHING AND ORGANISATION OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION.