The Birmingham Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association
Charity 1042767
Overview
Summary
The Birmingham Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association appears to be a community-rooted support organisation whose formal purpose is narrowly focused on people displaced from Bosnia Herzegovina and now living in Birmingham, while its stated activities and charitable categories suggest a much broader role in sustaining wellbeing, participation and community infrastructure. It may function as both a trusted cultural anchor and a practical gateway to advice, facilities and wider opportunities for a diaspora community across generations.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East
Confidence: medium
The charity's 2024 trustees' annual report identifies Bosnia House as its head office and describes its continuing development as a community hub. However, the supplied evidence does not directly state that Bosnia House is in Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East ward, so the ward attribution cannot be independently confirmed from the available evidence.
- The Birmingham Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association, trustees' annual report for year ending 31 December 2024, filed with the Charity Commission
Identifies Bosnia House as its head office; reports weekly social and support sessions, cultural and commemorative events, inter-generational programmes and informal support for newly arrived and vulnerable families; and states an intention to continue developing Bosnia House as a community hub. - Birmingham City Council, Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment schedule
Lists a separate address in Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission contact record gives a different registered contact address. As this is a registered contact address and the Commission records that the charity does not own or lease land or property, it is not sufficient on its own to establish a current operational site there.
- The available current evidence establishes Bosnia House as the main evidenced base, but does not identify further Birmingham venues, outreach locations or the neighbourhoods from which people attend its services.
- The citywide classification is supported by the charity's current Charity Commission return stating that it operates in Birmingham City, its charitable objects concerning refugees resident in Birmingham, and its annual report describing work for the Birmingham community. This supports a Birmingham-wide operational remit, but the evidence does not show the geographic distribution or volume of activity across individual wards.
- The annual report thanks the Bosnia and Herzegovina UK Network, local authorities and community networks for collaboration, but does not specify projects or additional Birmingham locations delivered through those partnerships. No additional operational areas have therefore been inferred from partnership references.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable, service directory or event calendar showing the venues and neighbourhoods used for regular activities.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether Bosnia House remains its active service hub and whether the registered contact address is solely a correspondence address or another operational location.
- A recent impact report or monitoring data showing where Birmingham beneficiaries are reached and whether any services are delivered away from Bosnia House.
- Partnership agreements or project information identifying any locations where services are jointly delivered with the Bosnia and Herzegovina UK Network, Birmingham City Council or other community partners.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- 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 Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A refugee-relief mission expressed through broad community infrastructure
The association appears to address the consequences of displacement not only through direct relief, but through a wide mix of practical, psychological, educational, cultural and community-development activity.
Why it matters
This suggests its role may be more durable than a crisis-response charity: it may help people rebuild social connection, confidence and participation after resettlement.
Show evidence
“The relief of poverty, sickness and distress arising therefrom of refugees from Bosnia Herzegovina, regardless of their ethnic origin, now residing in the City of Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission“Practical and psychological support to Bosnian community in Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“Education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and accommodation/housing.”
Source:Charity Commission
An explicitly inclusive bridge within a community shaped by conflict
Its formal commitment to refugees regardless of ethnic origin may indicate an intentional effort to create a shared civic space across identities associated with Bosnia Herzegovina.
Why it matters
This is distinctive because trust-building and inclusion may be as important to the organisation's local role as individual support services.
Show evidence
“Refugees from Bosnia Herzegovina, regardless of their ethnic origin.”
Source:Charity Commission“Practical and psychological support to Bosnian community in Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation
Potentially a community hub rather than only a service provider
The combination of buildings or facilities, human resources, services and advocacy suggests the association may combine a physical base with relationship-based support and navigation.
Why it matters
If so, its value may lie partly in convening people and connecting them to other voluntary bodies, not solely in the services it directly provides.
Show evidence
“Provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission“Other charities or voluntary bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services are actively delivered, and whether they are targeted mainly at newly arrived refugees, established residents or younger generations.
- Whether the association works with other Birmingham organisations, public services or Bosnia Herzegovina community groups.
- How its broad charitable categories translate into priorities, capacity and outcomes.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, service descriptions and beneficiary numbers.
- Information on premises, staff, volunteers, referral routes and partner organisations.
- Evidence of participation across ethnic groups, age groups and disability needs.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Practical and psychological support to Bosnian community in Birmingham
Charity objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM OF REFUGEES FROM BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, NOW RESIDING IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM