The Fields Millennium Green Trust
Charity 1081599
Overview
Summary
The Fields Millennium Green Trust appears to be a place-based steward of a shared civic asset rather than a conventional service provider. Its role combines long-term guardianship of public open space with fundraising and community activity, making the Green both physical infrastructure and a potential setting for local connection. The organisation’s unusually broad charitable purpose suggests it may create value by keeping a flexible, inclusive communal space available across generations and needs.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
King’s Norton South
Confidence: low
The Trust’s stated activity is the maintenance of, and events on, one named public open-space site. The site is identified as The Fields Millennium Green in Kings Norton. The available evidence does not directly establish that the full site falls within King’s Norton South.
- Charity Commission register, The Fields Millennium Green Trust (charity 1081599)
The Trust looks after an area of public open space known as the Fields Millennium Green, raises funds for its maintenance, and provides events on the space for the local community. - Birmingham Open Spaces Forum, Fields Millennium Green Trust member page
Identifies The Fields Millennium Green as a trust-maintained green space with public access. - Birmingham City Council, Community Right to Bid register
Lists The Fields Millennium Green in Kings Norton. - Birmingham City Council, roadworks programme
Places a road in the King’s Norton South ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence establishes a single operational green-space site but does not provide a definitive site-boundary map; it is therefore not possible to confirm from the evidence whether every part of the site falls wholly within King’s Norton South.
- There is no current evidence of additional sites, outreach services, or regular activities elsewhere in Birmingham.
- The Trust is a member of the Birmingham Open Spaces Forum and Birmingham City Council has trustee representation, but the available evidence does not show that either relationship materially extends the Trust’s delivery footprint beyond its Millennium Green site.
- The registered address has not been treated as an operational site because the evidence does not establish that services are delivered there.
Additional evidence needed
- A current Trust annual report, management plan, or official site map confirming the green’s full boundary and any other land or facilities managed by the Trust.
- Current event listings or Trust communications showing whether activities take place only on the Millennium Green or at other locations.
- Documentation describing any active delivery partnerships and whether they involve services or maintenance beyond the site.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A permanent civic asset is at the centre of its model
The Trust appears to be organised around safeguarding one named place for perpetual community use. Its fundraising and events are likely supporting this enduring asset, rather than operating as separate ends in themselves.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the Trust from event organisers or environmental groups: its strategic importance may lie in preserving accessible common space over the long term.
Show evidence
“The property is to be known as "The Fields Millennium Green" and used forever as an area for informal recreation, play, leisure-time occupations, meetings and community events.”
Source:Charity Commission“The trust looks after an area of public open space known as the Fields Millennium Green.”
Source:Organisation
The Green may function as low-threshold social infrastructure
By combining informal recreation, play, meeting space and events, the Trust may enable forms of community participation that do not depend on formal membership, referrals or specialised services.
Why it matters
This suggests its contribution may be broader than leisure provision: accessible shared space can support everyday contact between people and create a platform for other local activity.
Show evidence
“The property is to provide and maintain an open space for informal recreation, play, meetings and community events.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
Fundraising links community activity to environmental maintenance
The Trust appears to rely on an operating cycle in which it raises resources to maintain the Green while also providing events that may reinforce local interest in, and ownership of, the space.
Why it matters
This indicates a potentially self-reinforcing model: community engagement may be important not only as a charitable output but also as support for the asset's long-term sustainability.
Show evidence
“It raises funds for maintenance of the above and provides events on the space for the benefit of the local community.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's activities include environment, conservation or heritage and economic or community development or employment.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the Green is physically and practically accessible to the broad beneficiary groups named.
- How the Trust is funded, governed and supported by volunteers or partner organisations.
- Whether events are regular, who leads them and which local communities participate.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent accounts, annual reports or fundraising information showing maintenance costs, income sources and financial resilience.
- Information on site accessibility, visitor use, events, volunteers and partnerships with local organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The trust looks after an area of public open space known as the Fields Millennium Green. It raises funds for maintenance of the above and provides events on the space for the benefit of the local community.
Charity objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM TO THE PROVISION OF THE PROPERTY AND SHALL ACCORDINGLY HOLD ANY PROPERTY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN OPEN SPACE TO BE KNOWN AS " THE FIELDS MILLENNIUM GREEN" FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND TO BE USED FOREVER AS AN AREA FOR INFORMAL RECREATION, PLAY OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS, A MEETING AREA OR PLACE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND FOR ANY OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSE CONSISTENT WITH THESE TRUSTS AND FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY