The Give Warmth Project
Charity 1169304
Overview
Summary
The Give Warmth Project appears to occupy a practical poverty-relief role focused on meeting immediate needs, with food provision for people experiencing homelessness as its clearest stated activity. Its formal objects are broader than this frontline function, encompassing food, shelter and support for people in need across the UK. The organisation may therefore be positioned both as a direct service provider and as a potential contributor to a wider voluntary-sector support network, although the available evidence does not show how extensively it operates beyond food provision.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no sufficiently current evidence that The Give Warmth Project is delivering services at any Birmingham ward or recognised place.
- The only Birmingham-specific delivery evidence located describes food, clothing and sanitary-product provision in Birmingham City Centre during January 2015 to April 2016; it cannot support a conclusion about current operation.
- The Charity Commission's available annual-report evidence states that the CIO had not delivered charitable work in the reporting period and that activity was put on hold until further notice. The register's latest financial data is for the year ending 5 April 2020, with nil income and expenditure, and reporting is overdue.
- The regional coverage classification is a cautious characterisation of the organisation's historical West Midlands context, including historic Birmingham activity; it should not be read as evidence of an active current regional service footprint.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, project update, annual report or statement from the organisation confirming whether it has resumed activity and where services are delivered.
- Current confirmation from a Birmingham homelessness-service partner or local authority that the organisation continues to deliver services in Birmingham.
- Evidence of any current physical premises used by the organisation, distinguishing these from its Wolverhampton correspondence address.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Immediate relief appears to be its operational centre
The available evidence suggests that the organisation's clearest active role is responding to immediate material hardship through food provision for homeless people, rather than delivering a defined long-term pathway out of homelessness.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the charity's likely role within a local support system: it may be especially relevant where people need rapid, low-threshold assistance, while its relationship to housing, employment or sustained support remains unclear.
Show evidence
“Providing food to homeless”
Source:Organisation“THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, FOOD AND SHELTER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its mandate is broader than its visible activity
There is a notable gap between the broad charitable objects, which include support and shelter for people in need across the UK, and the single recorded activity of providing food to homeless people. This may indicate either a focused current delivery model or unrealised capacity for broader work.
Why it matters
The distinction is important for understanding whether the charity is intentionally specialised or whether its formal remit could enable partnerships with organisations addressing shelter, referrals or wider poverty needs.
Show evidence
“THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, FOOD AND SHELTER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.”
Source:Charity Commission“Providing food to homeless”
Source:Organisation
The charity may be oriented toward collaboration as well as public benefit
By identifying both the general public and other charities or voluntary bodies as beneficiaries, the organisation may have a role that extends beyond serving individuals directly, potentially supporting or working through other voluntary organisations.
Why it matters
This raises a useful question about whether the charity could act as a connector, supplier or partner within homelessness and poverty-relief networks rather than operating only as a standalone provider.
Show evidence
“Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether food provision is delivered directly, through partners, or both.
- Whether the organisation provides shelter, referrals, training or disability-related support in practice.
- Which communities and geographic areas it currently reaches.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports describing services, scale, locations and delivery partners.
- Information on referrals, beneficiary experiences and outcomes beyond immediate food support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Providing food to homeless
Charity objects
'THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, FOOD AND SHELTER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.'