The James Brindley Foundation Ltd
Charity 1189619
www.jamesbrindleyfoundation.co.uk
Overview
Summary
The James Brindley Foundation appears to combine bereavement-led advocacy with a practical prevention model for serious youth violence in Walsall and the wider West Midlands. Its role is broader than awareness-raising: it seeks to intervene before criminal-justice involvement through education, practitioner assessment, family-facing work and environmental harm-reduction measures such as knife amnesty bins. The organisation presents itself as locally rooted but oriented toward system change, using targeted education and partnerships to influence both individual choices and community safety.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The organisation’s current public materials describe delivery to children, young people, families and communities across the Midlands, but do not identify any current Birmingham school, community venue, ward or City Centre location.
- A Full Circle Programme launch at a Birmingham secondary school is recorded for 2019. This is evidence of historic Birmingham delivery, not sufficient evidence that delivery is ongoing there in 2026.
- The organisation’s publicly identified office is in Aldridge, Walsall. This is a physical base outside Birmingham and should not be treated as evidence of a Birmingham operational site.
- The foundation’s work with schools, alternative provisions, community organisations, the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit and FazAmnesty may extend its reach into Birmingham, but the available evidence does not name Birmingham-based delivery partners or locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current delivery or impact report identifying schools, alternative provisions, workshop venues or mentoring activity in Birmingham.
- Current referral, commissioning or partnership information from Birmingham schools, Birmingham City Council, West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership, West Midlands Police or other named delivery partners.
- A current list or map of Full Circle Programme providers, Urban Aid workshop locations or youth ambassador activity.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether it currently delivers services in Birmingham, and if so the relevant recognised places.
Areas of work
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Prevention is framed as a whole-system issue
The Foundation appears to treat serious youth violence as the outcome of interconnected family, peer, behavioural and exploitation-related pressures, rather than as a problem solved solely through weapon-focused messaging.
Why it matters
This helps explain why its remit spans young people, families, practitioners and communities. It may make the organisation a potential bridge between youth support, safeguarding, education and public-safety work.
Show evidence
“Its objects include family functioning, peer pressure, anti-social behaviour, substance misuse, gang culture, child exploitation, radicalisation and extremism.”
Source:Charity Commission“The Full Circle Programme is described as taking a holistic approach to root causes of antisocial and offending behaviours.”
Source:Organisation
It combines education with visible harm reduction
The Foundation appears to operate across two time horizons: longer-term behavioural prevention through education and more immediate risk reduction through knife amnesty bins.
Why it matters
This dual approach distinguishes it from organisations focused only on awareness or only on enforcement, and suggests opportunities for collaboration with both schools and local safety partners.
Show evidence
“It delivers targeted education to children and young people, their families and communities across the Midlands.”
Source:Organisation“It currently has four amnesty bins across Walsall and aims to install more in research-identified hotspots.”
Source:Organisation
Practitioners may be an important but less visible audience
Although publicly positioned around young people, the Foundation may also be building influence through professionals by offering an assessment tool alongside youth education.
Why it matters
If so, its contribution may extend beyond direct delivery into shaping how risks and needs are identified by other organisations.
Show evidence
“The Full Circle Programme is described as an educational tool for children and young people and an assessment tool for practitioners.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides services and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- There is no evidence of programme reach, outcomes or whether knife-bin locations are coordinated with statutory partners.
- The evidence does not show which practitioner groups use Full Circle or how referrals are assessed.
Remaining uncertainties
- Independent evaluation or outcome data for education, workshops and amnesty bins.
- Referral pathways, delivery partners and geographic coverage by programme.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Advancing of health and the saving of lives. Public Safety.
Charity objects
1. TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE SAVING OF LIVES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, CONCERNING THE KEY ISSUES OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING, PEER PRESSURE, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, GANG CULTURE, VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR, CHILD EXPLOITATION AND RADICALISATION & EXTREMISM WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON BOTH THEMSELVES AND THOSE AFFECTED BY IT. 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE KEY ISSUES OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING, PEER PRESSURE, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, GANG CULTURE, VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR, CHILD EXPLOITATION AND RADICALISATION & EXTREMISM.