The Little Aston Village Hall
Charity 1091921
https://www.facebook.com/LittleAstonVillageHall/
Overview
Summary
The Little Aston Village Hall appears to function as shared civic infrastructure rather than as a specialist service provider. Its role is to make space available for a broad range of local purposes—education, recreation, culture, sport and social activity—allowing residents, voluntary groups and potentially other charities to create activity around a common venue. Its inclusive objects suggest that accessibility across different groups is central to its public-benefit rationale, although the available evidence does not show how this operates in practice.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission’s current overview lists Birmingham City, Staffordshire, Walsall and Warwickshire as places where the charity operates, but does not identify any Birmingham service, venue, project or ward.
- The available current evidence identifies one physical venue in Little Aston, within Lichfield District, rather than within any of the supplied Birmingham wards.
- It remains possible that people from nearby Birmingham areas use the hall, but this would indicate a beneficiary catchment rather than evidenced operational delivery in a Birmingham ward.
- The organisation’s Facebook page is listed as its website, but primary website content was not retrievable; current room-booking or event information that might evidence additional locations could not therefore be assessed.
Additional evidence needed
- A current official programme, booking calendar or annual report identifying activities delivered at locations other than Little Aston Village Hall.
- Evidence of any formal delivery arrangement, outreach service or recurring venue within a named Birmingham ward.
- Current official information clarifying why Birmingham City is included in the Charity Commission return’s geographic-operation field.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A platform for local civic activity
The organisation appears to operate primarily by providing a shared physical base from which many kinds of community activity can take place, rather than by delivering one defined programme itself.
Why it matters
This suggests its local value may lie in enabling other organisations, informal groups and residents to act. Understanding who uses the hall could therefore reveal a wider network of civic activity than the charity's own description makes visible.
Show evidence
“This Charity manages the Little Aston Village Hall providing educational, social and leisure facilities for the residents of Little Aston and the surrounding areas.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space.”
Source:Charity Commission
Breadth is a defining feature, not an incidental one
The hall appears intended to accommodate varied uses and populations, spanning education, culture, amateur sport, recreation and social welfare rather than concentrating on a single community need.
Why it matters
This breadth may make the hall a useful meeting point between groups that would otherwise operate separately. It also means that pressures on the building could affect several parts of local civic life at once.
Show evidence
“General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission“Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
Inclusion is embedded in the governing purpose
The charity's objects suggest that the hall is intended to be a common resource available without discrimination, with improving local living conditions framed as its ultimate purpose.
Why it matters
This provides a basis for examining whether the hall's practical arrangements—physical access, pricing, programming and booking practices—match its inclusive civic role.
Show evidence
“FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.”
Source:Charity Commission“WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which groups, organisations and activities currently use the hall, and whether any local communities are underrepresented.
- Whether the hall is financially, physically and practically accessible to the people named in its objects.
- How far the hall serves Little Aston itself compared with the surrounding area.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme, booking data or user list showing recurring activities and organisational relationships.
- Information on accessibility, hire costs, governance, capacity, condition and unmet demand.
- Feedback from users and non-users about barriers to participation and desired uses.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
This Charity manages the Little Aston Village Hall providing educational, social and leisure facilities for the residents of Little Aston and the surrounding areas.
Charity objects
FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE MEETINGS, LECTURES, AND CLASSES OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS..