Time Out Afterschool / Homework Club

Charity 1099068

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Time Out Afterschool / Homework Club appears to combine out-of-school childcare with educational and social-inclusion support. Its stated role extends beyond supervision: it frames daily care, recreation and homework-related activity as a route to reducing poverty and exclusion among children and teenagers. The organisation may also have a capacity-building role through training people who provide care and recreational facilities. Available evidence suggests a community-facing service with a particular concern for ethnic or racial-origin communities, though its precise local reach and delivery model remain unclear.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Neighbourhood

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Nechells

Confidence: high

Ofsted lists an open, registered out-of-school day-care setting operated by Time Out Afterschool / Homework Club at Nechells Methodist Church in Nechells. This is direct evidence of a current delivery site in Nechells.

  • Ofsted, Time Out Afterschool Club provider record (URN EY137161)
    Lists the setting as open and registered by Time Out Afterschool / Homework Club at Nechells Methodist Church in Nechells. The setting is classified as childcare on non-domestic premises providing out-of-school day care.
  • Ofsted inspection report, 13 December 2022
    Identifies Time Out Afterschool Club as registered by Time Out Afterschool / Homework Club and describes term-time weekday sessions from 3.30pm to 6pm for children aged 4 to 11.
  • Charity Commission register, charity 1099068
    Gives the charity's contact address as Nechells Methodist Church.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The Charity Commission record reports that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but it does not identify additional delivery locations, beneficiary catchments or activities outside Nechells.
  • The available evidence establishes Nechells Methodist Church as a service venue, but does not clarify the formal nature of the organisation's relationship with the church or show that this relationship extends services into other areas.
  • The most detailed service evidence is the Ofsted inspection conducted on 13 December 2022. Although Ofsted currently lists the provision as open, there is no current public timetable, enrolment information or recent impact report confirming the present scale of delivery.
  • No evidence was found of additional physical sites, school-based provision, mobile delivery or material partnerships that extend the organisation's operational footprint beyond Nechells.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current programme timetable or service update from the organisation confirming the venue, days of operation, age groups and any additional delivery locations.
  • Current information on the areas from which children are recruited or referred, distinguishing a Nechells-focused service from one serving a wider Birmingham catchment.
  • Evidence from Nechells Methodist Church or the organisation describing whether the church is solely a hired venue or a delivery partner.
  • Any recent annual report, monitoring return or funder report that identifies active projects, partner schools or neighbourhoods served.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Education/training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Provides Services

Discoveries involving this organisation

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • Care is positioned as an anti-exclusion intervention

    The organisation appears to treat after-school and holiday provision not simply as childcare, but as practical support intended to reduce poverty and social exclusion for young people.

    Why it matters

    This suggests its contribution may sit across childcare, youth support and inequality reduction, making it potentially relevant to organisations focused on family wellbeing, education or inclusion.

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    • “To provide facilities for the daily care, recreation and education of children during out of school hours and school holidays.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The groups aims are to provide relief of poverty by providing training, daily care, recreation and educational activities for socially excluded youngsters and teenagers.”

      Source:Organisation

  • The organisation may operate across two generations of provision

    Its objects suggest a dual role: directly supporting children while also strengthening the people who deliver care, education and recreation.

    Why it matters

    If active in both roles, the organisation could have influence beyond its own sessions by contributing skills or capacity to the wider out-of-school childcare ecosystem.

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    • “To advance the education and training of persons in the provision of such care education and recreational facilities.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The groups aims are to provide relief of poverty by providing training, daily care, recreation and educational activities for socially excluded youngsters and teenagers.”

      Source:Organisation

  • Its intended constituency is broad but may include a specific inclusion focus

    The charity appears to serve children and young people generally while recognising people of a particular ethnic or racial origin as a beneficiary group. This may indicate an effort to combine open community provision with targeted inclusion.

    Why it matters

    This raises useful questions about whether the club reaches communities underserved by mainstream out-of-school provision and how its offer is adapted to their needs.

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    • “Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The groups aims are to provide relief of poverty by providing training, daily care, recreation and educational activities for socially excluded youngsters and teenagers.”

      Source:Organisation

    Remaining uncertainties

  • The location, scale, frequency and current status of provision are unknown.
  • It is unclear whether training is delivered to staff, volunteers, parents or other organisations.
  • No evidence describes partnerships, referral routes, funding, or outcomes for children and teenagers.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Recent service information showing locations, age groups, attendance, opening times and holiday provision.
  • Evidence of referral partners, collaborating organisations and the communities reached.
  • Outcome evidence describing educational, wellbeing, employment or inclusion impacts.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

The groups aims are to provide relief of poverty by providing training, daily care, recreation and educational activities for socially excluded youngsters and teenagers. Other purposes benificial of the commumity that it is in a way recognised as charatable during out of school hours and school holidays.

Charity objects

(A) TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES