United Reform Community Project
Charity 1063896
Overview
Summary
United Reform Community Project appears to be a locality-based community organisation in Erdington that combines immediate practical support with opportunities for learning, activity and participation. Its stated purpose is unusually broad, spanning education, welfare, recreation and improved living conditions, while its listed activities bring these aims together through food provision, classes and sport. The available evidence suggests a potential role as a neighbourhood access point rather than a single-issue provider, although its partnerships, scale and reach remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Stockland Green
Confidence: low
The available record does not give a service venue. It is a reasonable, but unverified, interpretation that the charity may have a local operational base: its latest financial information is for the year ended 31 March 2018.
- Supplied organisation record
The charity reports providing a food bank, karate, language and exercise classes. - Supplied geographic reference
Specific address and postcode information has been withheld.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available activity and financial information is historical: the latest recorded financial year is 31 March 2018. It does not establish that the food bank or classes are currently running.
- The charity's objects identify Erdington and surrounding areas as its area of benefit. This supports a local, neighbourhood-oriented identity, but does not identify specific current delivery locations or demonstrate activity across the Erdington ward.
- The registered address may be a correspondence address rather than a service venue; no current official source was found confirming a physical delivery site there.
- No evidence was found of partnerships that currently extend the charity's operational reach beyond its apparent local base.
Additional evidence needed
- A current Charity Commission annual return, trustees' report or accounts confirming current activities and where they are delivered.
- A current official service timetable, food-bank referral information, or venue listing naming the locations of classes and food distribution.
- Confirmation from the organisation or a host venue that the registered address is an active operational site rather than only a registered address.
- Current evidence of any delivery partnerships and the areas in which those partnerships operate.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A broad community-wellbeing model
The organisation appears to address several dimensions of everyday wellbeing at once: material hardship through a food bank, learning through language classes, and physical and social participation through exercise and karate. This may indicate an approach that treats needs as connected rather than separate.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a specialist food, education or sports provider. It may be particularly relevant as a place where people can encounter different forms of support and participation.
Show evidence
“We provide a food bank, Karate Classes, Languages classes and Exercise classes.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include advancing education and providing facilities for social welfare, recreation and leisure time occupation.”
Source:Charity Commission
A potential neighbourhood convening role
Its governing purpose explicitly envisages local authorities, voluntary organisations and residents working together. This suggests the organisation may be intended not only to deliver services, but also to support collective local action.
Why it matters
If this role is active, the organisation could be an important bridge between residents, civic institutions and other voluntary groups in Erdington.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include associating local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity promotes the benefit of inhabitants of Erdington and surrounding areas.”
Source:Charity Commission
Inclusion is stated broadly, but actual reach is unknown
The organisation identifies children and young people, people with disabilities and the general public as beneficiaries, indicating an inclusive remit. However, the evidence does not show whether activities are designed or adapted for these groups.
Why it matters
This raises a useful question about whether broad beneficiary categories translate into accessible, targeted participation in practice.
Show evidence
“The charity helps children/young people, people with disabilities and the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the food bank and classes serve the same people or operate as separate services.
- Which local authorities, voluntary organisations or community groups are involved.
- How many people use the services and which parts of Erdington they reach.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on service users, accessibility arrangements, demand and outcomes.
- Evidence of current partnerships, referral routes and resident involvement.
- Details of delivery locations, staffing, volunteers and frequency of activities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We provide a food bank, Karate Classes, Languages classes and Exercise classes
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ERDINGTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS