Winwood Heath Allotment
Charity 203992
WWW.ROMSLEYPARISHCOUNCIL.GOV.UK
Overview
Summary
Winwood Heath Allotment appears to be a place-based land and open-space charity with a deliberately narrow civic role: maintaining access to allotments for people in and around Romsley. Its historic charitable object frames this as a form of local welfare provision, while its current activity suggests a practical stewardship model rather than a broad environmental programme. The available evidence points to an organisation embedded in parish-level civic infrastructure, but reveals little about who uses the site, how it is governed, or its wider community relationships.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record lists Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates, but its governing-document area of benefit is the Parish of Romsley and its stated activity is providing allotments for Romsley parishioners and local areas. This does not identify any Birmingham operational site, service or ward.
- Romsley Parish Council records show that Winwood Heath Allotments are actively managed as a local allotment site, but the consulted records do not provide a precise site address or demonstrate that the site lies within Birmingham.
- No evidence was found of delivery, physical premises, or material partnerships within any of the supplied Birmingham wards or the City Centre.
Additional evidence needed
- A current site address, map, tenancy information or land record for Winwood Heath Allotments to confirm its precise location and local authority area.
- Current evidence from the charity or Romsley Parish Council identifying any allotment provision, outreach or partnership activity located in Birmingham.
- Clarification from the Charity Commission or trustees on why Birmingham City is listed as an operational area despite the charity's stated area of benefit being Romsley parish.
Areas of work
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A historic welfare purpose persists through local land stewardship
The charity appears to translate an older charitable purpose into a continuing, practical form of local provision: access to land for cultivation. The wording of its object suggests its origins may be tied to poverty relief, whereas its current offer is framed more broadly around parishioners and nearby residents.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a general environmental charity. Its central role may be the long-term preservation of a community resource whose social value extends beyond food growing.
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“AN ALLOTMENT FOR THE LABOURING POOR.”
Source:Charity Commission“To provide allotments for the parishioners of Romsley and local areas”
Source:Organisation
Its role is likely highly local and infrastructure-based
The organisation appears to operate through a specific physical asset rather than through programmes, campaigns or dispersed services. Its connection to Romsley and local areas suggests that proximity is fundamental to its value.
Why it matters
Understanding it as civic infrastructure highlights potential relationships with parish governance, local residents and other organisations concerned with land, wellbeing or food growing.
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“To provide allotments for the parishioners of Romsley and local areas”
Source:Organisation“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space”
Source:Charity Commission
The environmental classification may understate its social contribution
Although classified under environment, conservation and heritage, the provision of allotments may also create informal opportunities for recreation, social connection and household food growing. These wider effects are plausible but not evidenced directly.
Why it matters
This raises a useful question for local partners: whether the allotment is recognised only as land management, or also as a potentially valuable community wellbeing asset.
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“Environment/conservation/heritage”
Source:Charity Commission“The General Public/mankind”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether plots are available to all local residents, and whether demand exceeds supply.
- Whether the charity is administered independently or through the parish council.
- Whether it supports biodiversity, food-growing education or community activity beyond plot provision.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on governance, land ownership, plot numbers, waiting lists and eligibility criteria.
- Evidence of users, partnerships, site management practices and outcomes for the local community.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To provide allotments for the parishioners of Romsley and local areas
Charity objects
AN ALLOTMENT FOR THE LABOURING POOR.