Yemeni Community Association (Birmingham)
Charity 1057470
Overview
Summary
The Yemeni Community Association appears to be a broad, community-rooted support organisation rather than a single-issue charity. Its formal focus on Birmingham residents with Yemeni heritage is paired with an unusually wide practical remit: reducing hardship while improving social, health, educational and economic circumstances across generations. The available evidence suggests it may function both as a direct service provider and as a piece of community infrastructure, connecting people to facilities, advice, advocacy and wider support.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkhill
Confidence: low
The supplied evidence identifies a contact address in Sparkhill, but a contact address does not by itself establish operational activity there. The evidence does not confirm that YCA delivers services in this ward.
- YCA Birmingham official website, contact details displayed on current event pages
Direct evidence: the website gives the address as "YCA GreenCoat House, Birmingham" and presents YCA services including advice, education, health, women, youth club and social activities. - Charity Commission register, charity number 1057470
Direct evidence: the current charity record lists Greencoat House, Sparkhill, Birmingham as the charity contact address.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence identifies GreenCoat House in Sparkhill as a contact address, but does not specify which services are delivered there, their frequency, or whether all listed services are currently active.
- The Charity Commission records the charity as operating in Birmingham City and the organisation describes work with Birmingham's Yemeni community. This supports a citywide organisational identity, but does not provide a ward-by-ward account of service delivery.
- A June 2024 YCA event took place in Balsall Heath, with Arab in the UK and Arab Voice named as partners. This is evidence of a past event and partnership activity there, but is insufficient to establish Balsall Heath as a current continuing operational area.
- No current evidence was found of additional permanent sites, delivery venues, or material ongoing partnerships extending the organisation's operational footprint beyond its listed Sparkhill contact address.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, annual report, impact report, or project delivery plan identifying regular venues and the geographic reach of advice, education, youth, women and health activities.
- Confirmation from YCA of whether GreenCoat House is a service-delivery venue, an administrative base, or both.
- Current partner documentation showing whether activity in Balsall Heath or elsewhere in Birmingham is recurring and jointly delivered.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A community infrastructure role, not only a service role
The association appears to combine direct help with an enabling role for the wider Yemeni community, potentially acting as a shared access point for information, advocacy, facilities and community activity.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie partly in relationships and trust that make other services more reachable, not solely in the activities it delivers itself.
Show evidence
“Provides buildings/facilities/open space, services, advocacy/advice/information, and acts as an umbrella or resource body.”
Source:Charity Commission“Works closely with the Yemeni community in Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation
Hardship is treated as interconnected rather than isolated
The association appears to understand poverty as linked to health, education, social participation and economic circumstances, rather than as a need addressable through financial relief alone.
Why it matters
This may make the organisation a useful bridge between specialist services, particularly where residents face several overlapping barriers at once.
Show evidence
“Offers activities and services that will relieve hardship and improve the social, health, education and economic situation of the community.”
Source:Organisation“Its purposes include education/training, advancement of health, prevention or relief of poverty, and economic/community development/employment.”
Source:Charity Commission
A heritage-specific organisation with a potentially cross-generational mandate
Although founded for people born in Yemen or descended from Yemeni-born people, the association appears designed to support needs across life stages, including young people, older people and disabled people.
Why it matters
This indicates a role in sustaining community continuity as well as responding to distinct needs within the population, rather than serving one narrow demographic.
Show evidence
“The association is established for Birmingham residents born in Yemen or descended from persons born in Yemen.”
Source:Charity Commission“It helps children/young people, elderly/old people, and people with disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services are delivered directly and which are accessed through referral or partnership.
- Whether the association reaches the full Birmingham Yemeni community or particular neighbourhoods and groups within it.
- How its facilities, advocacy and umbrella functions are used in practice.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports describing programmes, participation and outcomes.
- Information on partners, referral pathways, geographic reach and community governance.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Work closely with the Yemeni community in Birmingham and offer activities and services that will relieve hardship and improve the social, health, education and economic situation of the community.
Charity objects
THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PERSONS NOW RESIDING IN BIRMINGHAM WHO WERE BORN IN THE YEMEN OR ARE DESCENDANTS OF PERSONS BORN IN THE YEMEN AND IN PARTICULAR: (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS