Yardley East

This summary reflects the Atlas' current understanding of the ward based on the evidence analysed so far.

Overview

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Summary

Based on the organisations currently reviewed by the Civic Atlas, Yardley East appears to have a locally rooted civic infrastructure built around community venues, faith institutions and an academy-linked hub. The strongest outward connection is Arts In The Yard, whose current activity links Yardley East with several neighbouring wards. At the same time, the available evidence suggests that practical support for young people is distributed across several separate organisations, while clearly evidenced employment-focused provision is less visible.

Context

The available evidence covers six named organisations associated with Yardley East, but it should not be read as a complete map of civic life in the ward. Reviewed operational evidence identifies specific sites and activities, not whole-ward coverage: a local venue may serve only a particular neighbourhood or participant group. The ward's recorded 2019 employment-deprivation score is 12.3%, providing context for the importance of accessible advice, learning and routes into opportunity, though it does not by itself show current need at street level.

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Profile

Political power: Liberal Democrats

IMD: 12.3%

Civic organisations (6)

The Atlas has evidence of 6 organisations operating here.

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Discoveries involving organisations in this ward

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving organisations in this ward yet.

Observations

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  • Arts In The Yard appears to be a bridge between Yardley East and neighbouring communities

    Arts In The Yard is the clearest example in the available evidence of an organisation whose current work extends beyond one local site. It has directly evidenced activity in Yardley East, Tyseley and Hay Mills, Acocks Green, Sheldon and Garretts Green. This suggests that Yardley East may benefit not only from locally based activity, but from an organisation able to carry ideas, relationships and participation between adjoining East Birmingham neighbourhoods.

    Why it matters

    This kind of cross-ward presence can create opportunities that a single-site organisation may not: shared learning between community venues, routes for residents into activities elsewhere, and partnerships that connect neighbourhoods which may otherwise be planned or funded separately. It may be worth exploring whether Arts In The Yard's relationships could help other Yardley East organisations reach residents beyond their usual networks.

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    • Arts In The Yard — Current Projects (updated 26 May 2026):
      Reports fortnightly women-only walks and the Old Yardley Flower and Garden Festival at Old Yardley Park; weekly yoga in Hay Mills; a weekly coffee morning and monthly Arts Café in Acocks Green; a weekly Sheldon coffee morning and games session; and a weekly Garretts Green arts and crafts club.

    • Building Community Together — official project website:
      States that Stockfield Community Association, Birmingham PlayCare Network and Arts In The Yard have worked across Acocks Green for several years.

    • Birmingham City Council ward action plans:
      Identify Old Yardley Park within Yardley East and Hay Mills within Tyseley and Hay Mills ward.

  • Youth provision is visible in several places, but the evidence does not yet show a connected local pathway

    The available evidence shows multiple organisations offering regular activity for children and young people: the 261st Birmingham Scout Group provides Beavers, Cubs and Scouts; Oasis Community Hub Hobmoor runs youth activity, holiday provision and a youth football club; and Yardley Baptist Church supports children's work and the Boys' Brigade and Girls' Association. These are distinct forms of provision, ranging from structured uniformed groups to academy-linked community activity and church-based youth work.

    Why it matters

    This is a local strength: young people may have several routes into belonging, recreation and informal learning. However, no evidence currently shows whether these organisations refer participants to one another, coordinate around gaps in age groups or access needs, or reach different communities. A clearer picture of these relationships could reveal either an unusually complementary local offer or avoidable fragmentation.

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    • Charity Commission register, 261st Birmingham (St Edburgha's) Scout Group:
      Describes supervised Scouting activities for children and young people, including badgework, fundraising, trips and camping.

    • Oasis Academy Hobmoor — Community Hub page and Charity Commission register, Oasis Community Hub: Hobmoor:
      Describe family and youth activity, holiday activities and a youth football club at Hobmoor Community Centre alongside Oasis Academy Hobmoor.

    • Yardley Baptist Church — What's On @ YBC and trustees' annual report for 2024:
      Record children's work, the 58th Birmingham Boys' Brigade and Girls' Association, youth activities and regular community activity.

  • Community support is concentrated around accessible places, while explicit employment support is less visible

    The organisations currently reviewed offer several ingredients associated with reducing isolation and supporting day-to-day resilience: Oasis provides adult learning, advice, food access, digital access, laundry and showers; Arts In The Yard provides community activity and includes hardship relief, advice and food redistribution within its charitable objects; and Yardley Baptist Church reports community lunches, a Welcome Café and wellbeing gatherings. Yet, despite Yardley East's 2019 employment-deprivation score of 12.3%, the available evidence does not identify a named local service focused specifically on jobs, skills progression, employer links or employment advice.

    Why it matters

    This may indicate an opportunity rather than simply a gap. Existing trusted venues and community-facing organisations may already provide the relationships, practical support and confidence-building from which more explicit routes into training or work could develop. It would be worth investigating whether employment support is being delivered informally, through referral partners, or by organisations not yet represented in the Atlas.

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    • Employment deprivation dataset, Yardley East, 2019:
      Records an IMD employment-deprivation score of 12.3% for Yardley East.

    • Birmingham City Council, Oasis Hub Hobmoor warm-space directory entry:
      Lists weekday provision including food, digital access, laundry, showers, children's activities and outdoor activities.

    • Charity Commission records for Arts In The Yard and Yardley Baptist Church:
      Arts In The Yard's objects include hardship relief, food redistribution, advice and signposting; Yardley Baptist Church's 2024 report records community lunches, a Welcome Café and Renew Wellbeing gatherings.

    Remaining uncertainties

  • The six organisations in the available evidence should not be treated as the complete civic landscape of Yardley East; other resident groups, schools, informal networks, public services and charities may materially change the picture.
  • Several organisations have a confirmed local operating site, but the evidence does not show that they serve all parts of Yardley East or identify the communities, streets and age groups reached most consistently.
  • The relationship between the youth-facing organisations is unknown: there is no current evidence of referrals, shared venues, coordinated programming or unmet age-group provision.
  • The lack of clearly named employment-focused activity in the available evidence is not evidence that no such support exists in or near the ward.
  • Some ward-level geography remains inferred rather than directly confirmed, particularly for St Edburgha's PCC, Yardley Baptist Church and the West Midlands URC Trust.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Current timetables, attendance patterns and participant catchments for youth, family, advice, learning and wellbeing activities across the ward.
  • Information on formal and informal partnerships between the Scout Group, Oasis Community Hub Hobmoor, churches, Arts In The Yard and other local organisations.
  • A current map of employment, skills, debt, welfare-rights and job-search support available to Yardley East residents, including referral routes from community venues.
  • Evidence from residents and community groups about which services feel accessible, which groups are missing, and where people travel outside the ward to find support.
  • Current parish-boundary, venue-use and programme information for the faith-based organisations, distinguishing congregation activity, independently booked activity and directly delivered community services.