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Casba

Citizen Advocacy Scheme South Birmingham Area

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
701365
Status
Registered
Registered
March 29, 1989
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
The Birmingham Area And The Neighbourhood Thereof

Address

Address
CASBA
Touchbase Pears
750 Bristol Road
Selly Oak
BIRMINGHAM
B29 6NA

Contact

Activities

CASBA is a small voluntary organisation, which specialises in the provision of independent advocacy support to adults with learning disabilities/difficulties. CASBA is based in Selly Oak and covers the South Birmingham Area. An Independent Advocate is someone who can help identify an individual's wishes and needs; support them to express their wishes and act for what that person wants.

Objects: 1. To Provide Independent Advocacy For People With Learning Disability/difficulty, Hereafter Known As Partners, Living In The Birmingham Area And The Neighbourhood Thereof.2. To Enable People With Learning Disability/difficulty To: - Express Their Views, Make Their Choices, Secure Their Rights And Be Valued As Citizens.3. These Objectives Can Relate To Any Service, Issue, Concern, Rights Or Situation And Can Take Any Form Encompassing Different Models Of Advocacy. This May Involve Employed Advocates, Peer And Self Advocates And Volunteer Advocates.4. All Advocates Independently Support And Act With Or On Behalf Of Another Person(s) To Seek To Secure Aspects Of Citizenship To Which He, She Or They Are Entitled

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Disability
Who
People With Disabilities

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Birmingham City

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £293,412 £387,641
March 31, 2024 £467,015 £291,279
March 31, 2023 £321,602 £267,375
March 31, 2022 £176,722 £201,474
March 31, 2021 £243,916 £230,117

Trustees

Name Appointed
Jackie Pountney (Chair) Oct. 29, 2020
Andy Hopkins Sept. 30, 2019
Janet Ann Kane Nov. 14, 2023
Martyn Spooner Nov. 22, 2022
Melina Aphrodite Tsui Nov. 21, 2022
Rev Edward Sior MacGregor Coleman
Toby Deakin Nov. 20, 2025