Whitegates Children's Trust

Whitegates Children’s Trust's charitable beneficiaries:

Organisations
Individuals

Whitegates Children’s Trust's charitable objectives:

The relief of young persons, including former beneficiaries of tutnall children's home, who through poverty, deprivation or abuse, are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
To promote the education of such young persons in such ways as the trustees shall think fit.

For more info please call them on: 01527 821673

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About Jeff

Without much experience he was struggling to find work so was keen to take advantage of the Pump’s employability scheme to gain vocational qualifications and build on-the-job experience. Arconic conducted interviews towards the end of the process and Jeff impressed with his enthusiasm and drive to succeed. As a result, he was offered a place on the prestigious 12-month internship scheme and started in late Oct 2018.
About Haadhir

Haadhir started the course back in March and was an active and enthusiastic member of the group and really gained confidence as the course progressed. The Pump worked in conjunction with Business in the Community’s Ready for Work scheme to find a placement with Marks & Spencer
About Callum

Callum approached the Pump in mid-2019 after hearing about the Work Experience scheme. He had been applying to the high profile apprenticeship schemes at companies like JLR but had experienced a few knockbacks. He had a keen interest in manufacturing and engineering but it’s fair to say his confidence was low and had been out of work for some time.
About Nick

Nick is a 23-year-old who was very keen to work but due to a difficult few years including periods of homelessness, was struggling to find employment.

Jaguar Land Rover

At Jaguar Land Rover we are always striving to create and maintain excellent community relations. We want to build partnerships with all the local and regional communities in which our company designs and manufactures.
The Eveson Charitable Trust

The Eveson Charitable Trust is able to consider applications for financial support from charitable organisations helping people with disabilities, mental health problems, children in need, older people, homeless people, hospitals, hospices and towards medical research.
The Roughley Trust

The Roughley Trust is a medium-sized Birmingham grant-making trust. In small ways, we want to make a big difference.
Baron Davenport's Charity

Established on 16 July 1930 with £100,000 - £80,000 in shares in Davenport’s Brewery and £20,000 in cash. The Brewery was taken over by Greenalls in 1986, with the Charity being a major shareholder. Over the years investment specialists have managed this endowment increasing the fund’s value to over £30m. At the moment the Charity’s annual income is in the region of £1m.
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust

The Bernard Piggott Trust provides grants to registered charities working in Birmingham, Solihull, Denbighshire, Gwynedd or Isle of Anglesey.
The Cole Charitable Trust

The Cole Charitable Trust is a small grant-making trust which supports charities in the West Midlands, Kent and Cambridgeshire areas.
Zurich Community Trust

Zurich Community Trust (UK) Ltd, a registered charity which is funded by an annual donation from the Zurich UK businesses and by generous donations from Zurich's UK employees.
BBC Children In Need

Our work has helped us identify seven important features - we call them building blocks - that we believe all children and young people need in order to be safe, happy and secure and able to reach their potential Each building block looks and feels different for every child and is influenced by their age, ability and experience.
HLF: The Heritage Lottery Fund

HLF distribute the heritage share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide variety of projects across the UK
Levi Strauss & Co.

Levi Strauss & Co. is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. Levi’s Music Project launched in 2016, seeing the brand partner with Skepta to establish a community youth music studio in Tottenham in London. The new initiative in Manchester and Birmingham is set to provide access to music education and to introduce young people to the music industry.

Who We Are

Our organisation is a hub of youth work working closely with our partners to provide a holistic and integrated service to young people and provide opportunities that inspire and motivate them to be the best they can.
About T ROADZ

T ROADZ is an aspiring rapper who regularly attends The Pump to record music. His aspirations were able to flourish through The Pump as he was able to regularly access the recording studio for free, he could access the studio to work on his music regularly and this gave Tyreece the opportunity to practice, which would then give him the courage to perform for live audiences.
Makerspace

Our new Makerspace is a brand new space at The Pump established to inspire and innovate, though a fully-kitted workshop giving you the power to turn ideas and concepts into reality.
History

The Pump, formerly known as the Shard End Community Building Project (SECBP), is the realisation of a vision of HRH The Prince of Wales, who wanted to create an outstanding building which would not only act as a focus and inspiration for the personal development of young people, but would also be designed and built by young people.
Music Space: Recording Studio

This space is ideal for individual music makers, small groups up to 6 who are looking to record and mix vocals and live instrumentation in a sound-treated environment.
Youth Engagement Forum

The Youth Forum is a place for young people to voice their ideas/ opinions and enables Youth workers that are in charge of collating this information to produce solutions and an end result
Adult Education

Birmingham Adult Education Service (BAES) is a fantastic choice if you are thinking about starting a course to learn something new or improve existing skills.
Cyber Cafe
Levi’s® Media Space

With great thanks to Levi Strauss® we are able to offer you a brand new media space at The Pump, offering state of the art hardware and software for those budding creators out there. The room offers an industry-standard experience to generate ideas and create music and film that will inspire young people to express themselves and produce the next hit track or movie!
Our Mission

Our vision is to become a beacon and source of inspiration for the personal development of young people. We have agreed to carry out our work in accordance with a set of core values.