Community Groups in Kingstanding, Perry Common & Oscott

213th Birmingham Scout Group

Scouting for local young people (Beavers, Cubs and Scouts) based at Maryvale Community Centre, Old Oscott Hill.

25th Birmingham (1st Beeches) Scout Group

Scout group in the Tame Valley District running Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers near the Oscott/Perry Beeches border.

Oscott

487 (Kingstanding & Perry Barr) Squadron, RAF Air Cadets

RAF Air Cadets (Air Training Corps) squadron for young people, parading on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Kingstanding

Aldridge Road Allotments

Active allotment site in Old Oscott with its own committee, offering plots for growing food.

Oscott

Long-established community rugby union club off Sunnybank Avenue in Perry Common — one of the oldest clubs in the Birmingham area, now in its 125th year. Men's, women's and junior teams (from U6 to U19), with a clubhouse and function facilities.

Perry Common

Kingstanding

Bandywood Families Project

Community project supporting local families and children in the Bandywood area of Kingstanding.

Kingstanding

Birmingham Settlement (Kingstanding)

Birmingham Settlement's Sports & Community Centre on Kingstanding Road (B44 9SH) is a community space supporting health, wellbeing and connection — sports and gym facilities, children's programmes, classes for older adults, youth activities and training courses for all ages. Open Mon–Fri 9am–4pm (some evenings) and Sat 10am–3pm.

Kingstanding

Care for Carers (Perry Common)

A weekly drop-in run by Birmingham Carers Hub (Thursdays 11:30am–1:00pm) at Perry Common Community Hall, giving local unpaid carers a relaxed space to connect, share experiences and take a break.

Perry Common

Charlton Road Christian Church

Independent evangelical (FIEC) church serving Kingstanding since 1936, with Sunday services and a weekly Friday coffee morning.

Kingstanding

Christ the King Catholic Church, Kingstanding

Roman Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, serving the Kingstanding estate with regular Masses.

Kingstanding

Cooksey Lane Foodbank & Signposting

Food bank and signposting service at Cooksey Lane Playing Fields, Kingstanding, run by Birmingham Community Alliance (Mondays and Wednesdays).

Kingstanding

Dementia Carers Hub (Old Oscott)

A weekly Thursday (11am–1pm) dementia awareness and carers support session run by the Dementia Carers Hub at Old Oscott Community Centre, for people whose loved ones have a dementia diagnosis.

Oscott

Elim Life Church Kingstanding

Church running a weekly food bank, an Oasis luncheon club for the over-55s, an English language school, parent & toddler and youth groups.

Kingstanding

Elim Life Church Warm Welcome Foodbank

Weekly warm welcome and food bank service run from Elim Life Church in Kingstanding.

Kingstanding

Erdington Court Bowls Club

All-year indoor and outdoor bowls club for all ages with 140+ members, on the Perry Common/Erdington border.

Perry Common

FC Elite Academy

Grassroots community football club based in Kingstanding with teams for a range of ages.

Kingstanding

FC Premier

FA Charter Standard junior and open-age football club (est. 1998) serving the Great Barr/Kingstanding area in the Walsall Junior Youth League.

Oscott

FoodCycle Birmingham Kingstanding

FoodCycle Birmingham Kingstanding serves free, hot community meals cooked by local volunteers from surplus food, tackling food poverty and loneliness through community dining. Everyone is welcome with no need to book — meals are served Saturdays at 1pm at Birmingham Settlement, 600 Kingstanding Road, B44 9SH.

Kingstanding

Friends of Brookvale Park

Volunteers who litter-pick, clear overgrowth, plant flowers and run community events to improve Brookvale Park on the Kingstanding/Perry Common border.

Perry Common

Kingstanding

Friends of Kings Rise

Charity building relationships between parents, staff and the wider Kingstanding community.

Kingstanding

Friends of Witton Lakes

Friends of Witton Lakes (FOWL) is a local residents' group that helps care for and improve Witton Lakes park (between Marsh Hill and Short Heath Road), running litter picks and duck-watch activities and working with Birmingham City Council. Everyone is welcome to join.

Perry Common

Great Barr Harriers FC

Grassroots junior football club with teams from U8 to U16 in the Walsall Junior Youth Football League, serving the Great Barr and Kingstanding area.

Kingstanding

Home-Start Kingstanding

Family support charity offering friendship and practical help to local parents with young children.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding 2nd City Amateur Boxing Club

Amateur boxing club providing training for the local community in Kingstanding.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding AA Meeting

A weekly Alcoholics Anonymous peer-recovery meeting (Wednesdays 11:00am–12:30pm) held at Kingstanding Methodist Church. Open to anyone who wants to stop drinking.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding Junior Youth Club

Birmingham City Council junior youth club offering activities and a safe space for young people on Kingstanding Road.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding Methodist Church

Methodist church in the Sutton Park Circuit holding Sunday morning worship for the Kingstanding community.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding NA Meeting

A weekly Narcotics Anonymous peer-recovery meeting (Mondays 7:00–8:30pm) held at St John's Centre, Warren Farm Road. Open to anyone who wants to stop using drugs.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding Phoenix FC

Football club founded in 2017 with an adult Saturday side and a youth section from U9 to U18; home games at Cooksey Lane Playing Fields.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding Platoon, Army Cadet Force

Army Cadet Force unit offering training, adventure and activities for young people, parading on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding PlayZone (Aston Villa Foundation)

Free, fun football and sport sessions for young people, delivered locally with the Aston Villa Foundation.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding Regeneration Trust

Charity supporting young people aged 16-29 in North Birmingham into training and work, including green-skills and gardening projects at Brookvale Park.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding Wellbeing Centre

Local leisure and wellbeing centre offering fitness, classes and activities to help residents stay active and well.

Kingstanding

Maryvale Community Centre

Community venue on Old Oscott Hill hosting local groups, clubs and activities — including the 213th Birmingham Scouts.

Oscott

Maryvale Community Project

Maryvale Community Project supports older people and adults with learning disabilities — a weekly Tuesday lunch club, telephone befriending and a Sunshine Club. It serves Kingstanding, Great Barr and the Pheasey Estate from Maryvale Community Centre, Old Oscott Hill, B44 9SR.

Oscott

New Heights

New Heights runs the St John's Centre and community café at 124 Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding (B44 0QN) — offering groups and activities, youth social action, counselling and room hire, supporting men, women, young people, children and vulnerable adults. Open weekdays.

Kingstanding

Old Oscott Community Centre

Community centre providing day care and activities for residents aged 55 and over.

Oscott

Old Oscott Sports & Social Club

Sports and social club in the Oscott ward hosting functions and events.

Oscott

Oscott Community Centre

Community centre running day care and friendship activities for members of the community aged 55 and over.

Oscott

Oscott Elderly Residents Group

A friendly group helping local seniors stay active and connected, reducing isolation and building friendships.

Oscott

Oscott Residents Group

Local residents group representing the community and working on issues across the Oscott ward.

Oscott

Oscott Social Club

Oscott Social Club is a members' social club established in 1947 at 239 Witton Lodge Road (B23 5LX), with live music, televised sport, snooker and darts, food, and two function rooms for private events. Open seven days a week.

Oscott

Our Lady of the Assumption, Maryvale

Roman Catholic parish church on Old Oscott Hill serving the Maryvale and Old Oscott area.

Oscott

Perry Common History

A local heritage project preserving the story of Perry Common through oral histories, photographs, timelines and an audio trail of the area.

Perry Common

Perry Common Residents & Friends

Residents working together on local issues, community events (including A Perry Common Christmas) and Perry Common Recreation Ground.

Perry Common

Perry Common Royal British Legion Club

A long-established Royal British Legion members' and social club (also trading as Perry Common Members Club) serving the Perry Common and Kingstanding community.

Perry Common

Roots to Rise Wellbeing & Community Hub

Community hub offering a warm space, refreshments, warm food, a food bank and activities.

Kingstanding

Singh Sabha Gurdwara Birmingham

Sikh gurdwara serving Kingstanding, Perry Barr and Great Barr with daily prayers, langar, kirtan, Gurmat classes and community sessions.

Kingstanding

St Luke's Church, Kingstanding

St Luke's, Kingstanding is a Church of England parish church at 49 Caversham Road (B44 0LW), welcoming everyone. Sunday Mass is at 10.30am (Morning Prayer 9.30am) and Tuesday Mass at 10.00am.

Kingstanding

St Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Perry Common

Roman Catholic parish church (Archdiocese of Birmingham) serving Perry Common since 1937, with regular Masses.

Perry Common

St Mark's Church, Kingstanding

Church of England parish church serving the Kingstanding community on Bandywood Crescent.

Kingstanding

St Mark's Community Hub

Community hub run by St Mark's Church serving Oscott - a Day Centre for the Elderly, a Warm Place of Welcome, seated exercise, lunch clubs and social groups.

Oscott

Kingstanding

St Martin's Church, Perry Common

Church of England parish church holding weekly Holy Communion and running a community gardening, craft and workshop project for local people.

Perry Common

St Martin's Social Care Project

Weekly session at St Martin's Church helping older local people and carers stay connected and active.

Perry Common

Starlands Warriors FC

Grassroots football club with junior boys' and girls' teams plus adult sides, playing home matches at Cooksey Lane Playing Fields.

Kingstanding

The Net Perry Common Pentecostal Church

Pentecostal church running an older persons' weekly tea and friendship meeting, a community lunch club and a weekly children's club.

Perry Common

Together in the Community

Together in the Community supports families, older people, the homeless and people on low incomes through food parcels, holiday lunch programmes and community events. It runs from The Kingstanding Inn, 72 Warren Farm Road (B44 0QN), with fortnightly services and school-holiday activities.

Kingstanding

Urban Devotion Birmingham

Urban Devotion Birmingham (UDB) has worked for over 20 years in Erdington and North Birmingham, taking a long-term, relational approach to support children, young people and families to overcome barriers and reach their potential.

Perry Common

Voices of Kingstanding

A community oral-history project documenting the Kingstanding estate from the 1930s onward, recording residents' memories of homes, schools, churches and community life.

Kingstanding

Witton Lakes Eco Hub

The Witton Lakes Eco Hub is a community project by Witton Lodge Community Association at the Witton Lakes site, offering environmental and community activities — bike maintenance, food growing, waste reduction and recycling, fuel-bill savings advice and health and wellbeing programmes.

Perry Common

Witton Lodge Community Association

Witton Lodge Community Association is a resident-led community anchor and landlord based at 87 Witton Lodge Road, Perry Common (B23 5JD), founded in 1994. It manages over 200 rental homes and the Sycamore Court independent-living scheme, and provides employment support, skills training, business support and health and wellbeing services.

Perry Common

Community Groups

213th Birmingham Scout Group

25th Birmingham (1st Beeches) Scout Group

487 (Kingstanding & Perry Barr) Squadron, RAF Air Cadets

Aldridge Road Allotments

Aston Old Edwardians RUFC

Bandywood Families Project

Birmingham Settlement (Kingstanding)

Care for Carers (Perry Common)

Charlton Road Christian Church

Christ the King Catholic Church, Kingstanding

Cooksey Lane Foodbank & Signposting

Dementia Carers Hub (Old Oscott)

Elim Life Church Kingstanding

Elim Life Church Warm Welcome Foodbank

Erdington Court Bowls Club

FC Elite Academy

FC Premier

FoodCycle Birmingham Kingstanding

Friends of Brookvale Park

Friends of Kings Rise

Friends of Witton Lakes

Great Barr Harriers FC

Home-Start Kingstanding

Kingstanding 2nd City Amateur Boxing Club

Kingstanding AA Meeting

Kingstanding Junior Youth Club

Kingstanding Methodist Church

Kingstanding NA Meeting

Kingstanding Phoenix FC

Kingstanding Platoon, Army Cadet Force

Kingstanding PlayZone (Aston Villa Foundation)

Kingstanding Regeneration Trust

Kingstanding Wellbeing Centre

Maryvale Community Centre

Maryvale Community Project

New Heights

Old Oscott Community Centre

Old Oscott Sports & Social Club

Oscott Community Centre

Oscott Elderly Residents Group

Oscott Residents Group

Oscott Social Club

Our Lady of the Assumption, Maryvale

Perry Common History

Perry Common Residents & Friends

Perry Common Royal British Legion Club

Roots to Rise Wellbeing & Community Hub

Singh Sabha Gurdwara Birmingham

St Luke's Church, Kingstanding

St Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Perry Common

St Mark's Church, Kingstanding

St Mark's Community Hub

St Martin's Church, Perry Common

St Martin's Social Care Project

Starlands Warriors FC

The Net Perry Common Pentecostal Church

Together in the Community

Urban Devotion Birmingham

Voices of Kingstanding

Witton Lakes Eco Hub

Witton Lodge Community Association