The PLATFORM Project
Welcome to the Platform project, a partnership project funded by the Big Lottery Fund with 7 partners which aims to increase access by small VCS organisations across Birmingham as a whole to infrastructure support by building on the platform of their existing strengths and capacity. To visit the Platform Partnership Website, Click Here.
The lead partner and accountable body is The Digbeth Trust, a registered charity that has been capacity building small voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham and the West Midlands since 1986.
The other partners are:
Birmingham New Communities Network (BNCN) – a coalition of over 60 migrant and refugee community organisations in Birmingham, which promotes new approaches to integration, social inclusion and cohesion. BNCN Website
Women Acting in Today’s Society (WAITS) – a women’s empowerment organisation - through Knowledge information and opportunity WAITS touches the lives of women changing their future by enabling them to overcome barriers so that they are able to make change individually or collectively for themselves, their families or their communities. W.A.I.T.S Website
Birmingham Disability Resource centre (BDRC) – The BDRC provides a range of services to disabled people and their support networks living in Birmingham including general information & advice, counselling, support groups & activities and employment preparation. BDRC Website
Community Network for Birmingham (CN4B) – the umbrella body aiming to bring together and promote community networks in Birmingham. CN4B Website
The Chamberlain Forum (CF) – neighbourhood think-and-do-tank based in Birmingham which helps communities and public services work together to make better neighbourhoods. CF Website
The Guide Neighbourhoods (GN) – a good practice network of Birmingham’s 3 Guide Neighbourhoods. GN Website
The Digbeth Trust Board of trustees are all members of the Trust and they employ a staff team to carry out the Trust’s aims and objectives. Encouraging partnership is one of the Trust’s strategic aims and it is currently working in another partnership with 2 other organisations, 1 of which is statutory.