About Us

Inspiring and supporting the less-privileged

About Us

Betterlife Inspiration & Support Services (CIC) aka BLISS4ALL. BLISS was established by Pastor Samuel Akintoye and Dr Thomas Ola in 2012 when both observed there was need to support high level of younger people who dropped out from school, remained jobless and have bleak future. Pastor Samuel became the pioneer, Chief Executive and secretary, while Dr Ola became the chairman. Our journey started very inspiringly with good objectives and plans as the organisation took off early 2023, however, the cold hand of death snatched Pastor Samuel in 2014. 

Being a community interest company (CIC) that was established to provide and manage resources for disadvantaged young and elderly people from poor background, BLISS4ALL has a mission of inspiring and supporting the less privileged or disadvantaged members of the community including young people, families, people living with disability and dementia and senior citizens; to enable them to take better control of their lives and become more active and responsible citizens. 

Our Vision

To provide empower people from all walks of life including and supporting young and elderly with a future where good, meaningful, rewarding, purposeful and dignified employment is accessible to all in society irrespective of life circumstances.

Our Mission

BLISS4ALL focus on inspiring and supporting the less privileged or disadvantaged members of the community including young people, families, people living with disability and dementia and senior citizens; to enable them to take better control of their lives and become more active and responsible citizens.

Our Commitment

Betterlife Inspiration & Support Services (CIC) aka BLISS4ALL aims to serve our community and clients by providing various activities that focus:
a. To provide support and placement opportunities for young people
b. To create significant collaborative working initiatives that will have an impact upon the delivery of help and support for our target groups in London and Birmingham
c. To deliver digital and computing empowerment to members of the community especially those above the age of 50.
d. To seek funding that will support the delivery of our objectives.
e. To offer services that will integrate the community and promote inclusion.

What we do

Consultation

In addition to the Board of Directors, and BLISS 4 All Volunteers Management Committee will provide advice and assistance to groups who are hall users. BLISS 4 All Life-Coach/Mentors worked with a chore of people who were concerned with the plight of young people in the community especially in consideration of the effects of the cuts in government funding and frontline services. Local groups are encouraged to identify not just needs but prospective solutions vis-à-vis the identification of internal and external resources/provisions that could be of help. The research/consultations that we carried out in Birmingham and London directly and via our network of associates reaffirmed the following:
1. Many young people that we came across lack employability essential skills yet believe they face difficulties in securing employment or appropriate placement opportunities to develop their skills
2. The excruciating economic condition in the UK has led to many cuts in government spending and public services which have impacted negatively on our targeted community including the young and less-privileged

Funding

BLISS 4 All management also made several efforts to bid for funds to support recreational and enterprise projects for young people. 1. FCC Communities Foundation Grants BLISS 4 ALL has also completed application for local community activities from FCC Communities Foundation. Awaiting outcome 2. Internally Generated Revenue; We continue to provide opportunities for local groups and residents to use the hall for various functions for a small fees at affordable rates. 3. BCC Election Venue; Edgewood Tenant hall continues to serve as an election centre for Birmingham City Council for purpose of local and mayoral elections with a fee for using the hall 4. BLISS 4 All is applying for funding for a small change grant to train young people and develop a web site for the local area as well as supporting the purchase of books and 2 computers to train adult learners. The project triggered more interest and development of other projects. 5. Community events: such as birthdays, anniversaries and other occasions community might what to meet together

Our Team

THOMAS
CEO of Bliss4all

JANIS
Key Holder and Committee member

DELE
Trustee

LEO
Treasurer

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Testimonials

At Edgewood Hall, we are always pleased to hear ‘how we did’ from our hall users. It is an important part of what helps us to continuously improve our service to our community. We can only serve you better through feedback and comments as we strive for the best we aim to be.
Please email us at: info@bliss.org.uk All comments are gratefully appreciated.

“We appreciate the management of Edgewood Hall for allowing us to use their facility to host my daughter’s 1st birthday. It was a perfect nice environment that meets our needs beautifully. We really enjoyed ourselves.”
Mandy
“I just wanted to send a note to thank the team at Edgewood Hall. Our event ran smoothly, and we loved the space! Thank you for your flexibility in moving some of the furniture around, and also the catering was perfect.”
Leah
“Thank you, management of Edgewood Hall. You and your team did everything to make sure that out event goes smoothly. I also wanted to thank Janis for looking after us. You are a superstar.”
Margaret
“I can't thank you management of Edgewood Hall enough for the really fantastic experience at your venue and for helping us host a great event. I'm fairly sure I will be coming back to you next year.”
John