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Craigavon Travellers Support Committee

  • Status

    Received: 4 days late

  • Income

    £177.1K

  • Spending

    £189.5K

Charity no. 104620 Date registered. 06/04/2017

Public benefits

The public benefits that flow from the purposes listed are (1) the advancement of citizenship and community development of the Irish Traveller community. (2) the advancement of education for Irish Travellers and the advancement of increased cultural understanding and respect of diversity. (3) the advancement of health and well being. (4) the relief

of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill - health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage and (5) the advancement of human rights and the promotion of racial harmony respect and equality. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from our service users and regular internal and external reviews and evaluations of our services. Qualitative and quantitative statistics are also recorded and monitored. Feedback is also recorded from external agencies that refer into our services. Whilst the wider public and other service providers may benefit from our services, the main beneficiaries are Irish Travellers living in the wider Craigavon area. Some private benefit is obtained by service users who gain skills, knowledge and qualifications which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. These benefits are greatly outweighed by the gains in public benefit. No harm arises from these purposes

What your organisation does

Craigavon Travellers Support Committee works with Travellers to improve their quality of life. CTSC will continue To ensure the accommodation needs of Travellers are continually highlighted. To work with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and other statutory agencies to challenge the negative impact of poor accommodation on Traveller health,

education, employability, racism and integration. To use Community Development approaches to improve the health and social well-being of Travellers including building capacity to engage with health-related providers To enhance the educational opportunities of young Travellers by encouraging increased school attendance. To facilitate educational, training or employability opportunities, internally and in partnership with other agencies To advocate, in partnership with other ethnic minority groups, the development of culturally sensitive educational provision. To ensure that all work carried out by CTSC is inclusive, fair and equitable. To challenge racism in all its forms with, and on the behalf of Travellers. To advance the integration of Travellers by contributing to Government Policy development and by delivering anti-racism and anti-discriminatory training. To advance the levels of co-operation between CTSC, Travellers and the statutory and voluntary sectors. To review and maintain existing partnerships, and to identify new partners to further the aims and objectives of CTSC. To signpost Travellers to the range of advice and support services available in the area. To support external agencies in meeting the needs of Travellers. To continue to provide the family drop in service to ensure Travellers have the information and support to access all relevant services. To encourage and facilitate Travellers, through capacity building, to develop skills and knowledge to enable individual and collective action. To maintain internal and external monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, in order to measure the impact of the project.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • Other charitable purposes

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • Travellers
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Accommodation/housing
  • Community development
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Human rights/equality
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Welfare/benevolent
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2021

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Charitable purposes

The Association is established to relieve poverty and sickness and to promote the benefit of Irish Travellers living (temporarily or permanently) in the area and its environs throughout Northern Ireland (hereinafter called the 'area of benefit') without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, class, marital status, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary and community sector organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

CTSC
  • 3 Trustees
  • 5 Employees
  • 10 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Lisa Hogg, Moylinn House, 21 Legahory Centre, Legahory, Craigavon, County Armagh, BT65 5BE

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Donna Marie Stewart
Mrs Mary Bernadette Mcquillan
Mr Barry Mccrory

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
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