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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£86.8K
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Spending
£126.9K
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from the organisation’s purpose are: - an improved sense of wellbeing for those attending the outworking of a moral framework in which service-users can be good citizens and the spiritual, moral and intellectual development. - the beneficiaries, as identified in purposes, receive sufficient food to provide a nutritious
diet for their families for a period of days. Pastoral support for families deemed to be a risk or suffering food or fuel poverty and signposting to relevant agencies for ongoing support. - opportunity to engage in sports and fitness and the associated health benefits. Social skills, team-building and problem-solving coming from being involved in team sports and the reduction of isolation and lack of physical activity. - increased life expectancy, reduction in self-harm, suicide and in the need for prescription medication. - an increased sense of community cohesion, a collective approach to community issues and an equipping off the people of the area in which we live. - increased employment and further education opportunities, improvement in literacy and numeracy skills and increased confidence in education for those lacking in qualifications. - an opportunity for every person within the area to avail of services regardless of personal circumstance and a sharing of knowledge right across the area without the issue of cost. - increased opportunity of gaining employment, reduction in mental health problems due to unemployment, reduction in those requiring support to feed families and an upping of the skills base within the Banbridge area. The benefits flowing from all of the above will be evidenced in feedback from our service-users taken in the form of conversation, online surveys and day to day engagement. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes of the J29 Project. Adequate numbers of trained staff and volunteers are present and risk assessments are completed on a daily basis. The charities beneficiaries are those within the Banbridge area who avail of the services provided. The vast majority of service-users, although not exclusively, are families with young children. The services offered are open to all within the Banbridge area free of any charge. There is no private benefit flowing from any of these purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The charity carries out its purposes by a variety of means based within the J29 Project premises. (1) Four mornings per week the building is opened and accessible to children aged 0-3 and their carers. These mornings are well-attended and service-users come from the Banbridge district and beyond. Children and carers are provided with a safe,
well-equipped and modern place to play, snacks are served for both children and adults. A variety of singing, dancing and story-telling also takes place within these sessions. (2) Pastoral meetings are also offered within the J29 building. These take the form of 1:1 counselling sessions and are held within the quiet room. Suicide intervention and addictions support is also offered by J29 Project staff. (3) Families within the Banbridge area can avail of food provision, home heating oil and clothing during times of acute financial hardship. (4) Weekly football sessions with teenagers deemed to be at risk of antisocial behaviour and displaying low engagement within education. (5) Facilitating local community groups and other charitable organisations by providing a modern premise for meetings, courses and various training. (6) Equipping volunteers and those currently unemployed or not in full-time education with the necessary skills and training in order to serve within the charity and also put these skills to use in gaining employment or the furtherance of education. (7) Ensuring all and every activity provided by J29 is free of charge to all service-users. (8) By providing service-users with access to Christian literature, music and teaching. Prayer and Bible study weekly provided within the J29 building.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Language community
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
