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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£166.3K
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Spending
£81.8K
Public benefits
Purposes 1. To secure by such means as are available for the public benefit the preservation, protection and improvement of buildings, parts of buildings or structures of particular beauty, or of historic, environmental, architectural or constructional merit or interest in the Inner City area of Derry City and to stimulate and educate public
interest therein. 2. To advance the education and vocational skills of the public in building preservation, restoration, refurbishment, traditional and general construction and related areas of work with the object of enhancing their employment prospects. 3. To promote such other exclusively charitable purposes in accordance with the law of charity in Northern Ireland as may from time to time be determined. Public Benefit Statement The Trustees believe that our purposes satisfy both elements of the public benefit requirement. Purpose One The direct benefits which flow from the purpose include: - The physical recovery, restoration and refurbishment, preservation of historic, listed and built heritage within the Inner City of Derry. - The improved knowledge and understanding of importance of restoration of buildings. These benefits will be evidenced by the improved environment, enhanced and productive, usage of recovered buildings including an increase in tourism activity as well as positively contributing to other economic and public realm improvement schemes. Reduction in dereliction through improved streetscape. To build a source of pride and confidence of the citizens of the city in restored environment. There are no harmful effects of the purpose. The beneficiaries are all those who live, work, visit within the Inner City of Derry and all who work in, use or visit the restored buildings. Any private benefit arising will be purely incidental and necessary in the delivery of the charitable purpose. Purpose Two The direct benefit which flow from this purpose is to improve the knowledge levels and the understanding of the public on the use of restoration and refurbishment of historic and listed buildings etc. To improve the understanding and the regenerative impact of restored buildings on the ambience, environment, economic and physical attractiveness of the Inner City streetscape of Derry. To improve the vocational skill set of those who participate in the programme with the aim of enhancing their chances of employment. These benefits will be evidenced through feedback from those who participate in seminars, presentations and information dissemination sessions as well as those participants whose employability increases. There is no harm flowing from the purpose. The beneficiaries will be the public who gain knowledge and all those who participate in the skills. Any private benefit will be purely incidental to the charitable purpose or will be necessary to deliver on the purpose e.g. key staff, professional educators. Purpose 3 3. This general purpose will be to support the other two, will be non-harmful, will have no private benefit except incidental or necessary and will be available like the others to the public.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
To acquire buildings, parts of buildings or structures of natural beauty, historic and environmental, architectural or constructional merit. To refurbish, restore to enable them to be put to productive use. To raise funds, to invest funds and to co-operate with other bodies to achieve its purposes. To promote and advance the education of the
general public in the use and benefits of using restored and refurbished buildings of historic architectural and constructional merit. To work with others to advance the education and vocational skills in building preservation with the objective of enhancing employment prospects.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Heritage/historical
