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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£6.9K
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Spending
£15.1K
Public benefits
The direct benefits which flow from purpose a include ...Increasing community harmony in general and giving our members and others the opportunity to socialise and feel comfortable in discussing otherwise divisive issues in a friendly environment. We cannot envisage any harm coming from these activities. The direct benefits which flow from purpose
(b) are more harmonious relations between our members of differing political backgrounds and hopefully to extend this into our wider society. It is difficult to envisage any harm coming from our Activities. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose (c) are educating people in business and commercial activity about the advantages in intra-island trade, and helping to increase this activity so as to increase employment and increase living standards in both jurisdictions. It is difficult to envisage any harm arising from our activity. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is the increase in profits of companies with increased business and the wages of people taken into employment due to expanding trade and these are a necessary and desirable consequence of our activity. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose (d) include a healthier economic environment that will produce more employment and improved quality of life and increased social contact leads to the removing of suspicions and misunderstandings and creates a better society. It is difficult to envisage any harm coming from these activities. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is more jobs for the unemployed and the improved economic environment should help business turnover. This is incidental and a good thing for society. The direct benefit which flows from this purpose (e) includes educating people about their common history and heritage. This should should increase their understanding and respect for each other and promote harmony in our Society. We cannot envisage any harm arising from these activities. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is the increased profit from sales in the books we have launched and the reasonable fees we have paid to professional historians in our “Hedge School” meetings. These are incidental and a necessary outcome of our events. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose (f) include increasing knowledge and understanding of the different traditions in Irish Society. It is difficult to envisage any harm coming from these activities. The beneficiaries are the whole community which will benefit from reduced community tensions and a more harmonious society. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is the necessary fees paid to speakers and the rent paid for premises for holding functions. The direct benefit which flows from this purpose (g) include increasing harmony and reducing tension in our community. The progress towards peace in Ireland has been held up internationally as a good example of communities in conflict resolving their differences. Can you demonstrate this? Our Association has been working since 1938 to increase understanding among Irish people. Our efforts to “replace passion and prejudice with reason and good will” has been demonstrated in many of our meeting such as our Stormont Meetings where we got representative from each political party to discuss progress towards a better society and by inviting both the Secretary of State and the Dublin Minister of Foreign Affairs to speak at our 75th Anniversary Dinner. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? It is difficult to envisage any harm coming from our activities. Who is the benefit for? The charities beneficiaries are our society in general which will benefit from increased community harmony and reduction in community tensions. Is there any private benefit? There is no private benefit except the necessary fees or rents paid in the course of our activities.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Our membership is open to all shades of opinion in our community, and we encourage cross community discourse by having guest speakers at our meetings on topical issues and invite discussion among the audience. We run seminars with speakers from across the community. We are currently Co-organizing [with History Ireland] "Hedge Schools" - meetings
with 200 approx in attendence to listen to various speakers discussing different aspects of the current Centenary Decade.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Cross-border/cross-community
