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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£31.6K
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Spending
£33.8K
Public benefits
a) There are many widowed and unemployed people in the local area. The direct benefits which flow from this benefit are that the Charity shop provides volunteers with the opportunity to help the less well off and to meet people when they would otherwise lead very solitary lives. There is no private benefit nor harm flowing from this purpose. b)
Many volunteers develop an increase inself esteem and self confidence throug hthe work. Such volunteering presents the opportunity to ease individuals back into the general work force. There is no private benefit nor harm flowing from this purpose. c) The direct benefit which flows from this purpose is that many people existing on low incomes have the opportunity to purchase items at affordable prices. The money raised from the sale of these items is then used to improve living conditions, educational opportunities etc for many people living locally and in underdeveloped areas of the world. There is no private benefit nor harm flowing from this purpose. d) The shop provides an environment where people with a range of minor disabilities can volunteer and feel that they are making a worthwhile and valuable contribution to society. There is no private benefit nor harm flowing from this purpose. e) The direct benefit of this is that items which would normally go to landfill are reused and recycled. This is of benefit to the environment. There is no private benefit nor harm flowing from this purpose. f) The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the provision of a place where people of all ages who may suffer from a sense of isolation and loneliness can meet informally for friendship, hospitality, help and support. there is no private benefit nor harm flowing from this purpose. g) Any monies raised through the sale of donated items/ recycling proceeds are spent in accordance to Article 65 of the Company's Articles of Association - primarily to charitable causes and members of the public who are disadvantaged - both within and beyond Killyleagh. there is no private benefit nor harm flowing from this purpose.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The organisation raises funds - for distribution - by selling items donated by the general public, such as clothes / bric-a-brac / electrical items (once 'PAT' tested) / books / toys / crockery /small items of furniture etc. - and what is not sold is then sold on for recycling. The shop, necessary to raise such funds, is operated by volunteers
many of whom are helped in a variety of ways, as detailed in our Purposes.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of religion
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Overseas/developing countries
- Physical disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- General charitable purposes
- Medical/health/sickness
- Overseas aid/famine relief
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development
