Overdue: 462 days
Public benefits
The direct public benefits include increased community activity and better health awareness, both physical and emotional well-being improvements particularly for young people, developing a healthier community. The activities of martial arts across the generational age gaps also provide an educated both younger and older public by training, coaching
and learning new skills together. Promoting leisure and recreational activities through martial arts and community games provides for community benefits through providing opportunities for positive social interaction and reduction in anti social behaviour which has been evidenced through Public Health statistices and government figures. The public will benefit by having access to all the associations activities. The trustees of Cookstown Mugendo believe that there is no harm flowing from our purposes as all activities are geared towards improving the conditions of life for our beneficiaries and all health and safety safequards are in place to protect the beneficiary. The trustees may have private benefit arisinge from our programmes of ongoing skills acquisition ,governance and finance etc, however, this is incidental and necessary to ensure benefit is provided to our community beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Cookstown Mugendo promotes community participation in healthy recreation through participation in martial arts and other sports. The association educates young people to develop their physical fitness mental and emotional capacities through martial arts and recreational activities. The association provides facilities, courses and training
programmes to enable individuals to learn coaching skills in sport and physical recreation. The association promotes amateur sport and works with local communities and schools to introduce the health benefits of participation in martial arts activities. The association encourages cross generational experiential learning through working through the arts, promoting leisure and recreational activities through martial arts and community games and offering health and well being promotional classes for community benefit.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of amateur sport
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Sport/recreation
- Youth development
