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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£1.2M
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Spending
£1.3M
Public benefits
1) The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the provision of a community facility. These benefits are evidenced through the recording of individuals and groups using the facility and through regular feedback from users. The purpose does not give rise to any harm. The beneficiaries of this purpose are people living in Northern
Ireland (mainly in the Lurgan area). A private benefit flowing from this purpose is that gained by a Director or Director’s family who use the facilities. A Director or Director’s family accesses the facilities in the same way as all other beneficiaries. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. 2) The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the provision of education programmes and events. These benefits are evidenced through recording of participants and feedback from participants. The purpose does not give rise to any harm. The beneficiaries of this purpose are people living in Northern Ireland (mainly in the Lurgan area). A private benefit flowing from this purpose is that gained by a Director or Director’s family members who choose to attend the programmes or events. This Director or Director’s family members accesses the programmes or events in the same way as all other beneficiaries. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. 3) The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the provision of support through counselling and/or mentoring services. These benefits are evidenced through recording of clients and feedback from clients. The purpose does not give rise to any harm. The beneficiaries of this purpose are people living in Northern Ireland. A private benefit flowing from this purpose is that gained by a Director or Director’s family members who use the service. This Director or Director’s family members accesses the service in the same way as all other beneficiaries. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. 4) The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the provision of a neutral youth facility. These benefits are evidenced through the recording of individuals and groups using the facility and through regular feedback from users. The purpose does not give rise to any harm. The beneficiaries of this purpose are people living in Northern Ireland (mainly in the Lurgan area) who are under the age of 25 years. A private benefit flowing from this purpose is that gained by a Director or Director’s family members who use the facilities. This Director or Director’s family members accesses the facilities in the same way as all other beneficiaries. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Links has 4 main areas of work: 1) Links Counselling Service: A confidential counselling service offered in a safe environment where individuals from all communities have the opportunity to explore difficulties and work towards constructive change and growth. It is a capacity-building and personal development programme, which aims to help people
to develop the skills they need to help themselves. 2) Youth Work: Centre-based/community-based and detached youth work. Participants are young people from Lurgan and wider Craigavon area aged between 10 and 25 from Protestant and Catholic backgrounds. Programme Activities are mainly based in The Underground and are facilitated by qualified and experienced youth workers. Programmes include: personal development, education, citizenship, single identity/community relations work, creative arts and social/recreational activities. 3) Community Resource Provision: Providing capability programmes, centre based community activities, which draws people from all communities and encourages collaboration between community groups. Offering room hire at low cost to other community and voluntary groups, thereby contributing to the social economy and generating income for Links charitable activities. 4) Adult Community Programmes: adult education, community relations and leisure programmes that take advantage of the Underground building as a shared space in the centre of Lurgan.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Interface communities
- Language community
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Sexual orientation
- Victim support
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Medical/health/sickness
- Youth development
