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Status
Received: 56 days late
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Income
£63.6K
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Spending
£66.5K
Public benefits
The direct benefit that flows from our objectives is that children and young people attending the Youth Centre from the Oldpark, Cliftonville and Upper Ardoyne areas will have the opportunity to engage and participate in a programme of activities that will help to enhance their spiritual, educational and social development. The range of activities
undertaken promotes personal development through sports/ recreation and learning for life dealing with issues such as personal hygiene, sexual health and cross community issues. The beneficiaries are the children and young people who attend the Youth Centre and the wider community of the Oldpark, Cliftonville and upper Ardoyne area’s who it is hoped will see a reduction in anti social behaviour and a lessening of cross community tensions. This can be demonstrated by maintaining and increasing the numbers attending the Youth Centre and by it’s continued regeneration by gaining new members as our older members grow up and move on into further education and employment. No harm arises from our objectives and no individual or organisation gains any private benefit.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Deanby Youth Club was originally established in 1969 but at the height of the troubles the club was forced into closure on more than one occasion. In 2004, a group of volunteers attempted once more to re-open the club and it has remained open ever since. The Youth Club provides community based support for young people across Oldpark, Cliftonville
and Upper Ardoyne areas of North Belfast. We offer a variety of age specific groups that participate in a number of positive, fun and structured activities. We provide gender specific work with both boys and girls and we often provide a range of projects that young people can use to develop skills, confidence and self-esteem. We seek to develop a range of cross community initiatives in order to address the legacy of the conflict and to tackle some of the remaining fractious and tense relations between young people of both communities. Currently, the youth centre is open as a drop in centre 5 evenings per week and some of our regular activities include Ju Jitsu and disability club. The Youth centre is supported annually by the Belfast education and library board but it relies on entrance fees and our tuck shop to sustain and manage costs. We try and source funds from other sources in order to meet the needs of members and deliver innovative and valuable programmes.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- 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
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Interface communities
- Physical disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Disability
- Education/training
- Sport/recreation
- Youth development
