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Rehabilitate Youth Ireland

  • Removed

  • This charity was removed from the register on 5 Sep 2018
Charity no. 101040 Date registered. 25/02/2015

Public benefits

The public benefits that flow from Rehabilitate Youth Ireland’s charitable purposes are: a) a reduction in risk taking and anti-social behaviour by providing young people with attractive alternatives, resulting in positive behavioural change; b) strengthening the connection between young people and their communities and increasing active, positive

citizenship; c) enhanced sense of self-worth, confidence and fulfillment among, and improved capacities, skills and potential of, young people d) heightened mental, physical and emotional well being leading to improved health outcomes and a better quality of life for young people; e) increased efficiency and effectiveness of the community and voluntary organisations that are supported by Rehabilitate Youth Ireland, resulting in enhanced outcomes and service delivery and, consequently, an improved quality of life for those young people who benefit from the work of these organisations. The beneficiaries are young people. These benefits can be evidenced through feedback from youths participating in the activities and events and internal records of rates of participation, evaluations of the work and impact of Rehabilitate Youth Ireland and the findings of community surveys. No harm or private benefit arises from these purposes.

What your organisation does

The Charity is established for the relief of need amongst our youth and their families. It is our aim to enhance and encourage participation in hobbies and sport by providing members or member groups with assistance in the form of financial support, facilities, care and aftercare, education, training and the re-integration of such members.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of amateur sport
  • 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)
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • Interface communities
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Travellers
  • Victim support
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Community enterprise
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Disability
  • Sport/recreation
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

The Charity's objects are to promote for the public benefit youth participation in amateur sport, healthy recreation and leisure-time occupations in the island of Ireland for those who have need of such facilities and services by reason of their youth, disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for young people in general in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life by: (a) establishing and developing a sports and leisure centre; (b) providing or assisting in providing facilities, training and coaching for sport, recreation and other leisure-time occupations; (c) assisting with the purchase of goods and/or services by community and voluntary groups and associations who could not otherwise afford such goods and/or services through lack of means.