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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£160.9K
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Spending
£172.4K
Public benefits
The public benefit flowing from our purposes is that vulnerable people in the Mid Ulster area to include the districts of Magherafelt, Cookstown and Dungannon Council areas have reduced levels of crime and the fear of crime. Their isolation and their physical and mental health and well-being are monitored and where necessary support systems are
put in place. Each member receives a daily phone call offered by a team of trained advisors and volunteers ensuring that the project on a daily basis is able to communicate with, advise and assist our elderly members which in turn can give our members access to a home maintenance service an awareness raising service, a welfare right and benefits service and community development support. A further public benefit is that the project supports the elderly by working on all issues that effect older people by networking with other relevant organisations and encourage intergenerational work. The project also provides programmes of social activities so that the elderly can benefit from a wide range of classes, talks, demonstrations and workshops. Beneficiaries benefit from being able to become more aware of their own health and well-being, meeting other people and being able to remain in their own homes because of the support that the project offers. The wider families of our members also benefit from the knowledge that their elderly family members are being contacted on a daily basis so that there is a fast response to crisis calls and a quick solution to practical difficulties from a compassionate team of workers. The public services such as the PSNI also benefit because they are able to signpost individuals to the Good Morning service. Social Services and the local advice service also benefit from having ready access to this pool of elderly individuals who are being looked after the Good Morning Project. The benefits are measured by ongoing monitoring by annual reports to the funders, by counting the number of members registering with the project and the number of activities offered by the project. We also record how many home maintenance jobs we carry out and the number of hours worked by our volunteers. We have also engaged consultants to measure the difference that our activities make to older people and have a community panel of older people which is consulted regularly to see how our organisation is performing and to make changes when necessary. This information is available in our latest interim evaluation. There is no private benefit involved in any of our activities apart from the wages paid to staff which is necessary for the running of the project. There is no harm flowing from any of the activities of the Good Morning Project.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The organisation makes a daily phone call too more than 400 individuals providing social contact, reassurance, caring listening ear, signposting to other support services and advice on a range of issues including home safety, health & well-being, energy efficiency, fuel poverty and welfare rights. In partnership with Agewell the project responds
when individuals report that they are feeling unwell, that they are concerned with any particular issue or they are worried about their safety. We also offer a home maintenance service with more than 2500 visits carried out so far and we have a community development co-ordinator who works with community organisations dedicated to the health & well-being of senior citizens in the Mid-Ulster area. The organisation works closely with the PSNI, PCSP, Northern Health & Social Care Trust, the local Volunteer Centre, the local rural support network and the three local district councils. We provide community panels so that older people have a voice on public policy. We provide a range of classes, talks, demonstrations and workshops and have compiled a community directory of services of interest to older people.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- 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
- Carers
- Community safety/crime prevention
- General public
- Mental health
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Counselling/support
- Disability
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
