Patrician Youth Centre

Public benefits

Patrician Youth Centre Purpose The club is established to provide, maintain and promote facilities and activities of a social, spiritual educational and recreational nature with the object of improving the conditions of life of children and young people without distinction of sex, political, religious or other opinion. What benefit flows from

this purpose? The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include an increase in social skills, improvement in emotional well-being, improved positive educational outcomes and increased spiritual development in the lives of local young people. This purpose will also provide improvements to overall community life. Can you demonstrate this? The above benefits will be evidenced through a number of evaluative means including: recordings and observations of staff members; other qualitative data from parents, teachers, and community representatives; quantitative data from programme and project evaluations; data from other sources including other service providers both statutory and non-statutory. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? There is no identifiable harm to any person through the pursuit of the above organisational purpose. Public Element Who is the benefit for? The beneficiaries of this purpose are children and young people as defined by Government policy in Northern Ireland living in Downpatrick Is there any private benefit? Is it incidental or necessary? A private benefit could be gained by a Trustee who has a child who makes use of the facilities and activities of the club. The child of the Trustee applies to be part of the youth centre and is given access in the same way as other beneficiaries. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Volunteers may gain an increased sense of well-being through their involvement in the centre, however this benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure benefit is provided to beneficiaries. Staff may gain opportunities to be involved in educational or recreational activities. This benefit is also incidental and necessary for the work of the organisation to take place.

What your organisation does

Patrician Youth Centre is a full-time Youth Centre located in the centre of Downpatrick, which delivers all aspects of the Northern Ireland Youth Service Curriculum. The programmes on offer are available to all young people aged 4-25 years of age. The centre has a large membership and has been operational since 1981.