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North Down Community Assistance

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Overdue: 470 days

Charity no. 102430 Date registered. 05/04/2016

Public benefits

NDCA IS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT 1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY - through grants - By providing a service to the public through the advancement of education and learning for young people and adults. To help enhance peoples lives giving advice and help were needed. North Down Community Assistance benefits society and the wider community in the

case of advancement of religion, the adoption of a moral framework which encourages people to be good citizens.

What your organisation does

NDCA is a non profit charity organisation, a charity for the relief of people in need. We deliver this service by giving information, advice and support with housing, benefits, anti social behaviour etc. to the public and communities. We also deliver programmes/courses FREE to help enhance young people and adults employment skills. We also

provide a safe environment for everyone from ALL communities regardless of their race or religion. We also are very involved with Cross Community/border projects throughout Northern and Southern Ireland. We work very closely with the PSNI, NIHE, COUNCIL and other statutory bodies. We also run junior and senior youth groups every Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings. We also have a women's group running every Monday and Thursday mornings. We have had placement students in our office over the past 4 years from SERC and North Down training securing placements through our office to finish their business/admin qualifications.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

  • Adult training
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • General public
  • Men
  • Older people
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Relief of poverty
  • Religious activities
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2018

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

Relieve poverty, sickness for the aged and to promote the public benefit of the inhabitants of Newtownards, Comber and Donaghadee and its environs hereinafter described as “the area of public benefit” without distinction of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, gender, race or nationality, political, religious or other opinions by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities of interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of the life for the said inhabitants.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

NDCA

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
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