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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£460.1K
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Spending
£479.5K
Public benefits
The Benefit which flows from ASCC Ltd.'s purpose includes improving the physical and mental wellbeing of all people within Belfast and throughout Northern Ireland by tackling key causes and effects of stress and chronic illness through a sustainable partnership of public agencies, community groups and voluntary organisations. By providing access
to education programmes which improve the physical and mental well-being of targeted groups. To provide access to programmes aimed at people living with chronic disease. To enhance the health related skills and knowledge of local people involving them in programme delivery and evaluation. To provide information , advice and referral services which empower people to make decisions about their own health. To provide and ensure access to education programmes which improve the physical and mental well being of targeted groups. To develop and facilitate community, voluntary and self help activity which contributes to a healthier community. The benefits are demonstrated through feedback from clients and independent evaluation of our services. The beneficiaries of this purpose are the general population of Northern Ireland. There is no harm flowing from our purpose. The only private benefit from this purpose is that one of our Directors is also our Counsellor delivering sessions to clients. This is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit of counselling is provided to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Our organisation provides the means to improve health and wellbeing both physical and mental through education and training programmes and the delivery of various initiatives and activities. We provide: Primary health prevention activities. By inhibiting the development of disease through advice and information , we provide education and training
in health accredited programmes available to all members of the community. Activity programmes which include walking club, swimming classes, yoga, pilates, tai chi, pool therapy, stress awareness sessions, cancer awareness sessions. Secondary health prevention. Screening that entails measures that detect disease before it is symptomatic , to identify and detect disease at its earliest stages with early detection and diagnosis. We achieve this through health information days, health checks i.e. cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar checks. Tertiary health prevention focuses on people already affected by disease and attempts to reduce resultant disability and restore functionality with the aim to improve the quality of life for people living with chronic disease, including Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Cancer, Stroke, Arthritis, COPD, Depression, Diabetes. We achieve this through initiatives such as Exercise by Referral. Cardiac Rehab Phase IV, Cancer Rehab Phase IV, Stroke Rehab Phase IV, Counselling, Complementary Therapy, Cancer specific Complementary Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- 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
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Adult training
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Youth development
