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Ballymac Friendship Trust Limited

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £241.1K

  • Spending

    £271.1K

Charity no. 103722 Date registered. 12/10/2015

Public benefits

The company's purposes as previously described are all available to the people of Northern Ireland and by their nature are inclusive and the benefits that flow are available to all. Specifically the benefits that flow from each purpose include; 1) By promoting the skills and tools that enable people to become more involved in the voluntary and

community sector we are strengthening community infrastructure which leads to more and better opportunities for the general public. 2) The Trust relieves those in need by ensuring that where there are underlying issues causing the need that the relevant authorities are made aware of the problems and initiatives to address these issues can be formulated and delivered. 3) The Trust encourages young people to value education and signposts non-traditional training opportunities, improving employ ability. 4) Better community relations decreases the mistrust, misunderstanding and suspicion that is prevalent between different religious and racial groups. By promoting good community relations there will be a decrease in the low-level violence and anti-social behavior. 5) The Trust provides a safe and friendly facility where the community can come together for social and leisure activities, improving community cohesion, health and fitness. 6) The advancement of cultural development using all creative arts processes increases understanding of heritage and history while also introducing people to the skills and difficulties inherent within delivering a cultural programme. Each purpose directs the Trust when they design programmes. These programmes require a specific funding stream and an integral part of the application and programme design requires the identification and quantifying of the benefits expected to flow from the delivery. Therefore each programme has its own key success factors which are evidenced and form part of the programme evaluation.

What your organisation does

The Trust operates primarily in the Ballymacarett area of Belfast and seeks to address the needs and aspirations of the local community, using a number of tools to identify the issues that are affecting or limiting the scope and quality of these aspirations. These include using government statistical analysis but also requires listening to the

community itself. The Trust owns and operates a community facility, the Ballymac Centre, where various community programmes are delivered in a safe and friendly environment. These include a pensioner's club, a youth club and various health and fitness programmes. In addition we run various training programmes, using the arts as a vehicle through which the community can learn more about their own and other cultures and history.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
  • 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)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • Interface communities
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • General charitable purposes
  • Playgroup/after schools
  • Relief of poverty
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2021

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Northern Ireland without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity or political, religious or other opinion by associating with the statutory authorities, voluntary and community organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to: a) advance community development and in particular the promotion of the community and voluntary sector for the benefit of the public by providing support, information, services, facilities and amenities to community and voluntary groups and encouraging such organisations to co-operate to achieve their aims. b) relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. c) advance education and training. d) promote good community relations, religious and racial harmony and equality and diversity. e) provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. f) advance cultural development, provide programmes that include all creative arts processes.

Governing document

Other

Other name

  • 3 Trustees
  • 4 Employees
  • 5 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Ballymac Trust, 1 Fraser Pass, Belfast, BT4 1BP

Trustee board

Trustee
Ms Margaret Mehaffey
Mr Stephen Beattie
Ms Karla Holmes

List of regions

  • Belfast City Council
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