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Status
Received: 14 days late
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Income
£711.7K
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Spending
£654.6K
Public benefits
The purpose, activities and resulting benefits of our work are as follows; • The advancement of arts and culture through increased engagement/ participation in the arts amongst East Belfast community and beyond. The benefit being that more arts activities are brought to the area, with specific art forms including, but not limited to, film, digital
visual art, performance art and music. Our work is funded by Arts Council NI and the Belfast City Council amongst others. We have an artistic policy which informs our programme, this ensures all events and activities: are of high quality; either educate or inspire those who engage with them; are easily accessible to all. • The advancement of heritage through the preservation, improvement and continued use of Northern Ireland’s oldest cinema and only working art deco picture house. Monthly heritage tours, free access to the NI Digital Film Archives, regular classic/ historical screenings and showing films in traditional 35mm projection format all serve to deliver this purpose. The benefits which flow from this include educating the general public on social and cultural history; generating a sense of place and pride through a greater awareness of local history and increasing appreciation of the Strands unique heritage and architecture. • The advancement of education by developing skills through our arts workshops (animation, crafts, DJing, production, script writing, etc) and development of knowledge with our audiences who attend our educational, artistic and/or cultural film screenings, theatre performances, heritage tours, book launches, etc. The benefits which arise from this are increased employability of the youths who attend, patrons being better informed of employment opportuniti8es in the creative industries and having higher education and employment aspirations. • The advancement of citizenship and community development by way of a beneficial ‘hub’ - a shared space where all the East Belfast community is welcome, which encourages patrons to be accepting /understanding of all groups within the community and which provides a positive and inspiring reflection of this locality. This is achieved by promoting a sense of place and local pride by highlighting and celebrating the unique heritage of the building, hosting events throughout the year which highlight and celebrate the creative talents which have come from East Belfast and Northern Ireland as well as events which highlight and celebrate the diversity of our community. This is also attained through our arts and community engagement programme which includes activities designed to address specific needs of our community, such as dementia friendly screenings or skills development courses for NEET’s. We also deliver the charitable benefit of community development through our volunteering scheme, partnership projects with local community groups and schools, as well as hosting and promoting cross community projects and inter-cultural projects and events promoting human rights, conflict resolution and reconciliation. • The additional charitable purpose of the provision of recreational facilities for all the community to enjoy use of, providing the benefits of mental and social stimulation, social interaction and community cohesion.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Strand Arts Centre occupies, manages and preserves the oldest cinema in Northern Ireland and the only working example of an original art deco picture house. We provide a year round programme of film screenings and arts events and activities which are curated to educate and inspire the local community as well as to attract (largely domestic)
cultural tourism, subsequently providing benefits for the general public beyond our immediate locality. Our building is a shared space used by a wide range of community groups, charities and local schools as well as the general public, totalling over 45,000 patrons annually. Events and activities we host include weekly drama, dance, music and film classes; regular film making, animation and craft workshops; weekly film screenings specifically for seniors groups; awareness and fund-raising film screenings for health and social welfare charities; classic independent and cultural film screenings; main-release film screenings; monthly heritage tours; volunteering scheme and arts management internships; hosting events/activities within City-wide and National festivals.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- General public
- Interface communities
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Heritage/historical
- Human rights/equality
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
