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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£1.2M
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Spending
£1.5M
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from our organisation’s purposes: Relief of those in need is achieved through providing services for women, children and young people impacted upon by domestic violence. This prevents homelessness, poverty, and educational underachievement. Our work in providing training and support to other agencies, groups and
communities educates and empowers responses relevant to the needs of these victims. The benefits above are demonstrated through the ‘journey travelled model’ of weekly and monthly review of support plans, follow up calls and meetings for all service users. Need for the service is evidenced by continued improvement within the organisation, new services offered and the high number of referrals to our service. With reference to all purposes, there is no harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit. The charity's beneficiaries are women, children and young people affected by domestic violence in the five areas our charity covers, Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne and Newtownabbey. In respect of “private beneficiaries”, there are paid staff integral to provision of services to beneficiaries. The benefit derived by these members of staff, in the form of wages, is incidental to provision of service to beneficiaries. Service to beneficiaries could not be delivered without paid staff, and the purposes of the charity could not be attained. Payment of wages does not form a purpose in its own right and is justifiable and reasonable. Trustees ensure that payment of wages to staff is directly related to and only for enacting the stated purposes and attaining the desired goals for the advantage of beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Women’s Aid ABCLN provide high quality services to women, children and young people living with, or affected by, all forms of domestic and sexual violence. We are committed to working collaboratively in partnership with victims/ survivors to provide them with the support to build the skills they have identified as necessary to meet their
needs. We also advocate, lobby, educate and challenge as appropriate on their behalf. We believe that this contributes to the delivery of effective, co-ordinated, responsive and accessible services for women and their children.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- 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
- Older people
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Victim support
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Criminal justice
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
