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Grange Youth and Community Group

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Overdue: 258 days

Charity no. 106207 Date registered. 28/07/2017

Public benefits

The purposes of the Grange Youth and Community Group are to advance education, promote and advance community development, relieve poverty, hardship, sickness and the aged and promote the benefit and wellbeing of the community in the Grange area and its environs of Ballyclare, provision is without distinction to age, gender, sexual identity, sexual

orientation, disability/ability, race, and ethnic origin, political, religious or other opinion. Specifically the Grange Youth and Community Group continue to run a centre in which activities take place in furtherance of the above purposes. We advance the education of members of the public in enjoyment of, and participation in, the arts, particularly musical, speech, photography and visual arts. Through the involvement of our service users in the running of our activities we promote the advancement of community development and the confidence and competencies, self-esteem, abilities and skills of people, particularly, but not limited to, young people, who use our centre. We promote the education of members of the public in conservation, protection and improvement of the environment particularly through our promotion of sustainable lifestyles and diet. We develop the physical, mental and spiritual capabilities of service users and volunteers so that they may grow in maturity as individuals. Grange Youth and Community Group have a record of equipping people, particularly young adults, to be responsible and conscientious members of society engaged in a range of musical, artistic and community development roles. Our volunteers and service users are at the heart of our organisation. We encourage, through direct involvement and education, the development of service users and volunteers who are engaged with the social and economic circumstances that impact upon them and their peers. In regards to demonstrating public benefit we believe this is evidenced in direct feedback from service users at regular open meetings for users and volunteers; in the encouragement and uptake of direct involvement of service users in the running or our organisation and our centre (service users are encouraged to, and do, become volunteers and trustees/directors); in addition feedback sheets are collected at educational events to record the benefit of such events from the perspective of participants. The purposes do not lead to harm. The benefit is for all in the Grange area and its environs of Ballyclare. It is for the public of the area at large and those for reasons for their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty of their social and economic circumstances, are welcome to come to and partake in activities, events and projects. There is no private benefit from our purposes.

What your organisation does

Grange Youth & Community Group was established in 2000 and works with all sections of the local community in Ballyclare Neighbourhood Renewal Area. Our mission is to improve the lives of local residents through the delivery of a timetable of social, educational and recreational workshops and activities to help create a more sustainable future by

inspiring people and improving access to services and facilities. We regularly engage with people from a broad range of backgrounds, abilities and needs, and Grange falls within the top 10% of the most deprived communities in Northern Ireland. Our vision is to improve community cohesion, reduce social isolation and create a better community. The Group’s purpose is to foster civic pride and encourage voluntary action in the local community. Our focus is on: improved community cohesion, improved health & wellbeing – connecting people with place, increasing resilience to challenges of modern society, a better environment – enhance quality of local environment, address poverty and reduce social isolation. Activities and projects include: a summer scheme for 4-16 year olds in July, an autism support project, a "Grange go Swim" activity for 4-8 year olds, a parents support group, community BBQ and fun day "Grow with Grange", the allotment project, Eco Warriers 4-10 year olds have a chance to grow their own and their plots in the allotments, a "Fresh Minds" project around mental health and wellbeing, an after schools club, good relations youth projects, linked courses in conjunction with Newtownabbey Regional College which took place in the Grange Community House.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

The Association is established to advance education, promote and advance community development, relieve poverty, hardship, sickness and the aged and promote the benefit and wellbeing of the community resident in the Grange area and its environs of Ballyclare, County Antrim (hereinafter called the "area of benefit") without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of fostering a community spirit and improving conditions of life for the said inhabitants and in particular:- (a) to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre (hereinafter called "the Centre") and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the Association in the furtherance of the above objects; (b) to support community development and wellbeing activities and to work with partners to support community cohesion, the promotion of adequate housing conditions and the development of a sustainable community; (c) to promote community safety through the support and development of the appropriate programmes and projects which aim to address crime and anti-social behaviour; (d) to promote or assist promoting community capacity building and programmes and projects for the benefit on the inhabitants within the area of benefit who have need of such assistance as a result of their youth, age, disability or infirmity or social and economic circumstances in an effort to increase the abilities, skills, and self confidence of such inhabitants in the area of benefit; (e) to relieve proverty by the promotion, facilitation and organisation of adequate, accessible, and quality programmes of vocational and educational training, information and support in an effort to acquire skills and retraining to assist the beneficiaries in attaining employment; (f) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the communities from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 6 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Joanne Drummond, Grange Youth & Community Group, 16 Clareville Avenue, Ballyclare, BT39 9DN

Trustee board

Trustee
Miss Sharlene Brown
Miss Lindsay Kitson
Miss Joanne Drummond
Miss Rosemary Stevenson
Mr John Mccormick
Mr Sydney Mccaughran

List of regions

  • Belfast City Council