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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£72.5K
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Spending
£85.6K
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from these purposes are that volunteers with appropriate skills are inspired and supported to make a difference within their communities, and children and young people from deprived communities and backgrounds, and those whose education has been negatively impacted by the pandemic, are encouraged through mentoring and
support to succeed in gaining qualifications and other positive outcomes from their education. The social inclusion, self-esteem and aspirations of children and young people and other disadvantaged persons assisted are enhanced and their future ability to access career paths, education, employment and other life opportunities is improved. These benefits will be demonstrated by feedback from participants and their families, schools and teachers, volunteers and partner churches. The benefits will be identified by evaluations of our activities, programmes and services and feedback from other agencies and stakeholders and partner organisations. We will also monitor information such as participant numbers, retention and outcomes. The effectiveness and benefits of our activities will be reported upon in our annual report and accounts. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes The charity’s beneficiaries are the children and young people, and especially those from deprived communities and backgrounds and those whose lives and educations have been negatively impacted by the pandemic, who receive support from EFL. The charity may in the future provide educational and employability projects also to parents and adults who are educationally disadvantaged, unemployed and/ or are from disadvantaged backgrounds. EFL employs staff to coordinate its work and facilitates the payment of a modest stipend to cover the expenses of Brother Jardine, a Franciscan Monk who has taken a vow of poverty and works full time with EFL. Any private benefit is however a necessary and incidental consequence of EFL undertaking its charitable purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Focusing on deprived communities and the disadvantaged, Equip for Life (EFL) aims through mentoring and other support to equip people for life through educational and employability initiatives. EFL does this by promoting Christian service and recruiting groups of volunteers with suitable skills from church congregations and through word of mouth.
EFL has developed initiatives such as literacy projects in a growing number of schools in the Greater Shankill area and North Belfast and is in the process of developing similar schools projects elsewhere in Northern Ireland. Though primary education was its initial focus, EFL intends to provide educational support post primary and to explore the possibility of providing community education initiatives, parental support and employability projects. In view of the pandemic and its effects on education and wellbeing, EFL is pivoting and adapting its activities to best meet the needs of those whose schooling has been disrupted and lives and wellbeing negatively impacted by the pandemic.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
- Volunteer development
