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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£39.6K
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Spending
£30.2K
Public benefits
The improvement of Housing Stock and better living conditions for the residents of the Greater New Lodge Area. The facilitation of community consultation on all housing schemes within the area including Housing redevelopment. Providing the link between the community and Housing providers, so giving the community a voice. Providing the residents of
the area with advice on a range of Housing issues and therefore better equipping them to make decisions on Housing related matters which may affect them. To improve the physical environment of the Area in terms of tidiness and cleanliness making the area a healthier and nicer place to live. We can demonstrate the above benefits by the following means. Regular feedback from the residents in person over the phone or by Email. Regularly holding public meetings to gain feedback from the residents on how we have performed and to generate fresh ideas for the future. Annual reports and accounts are produced at our AGM and we always ask those present for their views on what we have achieved over the last year. Following major Housing and Environmental schemes in the area, New Lodge Housing Forum conducts questionnaires with the residents effected to establish, firstly if they are happy with the scheme and secondly to evaluate our role with assisting their progress and providing advice and support. Our beneficiaries are the residents of the Greater New Lodge area of Belfast, an area with a population of around 6000 and 5th on the deprivation list. It is also a area of high unemployment and a shortest of social housing. There is no private benefit to anyone connected to the New Lodge Housing Forum and that the purposes will not potentially lead to any harm for the beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We are an organisation which provide advice and support on all Housing and Environmental issues to the residents of the Greater New Lodge Area. We are an umbrella Body representing 9 Residents Groups in the Area, these being Upper New Lodge, Lower New Lodge Upper Long Streets, Henry Street, Carlisle, Victoria Parade, Duncairn parade,
Buralee/Pinkerton and Duncairn Gardens Flats. We liaise between residents and the Housing Executive to provide information, discuss repairs issues and deal with inquiries on all housing related issues.we facilitate consultations with the residents on any scheme the Housing Executive carry out in the area. We also liaise between the Residents and other statutory Agencies such as Belfast City Council, Department of Environment and Roads services to provide information and suport on issues such as Street Cleaning, Lighting and graffiti removal and all other environmental issues affecting the area and we facilitate consultations between residents and statutory agencies on environmental schemes that are to be carry out in the Greater New Lodge Area. We facilitate training for local community groups on a range of issues that are relevant to them. We organize local fund raising activities such as raffles and donations in order to obtain running costs to keep the office going. We also apply to charitable Trusts for funding to maintain the office and occasionally for an Environmental project that may be required to improve the area.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Community safety/crime prevention
- General public
- Interface communities
- Tenants
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Relief of poverty
- Urban development
