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This charity was removed from the register on 13 Jun 2017
Public benefits
1: Mental, emotional health & well being contributed to; moral improvement in society. Benefit demonstrated through observation of improved behavior, public testimony, monitoring of pastoral care. Beneficiaries: those wanting to discover more about/become a follower of the Christian faith. 2: Individuals enabled to generate a sustainable income &
be self-sufficient; depression alleviated, takes volunteers minds off own circumstances. Benefit demonstrated through voucher system; feedback from volunteer team meetings. Beneficiaries: those in short term crisis/poverty. 3: Self-esteem & confidence increased; abilities & skills identified: leads to increased ability to contribute & integrate into community. Benefit demonstrated through people getting back into education, training & work, starting their own businesses & creating employment; creation of volunteer positions for unemployed, learning difficulties, depression & anxiety. Beneficiaries: socially & economically disadvantaged. 4: Discrimination flashpoints, racial tensions, faith hate crimes diffused; acceptance & mutual understanding built between different groups. Benefit demonstrated through feedback groups. Beneficiaries: socially excluded individuals/groups. 5: Mental, emotional, social, physical welfare & wellbeing created for those experiencing despair & distress from isolation & loneliness; general wellbeing & condition of life improved. Benefit demonstrated through feedback & testimonials of recipients, award nominations, creating volunteer posts for some who have problems in these areas & feedback meetings with volunteer’s contact person. Beneficiaries: all ages and abilities. 6: Dignity & control to a person’s decisions & actions regained helping them refocus & rebuild personal, family & employment goals; personal stability through freedom from addiction causing them to be net contributors to society rather than having a dependency on the system. Benefit demonstrated through ongoing feedback from beneficiaries & where appropriate, third party agencies involved in more specialist areas. Feedback sometimes gained through written Q&A. Beneficiaries: those in need of advice/counseling. 7: Couples stay together; stronger relationships & stable families created; stress of abusive home situations, divorce, family breakdown & subsequent pressure on outside agencies avoided. Benefit demonstrated through testimonials from couples; through marriage courses with Q&A couples can feedback anonymously on benefits received Beneficiaries: married couples where relationship needs strengthened/repaired, has been breakdown in communication or temporary separation. 8: Skills, capacities & capabilities developed to produce well adjusted young people who can participate in & contribute to society as mature & responsible individuals with self worth; internal value system created bringing an ethical & moral stance to behaviour; positive role models created for other young people to follow. Benefit demonstrated through interviews, mentoring programs, feedback from team leaders in activities participated in & public feedback in peer/leadership settings. Beneficiaries: young people of all backgrounds & abilities. No harm arises from our purposes except: 1 Potential for an individual to be over reliant on pastoral care. Pastoral care team trained to be aware of this. 2 Creating dependency on the foodbank aspect of this purpose, mitigated by restricting beneficiaries to 3 food vouchers in a 6 month period. 5 Volunteers could become overly dependent on this purpose. Progress monitored through contact person. 6 Potential for a dependency to be created on the counselor/counseling sessions. Each counselor is aware of this. Private benefit received in 1, 3 & 7 of a salary for the Pastor & in 5 of wages for part time staff, these are necessary to achieve the purposes and are therefore incidental.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Our organisation endeavours to create environments for members of the public at home and further afield to develop mentally, educationally, spiritually, physically, socially & financially. This is done through various instruments eg. Lisburn City Church serves anyone who has an interest in or a commitment to the Christian faith through means of
public worship, prayer meetings, bible teaching and pastoral care. Lisburn Foodbank through its volunteers helps those in short term financial crisis by supplying food parcels to clients who are referred through front line care professionals. The Foodbank also refers clients to other agencies who have the potential to assist them further. Catch 22 seeks to mentor and assist young offenders with their rehabilitation back into mainstream society through the creation of an office and drop in centre manned by trained counsellors. Fitness@inspirations facilitates those who want to learn how to develop a healthy lifestyle or deal with obesity issues. We are developing individual programs in conjunction with social services and local doctors for those with learning difficulties and obesity issues who are fearful of attending a regular gym. Café@inspirations is a space where during the day different segments of community can come and meet others in a similar interest group. This space has helped many overcome loneliness and isolation over the past years. Examples being mums with pre-schoolars, Oap Book Club, Parkinsons Group, McMillan Cancer. At night the café is used for hosting The Marriage Course, CAP Money Course, ladies, mens and youth events among others. Youth Camps take teenagers of mixed background and ability to Summer Camps outside of N. Ireland to help build capability and capacity and to break down cultural and racial barriers
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Adult training
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Older people
- Overseas/developing countries
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
Charitable purposes
The objects/purposes of the Trust are: a) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH The advancement of the Christian Faith in the world for the benefit of the public through pastoral care, the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebrations of religious festivals producing and/or distributing literature and media b) RELIEF OF POVERTY: The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship anywhere in the world by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects, through the provision of food-banks, goods and services, and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals, where possible, to generate a sustainable income and be self- sufficient. c) COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Lisburn and further afield in such a way that they are better able to indentify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society. d) SOCIAL INCLUSION Promote peace and reconciliation and, assist in the advancement of bridge building between all communities. Promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups and working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race at home and further afield. e) RECREATION To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life f) ADVICE AND COUNSELLING The relief of the physical and mental sickness of persons in need by reason of addiction to substance or other forms of addiction in particular by the provision of counselling and support g) CONCILIATION AND MEDIATION To provide, for the benefit of the public, assistance through conciliation for couples whose relationships appear to be breaking down, and where such relationships have already broken down, to advise and help in the settlement of differences or potential differences h) YOUNG PEOPLE To advance in life and help young people through: The provision of recreational and leisure time facilities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life Providing support and activities at home and further afield which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals