South Tyrone Empowerment Programme

Public benefits

Purpose 1 The beneficiaries are as described in the purpose... ‘the most socially and economically marginalised, excluded persons and groups and community based organisations and community volunteers within South Tyrone and its environs of N. Ireland’ The public benefit flowing from this purpose is: Direct benefit to the beneficiaries as

described above… • ‘individuals are more aware of and better able to identify their rights; • confidence and competence, social and organisational skills are developed; • they are able to access the resources necessary to afford more equitable participation in the formulation, development and decision-making processes • they have the skills to help enable them to improve the quality of their daily lives’ Our community –capacity building activities aim to provide assistance to such groups and communities to develop the ability to work towards achieving sustainable solutions through collective and shared actions to what they initially perceived as isolated and individual problems they cannot change We enable individuals and groups in articulating the strengths and weaknesses on which they build individual and group confidence in group formation; understanding their rights; entitlements and responsibilities as citizens; engaging in solution focussed activity in which they could not otherwise engage for the purpose of securing sustainable social and economic improvement in the quality of their daily lives. The private benefit derived is in providing employment to staff and increasing the employability, and economic potential and social capital of volunteers and beneficiaries. These benefits are incidental to the charitable purpose and necessary to achieve the purpose. There is also indirect incidental private benefit to the wider society by increasing social cohesion. Purpose 2. The promotion of human rights, equality and diversity Beneficiaries are the general public and in particular the beneficiaries as described in purpose 1. The public benefit which flows from this purpose a) discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, political opinion or age is reduced with a view to eliminating it b) education and awareness in human rights; equality and diversity is increased c) mutual understanding between people from diverse backgrounds is increased d) evidence –based knowledge on human rights, equality and diversity issues is increased through research and knowledge sharing e) sentiment in favour of equality and diversity is created within the area of benefit. The private benefit derived is in the employment of staff; provision of remuneration to experts, researchers and facilitators and to the general public in reducing the socio-economic impact of inequality, racial intolerance, sectarianism and hate-crime thereby making the area more attractive to economic investment and as a place to live and do business. These benefits are incidental to the charitable purpose

What your organisation does

We provide information, advice and guidance;counselling; awareness raising;training, learning and skills development; family support; manage community facilities; provide after-school activities; provide small emergency finance to those in destitiution