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This charity was removed from the register on 11 Feb 2021
Public benefits
The Public Benefit Requirement based on the Purposes previously described: (a) The direct benefits flowing from this purpose are enhanced knowledge, skills & understanding. Evidenced through feedback from participants & educators and regular evaluation. Beneficiaries are those in greater Belfast with an interest in learning about traditional
Irish arts, culture & language. (b) Benefits are better-trained, professional and highly skilled personnel to provide world-class cultural & arts programmes. This is verified through qualifications, independent evalution & results-based assessment. Beneficiaries of this purpose are the people undergoing the training; and the sector itself benefitting from better governance, good practice and professional staff at the helm. A private benefit may arise for trustees. Participation in training programmes for governance, finance etc will result in learning skills that are transferable to other settings, although these are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. (c) Direct benefits are improved relationships between people of different backgrounds, understanding & respect of differing cultures and a mutual appreciation of Irish culture. Evidenced through attendance levels & engagement and surveying participants involved. Beneficiaries are those living in Ireland who haven’t had the opportunity to engage with people from other backgrounds in an environment of tolerance & equality. (d) The benefits flowing from this purpose are increased awareness, participation & willingness to learn the Irish language, as well as preservation of languages that are under threat. Verified by local level surveys & statistics collected at a national level. The beneficiaries are people with an interest in learning, developing & preserving the languages of this island. (e) Direct benefits from this are young people with greater confidence, maturity & responsibility. Young people will be more likely to get involved in the traditional arts sector and less likely to pursue less virtuous activities. Benefits evidenced through interviews with young people & their guardians and independent assessments. The beneficiaries are young people, their parents, the communities in which they live and society as a whole. (f) Direct benefits from this purpose are the removal of barriers and improved access to activities for those who would not otherwise be able to engage with the traditional arts. Improved social lives which reduces stress, anxiety & tendency towards anti-social behaviour. Participant surveys will evidence this. The benificiaries of this purpose are people from disadvantaged & marginalised communities in Ireland. (g) Direct benefits are improved employment opportunities, enhanced social interaction with those outside the community & increased interest in community regeneration from within. These benefits are evidenced through monitoring & assessment of participants before & after the programmes. Beneficiaries are those living in socially & economically disadvantaged areas in Ireland & the UK. (h) Direct benefits: flourishing traditional arts & culture sector, the removal of false perceptions among other communities and an increased interest among those not currently engaged with traditional arts. Evidenced through project attendance & feedback forms. The beneficiaries are those not currently engaged with Irish traditional arts and culture. (i) The direct benefits arising from these ad-hoc purposes will be decided as and when required.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Traditional Arts Co-Operative organises and promotes arts, cultural and language-based activities, including traditional music concerts, cultural festivals, educational programmes, workshops and classes in a spirit of tolerance and inclusiveness. The organization actively engages marginalized and disadvantaged communities within the area of
traditional arts to more fully participate in cultural arts activities.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Language community
- Older people
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cultural
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
Charitable purposes
The Charity’s objects (‘the Objects’) are the advancement of arts, traditional music, language, culture and heritage, and the promotion of equality and diversity in order to promote the benefit of the public primarily in the Greater Belfast area but also throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and in other countries (the ‘area of benefit’) without distinction of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability/ability, race, ethnic origin, political, religious or other opinion by associating with the statutory authorities, voluntary and community organisations, cultural organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, promote and foster a community spirit in favour of equality and diversity and provide facilities to improve the conditions of life for members of the public in the interests of social welfare, and in particular to: (a) provide arts, cultural and language based educational programmes; (b) provide personal development and training opportunities related to the advancement of cultural and arts programmes in a spirit of tolerance and inclusiveness; (c) promote social inclusion, respect, equality, tolerance and diversity through the provision of arts, culture and heritage programmes; (d) advance at each possible opportunity the languages of this island; (e) advance young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals; (f) actively engage marginalised and disadvantaged communities within the area of interest in traditional arts ; (g) develop the capacity and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society; (h) broaden the appeal of traditional arts and culture to communities through cultural tourism and projects; (i) advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the Directors may from time to time decide in accordance with charity law.