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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£119.0K
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Spending
£136.5K
Public benefits
The direct benefit which flow from our purposes includes enabling older people to engage and deal with the bureaucracy associated with the public sector, particularly in the fields of health and welfare, improving the outcomes for them; enabling older and often vulnerable and isolated people to sustain viable independent living in their own homes;
enabling older people, singly and in groups, to lead more active and fulfilled lives through association, both formally and informally, and providing opportunities to access education, crafts and hobbies; enabling older people to avoid accidental and intended harm through our ‘Safety of Seniors’ programme, leading to reduced demand on the Health Service, the Fire and Rescue Service and the PSNI; enabling older people to be physically and mentally more active, leading to the enjoyment of better health overall and reduced demand on the Health Service; enabling those living in physical isolation to become more integrated and involved in their local communities. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from our beneficiaries and government reports and statistics. There is no harm flowing from our purposes. Our beneficiaries are people over 50 resident in the North Down and Ards areas. There is some incidental benefit but these occur as a result of the way we deliver the purposes to the intended beneficiaries. We have from time to time permanent and ad hoc volunteers who are younger than the target age group we serve. These younger volunteers derive a level of benefit in their own lives due to serving the interests of the older generation. We are involved from time to time in intergenerational activities, where schoolchildren benefit from interaction with older people, particularly their tales of former times, and the older generation benefit from the interest and enthusiasm of the younger generation. We also have occasionally young adults on placements – people with learning difficulties who carry out clerical tasks or work as volunteers under supervision and students on placements as relevant parts of their courses who work as volunteers under supervision; in both cases they are receiving incidental benefits. These are all incidental as they are necessary to provide the benefit to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
1. AGE north down & ards key services are supported by over 60+ volunteers. 2. Support & Signposting provides those who are over the age of 50 and residents of Ards and North Down with a place they can discuss any of their concerns. The Support & Signposting programme provides a listening ear and a cup of coffee to those who need reassurance and
support. If we can’t help the clients we can pass them on to the person or organisation who can support them 3. Good Morning Call is a free confidential daily service available to all residents of Ards and North Down Borough Council area who are over 65 years of age. Those who have registered with the service receive a daily telephone call from a trained volunteer between the hours of 9:15am and 11:00am, Monday to Friday. The purpose of this call is to offer support and reassurance to those who might be isolated or vulnerable. 4. Floating Support is assistance provided in a person’s home by a support worker. The support worker provides short term advice and help to make it easier for people to maintain their independence in the home and community. Floating Support involves a range of services, such as: • Advice on housing rights and responsibilities. Welfare rights advice. • Information on local facilities. • Help with claiming benefits, budgeting, paying bills and debts. • Learning to plan meals, shop and cook. • Networking with specialist support agencies to meet individual needs. 5. Representing older people’s views on relevant key Boards, Committees and Alliances. 6. Linking with the actions in the Borough’s Age Friendly Plan. 7. Gathering testimonials, case studies and evaluations and place online to build and share the positive profile of older people. 8. Building regular email, newsletter and events that connect older people and highlight successes among older people and public bodies. 9. Seeking regular feedback on our services from older people, staff and volunteers.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Older people
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- General charitable purposes
- Volunteer development
