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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£367.4K
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Spending
£353.5K
Public benefits
(3) Objectives In general our objectives will benefit all age groups and sections of the community, especially those living or visiting the New Lodge, Antrim Road Area, north Belfast and Co. Antrim area. Our objectives will achieve such benefits as educational benefits, social benefits, cultural benefits, artistic benefits and linguistic
benefits. We will demonstrate these benefits by keeping record of the amount of people who avail of our services, i.e. classes, workshops, outreach programmes, concerts, social events, intensive courses arts and cultural provisions. There will be no private beneficiaries and none of these objectives shall cause harm to anyone. (a) To advance education in the Irish Language among children and adults in the New Lodge, Antrim Road area and its environs of north Belfast and Co. Antrim (hereafter called ‘Area of Benefit’) and in particular to: All age groups and sections of the community will benefit from this objective, especially those living or visiting the area of benefit. They will benefit educationally, and by increasing access to arts, cultural and linguistic events and activities provided by the organisation. We will demonstrate these benefits by keeping record of the amount of people who avail of our services, i.e. classes, workshops, outreach programmes, concerts, social events, intensive courses arts and cultural provisions. There will be no private beneficiaries and none of these objectives shall cause harm to anyone. (b) To advance education in the Irish Language, arts and culture; among people and groups of all ages, backgrounds and abilities in the spirit of tolerance and inclusiveness All age groups and sections of the community will benefit from this objective, especially those living or visiting the area of benefit. They will benefit educationally, and by increasing access to arts, cultural and linguistic events and activities provided by the organisation. We will demonstrate these benefits by keeping record of the amount of people who avail of our services, i.e. classes, workshops, outreach programmes, concerts, social events, intensive courses arts and cultural provisions. There will be no private beneficiaries and none of these objectives shall cause harm to anyone. (c) To educate the general public by promoting awareness of, and research into the history, folklore and culture heritage of the area of benefit. All age groups and sections of the community will benefit from this objective, especially those living or visiting the area of benefit. They will benefit educationally, and by increasing access to arts, cultural and linguistic events and activities provided by the organisation. They will also benefit by gaining greater insight into the history, folklore and heritage of their area and of their language. We will demonstrate these benefits by keeping record of the amount of people who avail of our services, i.e. classes, workshops, outreach programmes, concerts, social events, intensive courses arts and cultural provisions. There will be no private beneficiaries and none of these objectives shall cause harm to anyone. (d) To promote Irish indigenous/traditional music, song and dance in all their forms. All age groups and sections of the community will benefit from this objective, especially those living or visiting the area of benefit. They will benefit educationally, and by increasing access to the indigenous/traditional arts, cultural and linguistic events and activities provided by the organisation. We will demonstrate these benefits by keeping record of the amount of people who avail of our services, i.e. classes, workshops, outreach programmes, concerts, social events, intensive courses arts and cultural provisions. There will be no private beneficiaries and none of these objectives shall cause harm to anyone.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The organisation was set up with the broad aim to advance education in the Irish-language and culture among children and adults, to promote community education, language and cultural programmes, thereby meeting a demand from the growing Irish Language Sector. Our aim is to provide a broad based community programme within the local community that
incorporates the key pillars of community development, capacity building and local empowerment. We aim to ensure that the programmes are all encompassing meeting the needs of a range of age groups prioritising language, education, personal development, cultural projects, play & recreation. A further aim of the organisation to is to support, develop and encourage local voluntary involvement in all our programmes thus developing the local skill base. We provide training and development opportunities for volunteers supporting them into employment and further education. On a seasonal and annual basis we organise large scale festival events which are attended by people from Belfast and attract many international visitors. Scoil Samraidh Mhic Reachtain has received a number of awards of excellence including the Aisling Awards and is recognised as one of the largest Irish Language community festivals in Ireland.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Language community
- Older people
- Parents
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cultural
- General charitable purposes
- Heritage/historical
- Playgroup/after schools
