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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£1.2M
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Spending
£1.3M
Public benefits
Relief of Poverty Advice, Education & Training Benefits: • Income of those on low/fixed incomes maximized through assistance in identifying and securing appropriate benefit entitlement; • Advice and assistance provided to those in debt in terms of negotiating with creditors and budgeting their finances; • People receiving support or assistance in
gaining employment. Evidenced by: • Statistical information about the number of people accessing advice services, work undertaken on their behalf and resultant outcomes; • Case studies collated by staff; • Client Satisfaction Surveys; • Progress Reports; • Annual Reports. Potential Harms: • Clients may use additional income to support existing addictions • Clients may receive inaccurate or inappropriate advice which impacts on their financial circumstances Private Benefits: • Employment of staff; • Directors accessing activity as individuals. Education Education & Training Programmes, Homework Club Benefits: • People participating in training which improves their knowledge, skills and employability; • Improved educational attainment of children who receive assistance in completing homework. Evidenced by: • Attendance registers for individual classes; • Information collated on qualifications obtained and (where appropriate) progress to further training and other outcomes; • Evaluations completed by participants; • Progress Reports; • Annual Report. Potential Harms: • No harm identified. Private Benefits: • Employment of staff; • Directors accessing activity as individuals. Citizenship, Community Development Volunteers, Advice, Involvement with Neighbourhood Renewal Benefits: • People given an opportunity to positively contribute to the wellbeing of others in their community through volunteering opportunities; • Work to improve the physical, social and economic regeneration of the area, in partnership with other interested agencies, organizations and individuals. Evidenced by: • Annual Report; • Progress reports to funding bodies; • Actions Plans/Progress Reports/Minutes and other material from local Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership. Potential Harms: • No harm identified. Private Benefits: • Employment of staff; • Directors accessing activity as individuals. Religion Pastoral Support Programme, Jaffa Club Benefits: • People receiving spiritual support through home visitation at times of bereavement, or in response to personal crisis or other circumstances; • Children whose families have no church connection learning about the Christian faith. Evidenced by: • Attendance registers; • Annual Report; • Record of visitations. Potential Harms: • Undue pressure placed on individuals to accept Christian faith Private Benefits: • Employment of staff; • Directors accessing activity as individuals. Health, Saving Lives Healthy Living Group Pastoral Support Programme Afterschools Nursery Senior Citizens Benefits: Promoting positive lifestyle choices around issues such as diet, exercise and mental health; • Promoting positive mental health by providing support for those who may experience crisis or ongoing isolation; • Increasing the capacity of parents to make informed choices about parenting their children; • Promoting the physical, emotional and intellectual wellbeing of children. Evidenced by: Attendance registers; • Evaluations completed by participants on courses; • Observations of children recorded by staff; • Progress Reports to funding bodies; • Annual Report. Potential harm: Children in our care experiencing injury or abuse. Private benefits: Employment of staff; • Directors accessing activity as individuals. The potential harms or risks identified in this document are more than outweighed by the potential benefits outlined.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Vine Centre provides a range of programmes, activities and services which currently are: A generalist advice service, offering local people advice on a range of issues including benefit entitlement, consumer rights, employment and housing issues (we can also refer people to specialised money & debt advice available through the North Belfast
Advice Partnership, of which we are a member, and representation at appeal hearings through the Belfast Tribunal Representation Service); Locally accessible, affordable Childcare provision, offering 84 places for children to support working parents and (we also provide training and employment opportunities for local people through this provision, with 19 staff currently employed in childcare or ancillary roles); Education, training and employability support, providing a range of classes for local people to improve their knowledge, acquire new skills or enhance their prospects of employment; A Healthy Living Group, which promotes positive physical and mental health; A weekly Homework Club for local primary age school children; A weekly Mother & Toddler Group; A Pastoral Support programme, which provides visitation and support for people experiencing bereavement, crisis or isolation, and signposting to appropriate services; Activity for senior citizens, focused on a weekly lunch club. In addition, the Centre also provides facilities for other organizations to meet, or to provide services to the local community. We are also actively involved in a number of local networks promoting neighbourhood regeneration, and the strategic delivery of advice services.
... [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 relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Tenants
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Counselling/support
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
- Urban development
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
