All Saints Youth Club

Public benefits

Purpose The club is established to provide, maintain and promote facilities and activities of a social, spiritual educational and recreational nature with the object of improving the conditions of life of children and young people without distinction of sex, political, religious or other opinion. What benefit flows from this purpose? The direct

benefits which flow from this purpose include an increase in social skills, improvement in emotional well-being, improved positive educational outcomes and increased spiritual development in the lives of local young people. Raising standards for young people and increasing access and equality will also follow from this purpose. Finally, this purpose will also provide improvements to overall community life. Can you demonstrate this? The above benefits will be evidenced through a number of evaluative means including: recordings and observations of staff members; other qualitative data from parents, teachers, and community representatives; quantitative data from programme and project evaluations, data from other sources including other service providers, both statutory and non-statutory; regular monitoring visits from Education and Library Board staff; and inspection visits from the Education and Training Inspectorate. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? There is no identifiable harm to any person through the pursuit of the above organisational purpose. Public Element Who is the benefit for? The beneficiaries of this purpose are children and young people as defined by Government policy in Northern Ireland living in Ballymena Is there any private benefit? Is it incidental or necessary? A private benefit is that gained by a Trustee who has a child who makes use of the facilities and activities of the club. The child of the Trustee applies to be part of the youth club and is given access in the same way as other beneficiaries. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Volunteers may gain an increased sense of well-being through their involvement in the centre, however this benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure benefit is provided to beneficiaries. Staff may gain opportunities to be involved in educational or recreational activities. This benefit is also incidental and necessary for the work of the organisation to take place.

What your organisation does

All Saints Youth Club is a purpose-built voluntary youth provision, located in north Ballymena. The centre operates on five evenings each week, including extended opening hours at weekends. We offer a range of personal and social development, and recreational programmes for children and young people including residential work and summer schemes.