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This charity was removed from the register on 18 May 2022
Public benefits
In relation to all of the purposes of The Open Door Ballymoney, the direct benefits can include; the advancement of education and relief of poverty and unemployment, the enhancement of the physical and mental health, the promotion of social inclusion, learning new crafts and skills. The Open Door Ballymoney will do this by providing educational
training, including traditional and modern crafting classes to enable beneficiaries to gain work and life skills, reducing social and rural isolation, community involvement and providing a better quality of life, health and wellbeing for service users, including the elderly, those with both physical and mental disabilities, young people, including those still at school, carers of ill relatives and single parents. In addition, The Open Door will involve service users, volunteers, parents, carers and the wider community in a common effort to tackle poverty, deprivation, education and loneliness and associated problems. The Open Door Ballymoney will be working with other Public Bodies at a strategic level and also associating with other local voluntary and community groups to ensure that ongoing community problems both on an individual and collective basis are taken on board. This will be achieved through our listening ear service and signposting to other agencies that will support the work of the charity and provide real life solutions for participants. In relation to all of the above, the beneficiaries of The Open Door Drop In Centre, Ballymoney are all people living in and around Ballymoney and its environs. In particular but not exclusive of others, people facing difficulties, the bereaved, the depressed, the elderly, families, carers. There are no harms resulting from any of the purposes. No person connected with this organisation gains a private benefit which is more than incidental to carrying out the purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
As the open door drop in centre based in Ballymoney Co Antrim , we work to empower and enable our local community to regain purpose and achievement through education, cross community interaction through crafts, thus ensuring the growth and development of all. We work in partnership with all age groups and agencies as they seek to meet social,
mental, personal, cultural, spiritual, economic and physical needs. In working to achieve these aims we strive to create a climate of mutual respect understanding, equity, diversity and interdependence whilst enriching the lives of needy children worldwide.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- 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
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Homelessness
- Mental health
- Older people
- Overseas/developing countries
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Travellers
- Unemployed/low income
- Victim support
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Counselling/support
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Disability
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
Charitable purposes
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Ballymoney (hereinafter called ‘The Area of Benefit’) without distinction of Gender, sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and relieve those in need and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for the recreation and the leisure time occupation with the object of improving conditions of life for the said inhabitants.