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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£500.0K
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Spending
£486.6K
Public benefits
The purpose of the company is the advancement of education and the relief of poverty and distress among families in the Waterside area of the Derry City (hereinafter called the area of benefit) and for the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for families who have need of such facilities by reason of their social
and economic circumstances in order that their conditions of life may be improved. The direct benefits which flow from our purpose is the reduction of economic and social disadvantage. Our activities are focussed on tackling social exclusion through programmes, initiatives and activities that improve the life circumstances of the most deprived and marginalised people within the Waterside area of Derry City. These benefits are and will be evidenced through feedback from residents using our existing services as each programme/activity we deliver we use our established monitoring and evaluation framework; Organisation Annual Reports; DSD Measurement of Outcome Reports; Government Statistics; Census. We do not envisage that there is any harm stemming from our purpose as we have policies and procedures in place that provide the framework within which our organisation operates. These define what our organisation does and how it does it. This means there will be fewer misunderstandings or debates about what to do in particular situations and there will be transparency and consistency in the way we operate as an organisation and make decisions. A number of our key policies and procedures include -: • Equal opportunities legislation, including recruitment policy • Health and Safety • Employment - including policies on discipline, sickness, family leave and flexible working arrangements • Data Protection • Child Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults All equipment used within our facility is maintained to a high standard and risk assessments are frequently carried out to ensure the health and safety of workers and user groups. These measures include: prevention of occupational risks; providing information to staff and user groups; providing training to staff; The charities beneficiaries are families residing in the Waterside area of Derry City. A private benefit stemming from our services is to the ‘trustees’ that may arise from our programme of ongoing training in good governance/finance etc. If resident in the catchment area, ‘trustees’ may also partake in any of our programme activities. Through attending training, trustees can gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Provides a range of community programmes, services and acitivities. These include training, educational courses, health and wellbeing programmes, preschool facility with services in partnership with WHSCT and Surestart, It Courses, arts courses, cultural events, summer festival, Older peoples club and activities, premises available for hire. These
services are available for ages 0-90+ years
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- General public
- Interface communities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
