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Living Hope Charity

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £87.8K

  • Spending

    £79.2K

Charity no. 101113 Date registered. 20/11/2014

Public benefits

The aim of the Living Hope Charity is to provide help and hope to people of all ages in the area that the charity is based, this we will do by providing projects and activities that help people we feel are disadvantaged through poverty, geographical location and choice. The benefits that flow from this purpose is to empower people to make positive

choices that will influence their lives for the better, to promote a better quality of life by providing opportunities and activities which will help them release their potential, increase their self esteem and provide an alternative to the various social problems that people are confronted with. We exist to make a difference to provide a holistic approach to helping people who choose to attend the projects and those who ask for our assistance as a charity. There is no harm flowing from this purpose and nobody gains a private benefit. The Living Hope Charity meets the public benefit requirement in two ways. The first is the prevention or relief of poverty, the second is the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. These benefits flow from the purpose of the charity which is to provide help and hope to people of all ages. This is demonstrated in the provision of food and furniture to people in need. We also meet the public benefit requirement for the advancement of religion that the Living Hope Charity is the social arm of the Living Hope Church and provide some religious activities that people are free to choose to attend, any member of the public can benefit from the work, the activities and any project within the charity. The public benefit we also meet is the relief of those in need by providing activities, camps, food, furniture, trips and support to those we feel are disadvantaged.

What your organisation does

The Living Hope Charity runs a Mother and Toddler group, a senior citizens lunch club, an after schools club for primary school children, a children's club, a youth club, a creative arts project, residential camps, summer play schemes, a youth conference, a volunteering program, a leadership development program, a furniture project, a food bank, a

school assembly team

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • General public
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • General charitable purposes
  • Playgroup/after schools
  • Relief of poverty
  • Religious activities
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2022

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2021

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Association is established to relieve poverty, sickness and the aged and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Lower Shankill area and its environs without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organsations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants and in particular: To maintain and manage or co-oerate with any local authority in the maintenance of a centre or centres in the area of benefit for activities promoted by the association.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 6 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 25 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Matthew Davis, 25 Shankill Parade, Belfast, BT13 1DS

Trustee board

Trustee
Jackie Mccoubrey
Matthew Davis
Stephen Francey
Mr Jack Roberts
Mr Reece Johnston
Mr Michael Totten

List of regions

  • Belfast City Council