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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£11.5K
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Spending
£6.8K
Public benefits
The direct benefits which flow from the grants given to Widows are the help it provides towards Funeral costs and at Christmas, they help with the costs that are incurred provided for the Widow's children and relieves distress. These benefits are evidenced through the letters of Thanks that the Fund receives, the Minutes of the Quarterly meetings
of the Fund and the Accounts of the Fund that show the various amounts paid out to the recipients of grants.The purposes of our charity cannot lead to any harm whatsoever. Amounts given in Grants to Widows of deceased members is not of such amount that it would lead to Widows being ineligible for the receipt of Welfare benefits. The charity's beneficiaries are the Widows of deceased members of the various Orange Lodges within the jurisdiction of the City of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge. The benefit is not confined only to members who subscribed the Annual fee to the Fund and the Widow of any member of a Lodge within the above jurisdiction may be awarded a Grant, if applied for by the Lodge to whom the deceased belonged. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is and this is incidental and necessary because the benefit is given to the Widows of members of the Orange Order within the jurisdiction of the City of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge. The benefit is to help with Funeral and Christmas expenses for the Widow on the death of her Husband, who was a member of the Orange Order within the above named jurisdiction.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Our organisation makes grants to the widow or the offspring [where the widow is already deceased] of any member of the Orange Institution, irrespective of whether that deceased member or the Lodge of which they were a member is a contributor to the Fund. Grants are given at the time of death, towards the cost of funeral expenses and each
Christmas, where there are still dependent children.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
Who the charity helps
- Older people
- Women
How the charity works
- Grant making
