Carrickfergus & District Mencap Society

Public benefits

Carrickfergus and District Mencap Society meet to promote awareness within the community of learning disability. It also provides grant opportunities where there is deemed to be a need, to individuals, clubs, social groups and others working with children, young people, and adults with a learning disability. Each application will go through the

grant making policy to ensure that there are equal opportunities for all. The aim of the Society is to provide support and funding so that people with a learning disability can develop both personally and socially through a range of opportunities. The Society promotes opportunity for community development and raises awareness of learning disability in the local area. Further benefits from the purposes are that the Society: -Improves lives and opportunities of adults with a learning disability, together with their Carers and families. -Listens to people with a learning disability. -Fights for changes that people with a learning disability and their families and supporters want and need. The public benefit is to support people with learning disabilities in all aspects of their lives. These benefits are demonstrated through:- Enhanced knowledge by Carers and those cared for through education, enhanced understanding by way of games / artistic / cultural activities and enhanced health benefit through sport. We believe no harm is caused by our goals. The charity’s beneficiaries are the recipients of our charitable work and finance in the local learning disabled community. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is the fee paid by Carrickfergus & District Mencap to the Accountant to authenticate and give openness to our annual financial returns.

What your organisation does

Offers grants to enable provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time activities.