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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£366.4K
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Spending
£358.6K
Public benefits
PURPOSE 1: The Prevention or Relief of poverty: The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include increased access to employment, education and training and welfare advice and a reduction in social exclusion. These benefits will be demonstrated by recording the numbers of people who access our services and measuring these against the targets
established our annual action plan. There is no harm that be discerned as flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries are the people of the Glen and City area of Co Derry and its environs who suffer from social exclusion, are in poverty or at risk of poverty. PURPOSE 2: The Advancement of Health or the Saving of Lives: The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include increased access to healthy living information, health and fitness activities, complementary therapies, improved mental health. These benefits will be demonstrated by recording the numbers of people who access our services and measuring these against the targets established our annual action plan. There is no harm that be discerned as flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries are the people of the Glen and City area of Co Derry and its environs. PURPOSE 3: The Relief of Those in Need by Reason of Age: The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include access to services that are otherwise difficult for older people to reach, decrease in isolation and age appropriate advice and support regarding living conditions including safety in the home, crime prevention and appropriate nutrition. These benefits will be demonstrated by recording the numbers of people who access our services and measuring these against the targets established our annual action plan. There is no harm that be discerned as flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries are the people of the Glen and City area of Co Derry and its environs who are elderly or who care for those who are elderly. PURPOSE 4: The Advancement of Education: The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include increased access to and participation in education and training including vocational training by residents of the area of benefit. These benefits will be demonstrated by recording the numbers of people who access our services and measuring these against the targets established our annual action plan. There is no harm that be discerned as flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries are the people of the Glen and City area of Co Derry and its environs. PURPOSE 5: Any Other Charitable Purpose (provision of facilities): The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include the provision of facilities for residents of the area of benefit which is an area of multiple deprivation to associate together using the facilities provided in the centre to enhance education, and to promote social welfare, recreation or other leisure time activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. These benefits will be demonstrated by recording the numbers of people who access our services and measuring these against the targets established our annual action plan. There is no harm that be discerned as flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries are the people of the Glen and City area of Co Derry. Private Benefit: The only private benefits which flow from our charity’s activities apply to those who are employed to manage and run the charity. These are incidental and necessary for the provision of benefit to the intended beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
To achieve our purposes to relieve poverty, sickness, help the aged, advance education and provide facilities to our community our project brings together the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants to provide or secure the provision of social services, educational, environmental, recreational facilities and practical
assistance for people within the area of benefit. We are the lead partner in: • the Physical Renewal Taskforce where we are delivering a series of improvements to the physical infrastructure of the area including, new social housing developments, environmental improvement schemes, play parks, and new community centres. • the Economic Task Force where we delivering training and educational facilities to long term unemployed people who are removed from the labour market and to small business to encourage and support them to improve employment opportunities. We are full partners within the Community and Social Renewal Task Forces in which we deliver: • Community safety services to local people affected by crime or the fear of crime. This includes provision of advice, security devices for elderly or vulnerable people, physical changes such as improved street lighting, gates in back lanes and more appropriate fencing. • To deliver health interventions including health checks, nutritional, advice, referrals to other agencies and a range of healthy life style opportunities such as active citizenship programmes with exercise including chair based exercise or older or less able people. • To deliver early intervention programmes including Parent and Toddlers Groups, paediatric first aid and parenting skills. • Summer intervention programmes to avoid young people becoming involved in interface trouble during periods of increased community tension such as the “marching season” etc. We also provide support and a venue for a range of local clubs and organisations to deliver their programmes and events within the community.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- 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
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Cultural
- Economic development
- Gender
- General charitable purposes
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Urban development
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
