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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£28.3K
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Spending
£21.2K
Public benefits
a)The provision of awareness and education associated with and in the pursuit of healthy living and healthy lifestyles. Evidence will be demonstrated through the range of activities provided and the level of participation by age, gender and interest b)Physical Fitness through participation in and progress through active involvement supported by
well trained and knowledgeable coaching staff. Mental Wellbeing through improved lifestyles and associated development activities in terms of personal awareness, personal effectiveness, personal health, team working, problem solving, communication skills, leadership and citizenship. The benefits will be provided by the numbers of people participating in such programmes and from qualitative and quantitative feedback. c)The GSP will seek to provide through the current infrastructure or acquire the use of appropriate facilities for the pursuit of sporting, recreation and leisure time occupation such as • Facilities for use in the pursuit of recreational activities • Facilities for use is the pursuit of leisure time activities and interests In terms of Public Benefit, all of the above will be provided to all age groups and interest groups associated with their social welfare and improving their conditions of life, especially those who are in need of such facilities. d) To advance community development by promoting co-operation and joint activities between community, voluntary and statutory organisations Collaboration will be based on the ability of all parties to generate mutual benefit both for the organisations involved but primarily the ‘participants’ involved in pursuit of the aims of physical fitness, mental wellbeing and spiritual awareness. Through these partnership GSP will be able to provide greater range of relevant activities (Object b. above) and increase access to people and groups in the South & East Belfast Community to become involved. Evidence will be demonstrated through individual activity reports and a Yearly Report of Activities. e) To promote equality, diversity and religious and racial harmony Glentoran FC and The Glentoran Social Partnership have a commitment to promote equality and diversity across all of their activities in sport, recreation, arts and leisure time pursuits. • The GSP will build on the existing platforms that exist across the Glentoran Academy which include boys, girls and disabled football teams, Glentoran Ladies Football Section and the senior teams. • Through the establishment of GSP there is a greater opportunity to reach out to a growing ethnic population in South & East Belfast both for specific community interest activities leading to greater cross community (ethnic) relationships. Through the Fighting Food Poverty Activity (The Larder) GFC already have reached out to a diverse group of communities and will seek to build on this. PRIVATE BENEFIT In all of the above there is no aspect of the GSP that will provide any private benefit other than incidental through the provision of professional or accredited services in pursuit of the aims of each activity and each area of interest. In addition there will be a requirement for appropriate and identified individuals to achieve relevant accredited qualifications in order to carry out their duties. STATEMENT OF HARM In pursuit of these activities we have considered all of the various strands outlined in the document that present the possibility of harm and consider the possibility of harm to be minimal. All reasonable steps will be taken to identify any and all risks associated with each activity and all staff and voluntary leaders will be made aware through the relevant Risk Register and all Health & Safety requirements are met as is the case with GFC already. Such risks would be deemed to be • Sports related incidents and injury • Access to and use of physical premises
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
As part of the broader Glentoran FC Community Engagement Strategy the Glentoran Social Partnership has been created to provide a formal structure, stability and sustainability to a range of activities such as: Glentoran in association with Sport Changes Life have embarked on an initiative for 16 - 24 year old unemployed youth for a 26 week
personal development programme aimed at engaging disadvantaged young people, providing a blend of spots based development, personal confidence and esteem, skills in It and Digital Media, employability coaching and mentoring and support for job search. In association with St Christopher's CoI in Mersey Street, Glentoran are involved in food collection and distribution as well as in liaison with the Youth Services to engage with young people in the local area. Glentoran are partnered with Disability Action to promote awareness and the needs of people with disabilities (physical and learning) through events and activities with in the Club - our teams and our supporters as well as contributing to their broader campaigns for education and fundraising. This will involve awareness workshops, mens health clinics, mental health promotion and fundraining events. There are significant plans to build on the existing structures associated with the Glentoran Academy and the award winning Glentoran ladies Football Section. Planning ahead we will use these channels to engage with and involve young people for all communities and gender in programmes that are focused on healthy lifestyles, personal development, citizenship and community relations. Such expansion will be based on engaging with children, young people and young adults in the main along with creating opportunity for adults to become involved in coaching and mentoring. As such we will be offering opportunities for individuals to become accredited in these areas. In addition we would wish to work with organisations such as Princes Trust and Young Enterprise
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of amateur sport
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Interface communities
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Disability
- Education/training
- Gender
- Heritage/historical
- Human rights/equality
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
