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Falls Community Council

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £803.9K

  • Spending

    £811.4K

Charity no. 101493 Date registered. 29/07/2015

Public benefits

The advancement of Education The direct benefits which flow from FCC’s purpose stated above include better linkages and access for citizens to educators including schools and colleges, community education and alternative education facilities. Citizens will also benefit from support for those seeking to access any of the above education

systems. These benefits will be demonstrated through feedback from clients who avail of the services of FCC and also from feedback from local educators including schools, colleges, community education and alternative education establishments. The advancement of Citizenship and Community Development The direct benefits which flow from the purpose above include better access for citizens to institutions and services of the state and other statutory agencies. Benefits will also include empowering local communities to become involve in issues that affect their general day to day living. These benefits will be demonstrated through monitoring and evaluation of client feedback and feedback from external organisations/services. The advancement of Health The direct benefits which flow from the purpose above include the promotion of health and wellbeing services to the citizens of the area. This will be done through the provision of Falls Community Council Health and Well Being Services and through signposting to other external Health and Wellbeing Services. These benefits will be demonstrated through monitoring and evaluation of client feedback and feedback from external organisations/services. It is likely that there would be no harm flowing from the purposes. The charity’s beneficiaries are the people of Falls Road and its environs, without distinction of age, sex, race, political, religious or other opinion. The only private benefit flowing form the purposes are that members of the board may receive training in good governance for other related issues and this is incidental and necessary because it will ensure the benefit is provide to our beneficiaries. These skills maybe transferrable to other charitable organisations.

What your organisation does

FCC: Cooperates to such an extent as may be necessary with all relevant statutory authorities, voluntaty agencies and other institutions in the furtherance of the above objectives. establishes and maintains a centre for activities designed to advance the objects of the company conducts or commissions research and publish the useful results of

such research takes steps by personal or written appeals, public meetings, or ortherwise, as may from time to time be seemed expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Company in the shape of donations, annual subscriptions, or otherwise, provided that the company shall not undertake any permanent trading in raising funds for its charitable objects print and publish newpapers, periodicals, books or leaflets that we think desirable for the promotion of its objects and to provide lectures, classes and or exhibitions

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Adult training
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Interface communities
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Community enterprise
  • Education/training
  • Human rights/equality
  • Relief of poverty
  • Research/evaluation
  • Welfare/benevolent
  • Youth development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£803.9K

Spending

£811.4K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2019

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

To promote the benefit of the people of Falls Road and its environs, without distinction of age, sex, race, political or religious or other opinions, by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations, institutions, business and the people of the community in common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare, for the protection and preservation of health, recreation and leisure time occupation, with the object of improving conditions of life for the people and to undertake all or any objects for the benefit of the community which now or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

Falls Council
  • 3 Trustees
  • 20 Employees
  • 5 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Gerry Mcconville, Falls Community Council, 275-277 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6FD

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Elizabeth Groves
Harry Maguire
Chrissie Mcauley

List of regions

  • Belfast City Council