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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£324.5K
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Spending
£386.1K
Public benefits
The public benefits that flow from the purpose of urban and rural regeneration are:- (i) The creation of employment, training and work experience opportunities for residents living in economically and socially deprived areas and consequently a reduction in poverty, unemployment and hardship, leading to a better quality of life for the
beneficiaries and consequent improvements in health and well-being (ii) Enhanced knowledge about setting up and running small businesses resulting in increased levels of self-employment and better prospects of sustainable development. (iii) Increased levels of knowledge and transferable vocational skills among employees / work experience trainees, assisting in the creation of a more educated, skilled and qualified community. (iv) A greater sense among the beneficiaries of more fulfilled and purposeful lives, resulting in a safer, more stable and cohesive community. These benefits can be evidenced in records kept by various agencies of the number of jobs and work experience opportunities created and the numbers of those who have successfully completed training courses. Evidence can also be found in independent evaluations of the activities of enterprise agencies carried out by funding bodies and in community surveys of living standards and attitudes. Some private benefit is obtained by the owners of small businesses who rent units on favourable terms, but this is ancillary to the main purpose and is greatly outweighed by the gains in public benefit. No harm arises from these purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Carrickfergus Enterprise offers a variety of industrial, workshop and micro office units for rent on favourable terms, including a highly supportive small business environment and easy in – easy out provisions. To foster inter-business co-operation and networking, the office development has a communal breakout area and a tenant kitchen is provided
on each floor. There are purpose built conference and training facilities available, where there is access to a range of audio visual equipment such as data projector and interactive whiteboards. Carrickfergus Enterprise offers a comprehensive range of initiatives designed to assist those who want to start or grow their business, including the Business Improvement Programme that consists of the following elements: Grow Your Own Business; Iconnect (ICT mentoring); Business Focus Seminars; and Celebration of Enterprise (Networking Event). Other initiatives include Business Bootcamp a programme for 18-24 year old who wish to consider self employment. This includes Ideas Generation workshops, business mentoring and development of robust business plan. Steps to Work Test Trading is a programme that allows the unemployed to ‘test trade’ their business whilst receiving benefits. They also receive intensive mentoring support via Carrickfergus Enterprise to assist them to get off to the best possible start.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- General public
- Unemployed/low income
How the charity works
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Relief of poverty
- Rural development
- Urban development
