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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£29.9K
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Spending
£27.8K
Public benefits
The benefits that flow from our purpose include Improves the lives of parents who are separated from their children by transforming the lives of individuals which in turn contributes to the development of cohesive and resilient communities Gives parents and children the opportunity to develop strong parent/child bonds and the right to a family
life under the Human Rights Act Protects vulnerable children and abused adults Benefits in other areas of public policy, for example in enhancing health and wellbeing by reducing stress, reducing dependency on public services, supporting families and up skilling volunteers. The benefits can be demonstrated by The number of families who make amicable agreement to share child rearing responsibilities and move on from needing the Contact Centre The number of families who are re-united. Feedback from the families. Feedback from local solicitors and professional social workers Feedback from and assessments of the volunteers Who is the benefit for The charity’s beneficiaries are separated families with children who are living in the Ballynahinch area. Is there any private benefit? Is it incidental or necessary? A private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training in good governance, finance etc. Through this training trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings, These benefits incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. This includes training in Health & Safety, Child Protection and First Aid. There is no financial benefit in the form of cash, grants or other payments to trustees or volunteers. The volunteers do receive a T-Shirt with the Contact Centre logo on it as a uniform to wear when supervising visits. Potential Harm In carrying out the Contact Centre’s public benefit a risk of harm to the charity’s beneficiaries or to the public in general was carried out. Only a minor risk of harm was identified. This would be when the parent with custody failed to turn up for the appointments and the child or other parent could be emotionally upset. To minimise the risk any such case would have to be referred back to Social Services or the Courts.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We are affiliated with the Northern Ireland Network of Child Contact Centres and provide this service in the Ballynahinch area on Wednesday/Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. We provide premises and volunteers who can supervise the meeting of separated parents and other family members with their children. For different reasons the parents
can not or do not wish to meet, so at the Contact Centre the parent with custody can hand over their children to the volunteers and the other parent can meet them and build a relationship with their children. Families are referred to the Contact Centre by the courts, social services and solicitors.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Men
- Parents
- Women
How the charity works
- Counselling/support
- Human rights/equality
- Playgroup/after schools
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
