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The Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £1.6M

  • Spending

    £1.9M

Charity no. 101763 Date registered. 01/06/2015

Public benefits

All of the Foundation's purposes are achieved by awarding grants to charitable organisations for the benefit of people in Northern Ireland who are disabled or disadvantaged. All grants are awarded on the basis of evidence that the funding will have a positive impact on the beneficiaries. All organisations that receive a grant are required to

demonstrate the direct and indirect benefits their work has on people in need via monitoring and evaluation which the assessment team thoroughly review. Since the Foundation was established, some £30 million has been donated for the benefit of people in need throughout Northern Ireland to support initiatives in social & community welfare, education and training. There is no harm or potential for harm as a result of the purposes of the Foundation and no one gains any private benefit as a result of the purposes being carried out.

What your organisation does

• Achieves objectives by awarding grants to under-funded charities on receipt of an official application. • The Foundation invites applications for funding of grants from organisations with recognised charitable status. These applications are the reviewed against specific criteria and objectives which are set out by the Trustees, in accordance

with the objects of the Foundation.• The Foundation helps disadvantaged and disabled people regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, religious background or ethnicity

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 advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
  • The advancement of amateur sport
  • 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
  • Other charitable purposes

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Adult training
  • Asylum seekers/refugees
  • Carers
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • Hiv/aids
  • Homelessness
  • Interface communities
  • Language community
  • Learning disabilities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Overseas/developing countries
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Sensory disabilities
  • Sexual orientation
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Travellers
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Victim support
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Grant making

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

£1.6M

Spending

£1.9M

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2021

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Foundation is established to do anything which is a charitable purpose according to the law of Northern Ireland from time to time principally in but not limited to Northern Ireland including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing):- To advance education & training in all aspects of knowledge by means of (but not limited to) the making of grants, including the establishment of scholarships and prizes, and other like awards. To advance scientific or medical research, on the condition that all useful results of such scientific or medical research are published, and education in scientific or medical research by means of (but not limited to) the making of grants including the establishment of scholarships and prizes, and other like awards. To promote the provision of facilities in the interest of social and community welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation and enjoyment of the arts with the object of improving the conditions of life of people who are disadvantaged by youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 10 Trustees
  • 7 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Brenda Mcmullan, Halifax Foundation For Ni, Clifton Heritage Centre, 2 North Queen Street, Belfast, BT15 1ES

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Michael Prendergast
Mr Melvin Slaine
Mrs Brenda Kelly
Ms Jennifer Ebbage
Mr Niall Parfitt
Ms Rebecca Hume
Ms Angela Hodkinson
Mr Aidan Bennett
Mr Michael Mulhern
Ms Jennifer Burnside

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
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