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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£324.8K
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Spending
£326.3K
Public benefits
Purposes (a) and (b) The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include: 1. Claiming welfare benefits for those who have a physical or mental disability. 2. Maximising the income of all clients who are in need. 3. Resolving debt related issues. 4. Reducing the levels of stress and anxiety of those in the area of benefit through the
provision of advice. 5. Providing quality advice to those in need due to a low income, ill health, disability or age. 6. Providing a signposting service to specialist organisations for those needing them. 7. Providing quality advice to all those in the area of benefit who are impacted negatively by legislation. These benefits will be evidenced by: 1. Amount of yearly benefit maximisation recorded 2. Amount of debt dealt with. 3. The numbers of people from the area of benefit using our service. 4. Feedback from the people in the area of benefit. Purpose (c) The direct benefits which flow form this purpose include 1. Improved mental health and well being for those in the area of benefit. 2. Reduced levels of stress and anxiety for those in the area of benefit. Purpose through the provision of advice that allows them to resolve practical issues that are impacting negatively on their mental health. 3. Signposting to other specialist mental health services. These benefits will be evidenced through 1. Numbers of clients accessing services 2. Direct referrals from Community Voluntary and Statutory health services. 3. Amount of benefit maximisation 4. Amount of debt dealt with. 5. Client and stakeholder feedback. Purpose (d) The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include, -Training of Volunteers from the area of benefit -Education of people from the area of benefit as to their rights in relation to those areas of NI -legislation which directly affects them. -People from the area of benefit will not suffer through a lack of knowledge or an inability to express themselves. These benefits will be evidenced through: 1. the number of volunteers trained each year 2. feedback from clients who use our services These purposes do not give rise to any harm. The beneficiaries of these purposes are those people residing in the Greater Belfast and Castlereagh Area. A private benefit to Trustees may arise as a result of ongoing training in Good Governance, Finance, HR. Through this training Trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. A private benefit to individual volunteers may arise as a result of their basic training. Volunteers gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
EBIAC provides an independent, confidential and free advice service to the community in East Belfast. We advise on welfare benefits, housing, employment, debt, consumer issues etc. We provide a drop-in service from our centre as well as telephone and email advice. We also provide outreach advice clinics in Knockbracken Health Care Park and the
Mater Hospital. A home-visit service is available for those who are housebound. We also provide representation at social security tribunals. Accredited training opportunities are available to local volunteers who gain work experience by providing advice services to their own community.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Volunteer development
