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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£4.6M
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Spending
£1.3M
Public benefits
The public benefits that flow from the advancement of community development and the promotion of urban and rural development 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 and social enterprises resulting in 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. The beneficiaries are people living in the area of benefit. 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 social 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 any of these purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Causeway Enterprise Agency offers a variety of workspace units for rent on favourable terms in Coleraine, Kilrea and Ballycastle. A large conference room and a variety of meeting facilities, training rooms and ICT suites are available for hire to both businesses and voluntary and community organisations. The availability of workspace accommodation
is complemented by the provision of secretarial and administrative support, on-site business support staff, free car parking and CCTV. Causeway Enterprise Agency offers a range of business start-up and business growth programmes including Go For It and Exploring Enterprise. In addition there are business clinics, informal advice and mentoring opportunities to network with other business owners.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Tenants
- Unemployed/low income
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Rural development
- Urban development
