Overdue: 302 days
Public benefits
The public benefits flowing from our purposes are as follows:- The community is provided with a facility where various local voluntary organisations can hold meetings. These facilities are provided at a reasonable price so that they are affordable for local groups. This is particularly beneficial because we live in a very rural and isolated
community. Farmers also benefit from the fact that they can hold their own meetings, talks, training sessions and thereby improve their knowledge and skills without having to travel long distances to access these activities elsewhere. The elderly and retired members of the community benefit by being able to attend a variety of recreational courses such as art, yoga, health and well-being classes. This prevents them from feeling isolated and vulnerable in their own homes. They benefit from the social interaction and also from engaging in activities related to their own health and well-being. People from all age groups in the community benefit from the computer suite and the computer classes provided by the organisation. They benefit by upgrading their skills, making themselves more employable and for the elderly to ensure that they are not left behind in a digital age. The whole community benefits from the ongoing conservation that the group carries out in the local area. Young people benefit by learning about nature within their own district and people of all ages benefit from the variety of marked hill walking trails that the group have developed. Everyone living in the district has benefited from the provision of community activities developed by the organisation The public benefits will be measured by the numbers of activities organised by the group and the numbers of people attending each activity. There would be regular evaluations after our courses. There will also be focus groups held with young people, the elderly and retired and farmers. The group will be guided by these evaluations when they are planning future programmes. There is no harm flowing from any of these activities. There is no private benefit.
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The group then took a strong environmental remit and assisted by two local councils made two way marked trails offering access to open hillside, riverbank and many historical sites. We operate out of Glenullin Resource Centre opened in 2001 as a focus for economic and social development in the area. Our group continues to work for the well being
of the whole community, building working relationships with local statutory and voluntary providers to bring resource to our community. More recently the group took part in a project entitled ‘Getting to know your home’. The Glenullin and Agivey Conservation And Development Group are currently working on a few programme of events for the Autumn and Spring of 2014/2015. The aim of this programme is to involve the local and wider community in a wide range of activities promoting Health and Well Being, Community Safety and Socio-Economic development. We hire out rooms to Church groups, Sports groups, Hill walkers, Reminiscent group, Women’s Group and also organise computer classes for educational and general development and Social nights. These activities promote social inclusion therefore improve the quality of life for the local inhabitants and for people from the surrounding areas. The Resource Centre is also hired out to local farming groups with the use of computer suite to further advance their education and knowledge. Recently we have begun to work in partnership with the local Primary school providing our facilities for their use.
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- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- General public
- Older people
- Parents
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Cultural
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Heritage/historical
- Medical/health/sickness
- Playgroup/after schools
- Research/evaluation
- Rural development
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
