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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£78.6K
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Spending
£80.9K
Public benefits
Gortalowry house believes its purpose as a charity can be defined under the charitable purpose of • The advancement of Citizenship or community development • The advancement of Education Gortalowry House is a community resource building whose primary aim was to provide a neutral venue for the community to assist them towards working together
across the traditional political division in our community. This meant that since our building was opened in June 2000, and even before when we were in the mobiles units, we provided a useful resource for the community. Gortalowry House believes that over the past years we have built and maintained a useful community resource not only in the fabric of the building itself but in the skills and expertise that the many individuals connected to the building have. There is a range of Tenants and Casual users and they work endlessly to support the local community through advice, service and assistance. We provide rooms for a range of community organisations including childcare organisations, migrant workers and their families, grief and bereavement groups, Training organisations, Support groups for illness including MS, Mindwise and Epilepsy Action, Resident associations, Welfare and Advice groups, Church Forum, Speakers Club, Food bank group, Women’s Aid, Gardening Club and other local voluntary and community groups. There are rooms for individual counselling services including Relate, Dunlewey Substance Abuse Group, Zest, Youth Justice Agency as well as Independent counsellors. Gortalowry House does charge a small fee for this hire, although for some groups that have limited resources we will discuss reduction of charges for a period to allow them to get established. The Staff and Management Committee of Gortalowry House have worked alongside other local groups, helping with governance, Operational matters and on occasions with practical help in organising events, loan of crockery, tables and chairs and other equipment. The advancement of Education particularly involving lifelong learning There is a variety of Training sessions held within Gortalowry House, generally organised on behalf of local groups or training organisations, they include Childcare training, First Aid, Child Protection, Social Welfare group including Adoption UK, Early years , Northern Childcare Partnership, Community Foundation, Diversity Challenges and other organisations Gains from this range of training may include the following benefits for the community • Increase in knowledge, • working alongside others, • increase of self confidence and self-esteem , • Provide training specific to career development • group development including capacity building, looking at governance and assisting where necessary. The recent AGM report demonstrated the range of organisations who utilise Gortalowry House. In response to the question -Can the purpose of our charity lead to potential harm? Gortalowry House do not believe that the purpose of the charity will lead to potential harm for people within our building. We do maintain the building to high standards and comply with all Health and safety requirements. Private Benefit The only private benefit follows through staff and volunteers who gain experience that enhances their personal skills and employment opportunities as well as receiving a salary. The charity cannot operate without staff and volunteers, but we feel any private benefit is incidental and necessary.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Gortalowry House Project Ltd provides a neutral venue, rent rooms to local community and charitable organisations under the general ethos of those providing support for the community. This includes migrant workers, childcare facilities, advice and support groups. Training organisations use our building regularly to provide a range of both personal
and career enhancement training. Alongside this some recreational groups use our facilities, including a local children's dance group, a gardening club and inter-church forum. There is a number of groups who use a small room for individual counselling and advice on everything from mental health to drug and alcohol abuse. Given the level of expertise that has arisen over the years we do provide additional support at no charge to a number of local community and charitable groups in help with governance and policies and procedures to ensure that they are in a position to move forward within their organisations.
... [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
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Disability
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
