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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£526.4K
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Spending
£430.5K
Public benefits
The main benefit flowing from the purposes of The Saint John of God Association is the support provided, both financial and otherwise, enabling other organisations to carry out their roles and fulfil their objectives which are similar to or the same as this organisations including the Saint John of God Hospitaller Services UK, Charity Number
1108428; Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God in the Republic of Ireland; supports the mission of the Hospitaller Order in Malawi; and other charities with similar objective in a number of countries in Africa, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia. The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God is an international health care organization with over 250 hospitals and centres throughout 48 countries. Saint John of God Hospitaller Services is a national charity helping vulnerable people to lead fulfilling lives and reach their potential. Over 50 services support in excess of 1,000 people throughout Great Britain meeting the needs of people with learning and physical disabilities, people with mental health problems, elderly Religious, people who have difficulties with drug and alcohol abuse and migrants who are vulnerable to homelessness. In the Republic of Ireland, Saint John of God Hospitaller Ministries supports and helps relieve the needs of up to 7,000 children and adults with a range of needs including intellectual disability, mental health difficulties and problems associated with aging, along with seven special education schools where pupils have varying forms of intellectual difficulty, autism and psychological problem. Saint John of God Hospitaller Services in Malawi provides community-based mental health services and services for children with a disability and special needs. These services operate in the cities of Mzuzu and Lilongwe along with a mobile mental health and disability clinics in areas surrounding these cities. Programs include primary mental health care outreach clinics, hospital care for people with acute mental illness; rehabilitation and community re-integration; domiciliary care; skill-based training for people recuperating from mental illness and those with other disabilities and special needs; the treatment of children and adults with epilepsy. The Saint John of God College of Health Sciences, in Malawi, contributes to the development of mental health professionals for Malawi and the sub-region particularly in the areas of psychiatric/mental health nursing, clinical medicine [psychiatry], and counselling where the students qualify with internationally recognised qualifications. When qualified the students return to their home countries and are able to demonstrate the best international standards. Saint John of God Services in other countries in Africa provide rehabilitation services to stroke victims, accidents and surgery as well as a therapeutic, educational and outreach services for children with disabilities such as Downs' Syndrome, cerebral palsy and learning disabilities helping relieve their suffering. These benefits are demonstrated through evaluations and reports including an annual report from each Service. There are also regular on-site visits to Services by Trustees and their representatives from Ireland. The purpose of our charity may lead to harm including injuries to service users such as, accidents and medication errors. The risks are minimised by investment in staff training and strong procedures, and are out weighted by the benefits. The private benefits are very limited and are necessary. One private benefit flowing from this purpose is training, support and development given to staff and this is incidental and necessary because in order to provide the best possible service to our service users staff must be trained to the highest international standards. Trustees also benefit from training days on good governance. This is needed to ensure the Boards operate to the best standards of good governance.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The organisation raises funds to support the Hospitaller Order which is an international religious Order with headquarters in Rome, with its member Brothers located in many countries around the world. The Brothers, when joining the Order, make vows which bind them to dedicate their lives to carrying out the Order's mission. The Order's mission is
one of hospitality, which it pursues through the ownership, management and governance of health, education, social and welfare facilities, programmes and services intended to improve the health and quality of life of individuals and the communities served. The services of the Hospitaller Order are also increasingly reliant on lay staff and volunteers to assist in carrying out it's work.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- 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
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Hiv/aids
- Homelessness
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Older people
- Overseas/developing countries
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Counselling/support
- Disability
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Medical/health/sickness
- Overseas aid/famine relief
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
