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This charity was removed from the register on 15 Oct 2018
Public benefits
Ben Clark Foundation - Working for Public Benefit • The prevention or relief of poverty: All of the work of Ben Clark Foundation contributes to prevention and relief of poverty, directly benefiting those who receive support as well as reducing prevalence of suffering and inequality in society. Our partnerships and programmes support the sick and
needy, the poor, and marginalised young people, families and communities. • The advancement of education: We work with organisations that support schools and early child develolment centres, improving the quality and reach of education for communities most in need. Promoting our work also increases public awareness and knowledge of other cultures and development contexts, helping to create informed, active and engaged citizens, capable and motivated to contribute to the development of their own communities. • The advancement of health or the saving of lives: We work with health and social welfare organisations other charities that provide health services to reduce illness and disease and reducing the financial burden on families and individuals in accessing health services. Our work increasing awareness of healthy living and disease prevention also reduces the demand for health services. • The advancement of citizenship or community development: We support community development and active citizenship. By involving and empowering beneficiaries and relevant stakeholders in projects we advance citizenship and encourage and support beneficiaries to become agents of development and change. • We financially support the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. We fundraise for those organisations that provide social welfare support to these vulnerable groups where existing support services are lacking. The public benefits from the support received through reduction of the burden placed on existing carers and services and by ensuring the well-being of these groups is met.
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We provide financial support to organisations that implement financial assistance and welfare services to children and their families who are homeless or living in desperate conditions or who are sick or disabled. These organisations fulfil the criteria of our constitution. Education: We financially support organisations that construct and
renovate facilities for schools, improve learning environments, and comfort and well being for pupils and teachers. We also financially support early child learning centres and organisations that provide educational and social welfare needs for disdvantaged or disabled children and communities. We also fund salaries for teachers to assist underfunded schools to attract and retain teachers and to increase the quality and range of classes they are able to provide. This benefit is felt particularly in Northern Ireland and the other countries where our volunteers, donors and supporters are from. We work extensively to include volunteers in our fundraising and awareness events, and to inform and educate the public. Each year the board members choose a local charity in the province to support such as the NI Childrens Hospice, Autism NI, The Cedar Foundation, Tiny Life, Northern Ireland Children's Kidney Fund and the Moving Mountains Trust which works in east Africa. Health: We fund and support work and research and services which look after the needs of people in the community who are suffering from diseases or conditions that require care and we welfare. This may include community services and individual services, whereby specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound objectives are evaluated, supervised, implemented and monitored so that the benefits can serve the community for years to come.
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- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- 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
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Overseas/developing countries
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Grant making
- Overseas aid/famine relief
- Volunteer development
Charitable purposes
The trustees shall hold the trust deed and its income upon trust to give grants to charitable organisations which will apply them for the following objects (“the objects”): (1) to relieve poverty, sickness and distress; (2) to advance health and social welfare; and (3) to advance education; throughout the world particularly by: a) The provision of financial assistance, food, clothing and shelter to children and their families who are homeless or living in desperate conditions to help advance their education, relieve their poverty and promote their ambitions, hopes and dreams. b) The financial assistance and otherwise for setting up useful rural and urban community programmes which are environmentally responsible and which promote empowerment and sustainable development; this includes facilities and projects in the interests of education such as schools, social welfare, the improvement of existing conditions and the promotion of awareness to a wider audience. c) The relief of sickness and the safeguarding of health by grants of money for: i. the provision of drugs and medical appliances, and the support of medical and other personnel engaged in and for such purposes. ii. The provision and support of facilities in the interests of social welfare for the relief of sickness and distress. iii. The promotion of public education in all matters relating to HIV and AIDS. iv. The prevention of children’s diseases through conditions brought about by severe poverty and lack of education.