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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£23.2K
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Spending
£14.6K
Public benefits
Advancement of the Evangelical Christian Faith Campaigners Youth and Children’s Ministry Northern Ireland (“Campaigners”) seeks to make known the Gospel of Jesus Christ by: - providing teaching from God’s Word, the Bible - encouraging the maintenance of Christian doctrines as set out in its Statement of Faith - seeking to demonstrate God’s love
in practical ways and to lead by example. Its aim is that children and young people will come to personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ through benefitting from the opportunity to explore Christianity in a safe, nurturing environment. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose are: - An improved sense of wellbeing for children and young people attending Campaigners as they receive teaching from God’s Word, the Bible, via our Timeline Bible teaching resources. - The promotion of Christian values and high moral standards for the benefit of individuals, with children and young people attending Campaigners encouraged both by the teaching they receive and by the example of our leaders to adopt a moral framework where they are good citizens. The indirect benefits which flow from this purpose include the moral improvement and responsible citizenship in society as a whole which religion is considered to encourage. Advancement of Education Campaigners offers a comprehensive range of age-specific programmes that cater for the varied interests of children and young people. Our programmes are aimed at providing opportunities to have fun, but also have a focus on personal development, physical activity, civil awareness and Bible teaching, all of which seek to build children and young people into responsible adults. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose are: - The spiritual, personal and social development of individual children and young people who participate in Campaigners’ activities, events and programmes. - The development of practical and life skills, sporting talents and creativity through our activities. - Increased self-esteem and self-confidence of individual children and young people. The wider benefit to the community at large is the enhanced social education and responsible citizenship that flows from this purpose. All of the above benefits will be demonstrated through feedback from the children and young people who are members of Campaigner groups (known as “clans”) and the clan leaders, and also through feedback from local churches. The organisation’s beneficiaries are children and young people throughout Northern Ireland, with membership of Campaigners open to children and young people of all faiths and from all sections of the community. The only private benefit flowing from our purposes is related to the employment of our staff, an Administrator and a Development Officer, both of whom receive salaries as a result of their employment. However, we consider this to be incidental and necessary in order to further our charitable purposes as it allows our organisation to be run efficiently. There are no other private benefits as our activities are open to all and are advertised as such on our website. We do not anticipate that any harm will flow from any of the above purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Campaigner movement started in the UK in 1922 and has existed in Northern Ireland since 1957. It is an inter-denominational movement, with groups or “clans” formed in any evangelical place of worship, subject to agreement by church leaders to our Statement of Faith. Campaigners seeks to: - encourage thoroughness in all aspects of life and
increase awareness of teamwork and working with others. This is achieved via various sporting activities and games, and also through participation in award schemes such as the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme. - promote Christian teaching and the maintenance of Christian doctrines as set out in its Statement of Faith. - develop contact with an increasing number of churches, allowing a greater number of children and young people across Northern Ireland to take part in its activities. Campaigners is a uniformed organisation for children and young people from age 4 up to age 18 which meets on a weekly basis, from September to April/May each year. Children and young people are grouped into sections according to their age: Eagles (age 4 to Primary 2), Junos (Primary 3 to Primary 6), Inters (Primary 7 to Year 9) and Craftsmen (Year 10 to age 18). It offers structured weekly programmes for each clan which are tailored according to the various age groups and which cater for the varied interests of children and young people. Clans from different churches also meet together on a regular basis at both organised district and regional events such as indoor football, uni-hoc, sports days, Bible quizzes and camps. Campaigners also provides a comprehensive programme of training for its leaders which includes general training on delivery of the weekly programme, Child Protection training, First Aid training, and such other specialised training as may from time to time be considered useful.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Education/training
- Religious activities
- Sport/recreation
- Youth development
