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Glenclare Community Group

  • Status

    Received: 4 days late

  • Income

    £61.7K

  • Spending

    £51.6K

Charity no. 102703 Company no. 613833 Date registered. 21/07/2015

Public benefits

MAIN PURPOSE is Advancement of Community Development. The benefit which flows from this purpose is the reaching out to all sections of the community by having functions & events that encompass everyone without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, so that people

become more integrated & interested in what is happening round them. We have a strong team of volunteers who are cross community, work well together and deliver a great service and the diverse range of users creates a great community harmony & interaction. The beneficiaries are the inhabitants of the Glenavy area and its environs within County Antrim without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion.

What your organisation does

We hire out the premises for birthday parties, christenings & funeral hospitality. The Seniors of the area were entertained to Christmas dinner & concert, community groups such as bowls club, friendship group, Irish dancing classes & feis, yoga, modern jive, Slimming World, Glenavy WI, Credit Union AGM, Lisburn PCSP & GAC have booked the hall for

various meetings. At the end of March Clady Vintage Auto Club are having an auto jumble sale in aid of Muckamore Abbey. We also run a number of social events ourselves. We finished the renovation of the hall in October & as yet the refurbishment is incomplete. We have applied for a DAERA Rural Services grant of £50,000 which will help towards the cost of bringing the hall up to date. A lot of time consuming administration is necessary, grant seeking & fundraising takes up a lot of our time. We hire out the facilities to the community & advertise as broadly as we can & are currently in the process of setting up a website. Our booking officer is kept busy with enquiries. We plan to run classes & all kinds of exercise & activities which have been requested by the public.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • General public
  • Learning disabilities
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Sensory disabilities
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Arts
  • Community development
  • Cultural
  • Disability
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Playgroup/after schools
  • Sport/recreation
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2020

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2019

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Charitable purposes

The Company's objects are specifically restricted to the advancement of community development, the advancement of education and the promotion of the benefit and well-being of the inhabitants (hereinafter called "the beneficiaries") of the Glenavy area and its environs within County Antrim (hereinafter described as "the area of benefit") without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion,by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of fostering a community spirit and improving the conditions of life for the benefit of the inhabitants; (b) to support community development, social inclusion and wellbeing activities and to work with partners to support and improve the conditions of the inhabitants in rural life; (c) to promote or assist in the promotion, facilitation and organisation of community capacity building programmes and projects for the benefit of the inhabitants within the area of benefit who have need of such assistance as a result of their youth, age, disability or infirmity, or social and economic circumstances, in an effort to increase the abilities, skills and self-confidence of such inhabitants; (d) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the directors, may from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 8 Trustees
  • 2 Employees
  • 30 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Glenclare Community Group, St Clare's Community Hall, 55 Chapel Road, Glenavy, Crumlin, County Antrim, BT29 4LY

Trustee board

Trustee
Denis
Eithne
Paul
Mrs Claire Elizabeth Kemp
Mr Kevin Mulholland
Mrs Cecilia Mulholland
Mr Jim Mulholland
Mrs Christina Magennis

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Antrim And Newtownabbey Borough Council
  • Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council