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RUTH Raising Up The Hurting Limited

  • Status

    Received: 214 days late

  • Income

    £6.9K

  • Spending

    £15.5K

Charity no. 102851 Date registered. 02/11/2015

Public benefits

(i) Through group sessions we have seen service users moving from a place of hopelessness with no goals to having greater self-worth, determination and a desire to change old and negative habits. Through this process service users have regained an awareness of their personal appearances, health and positive attitudes developing their own inner

strengths. Where professional help is needed we will make referrals and when necessary a R.U.T.H. representative will attend appointments with the service user. (ii) R.U.T.H. organises trips away from the services user’s own environment to places such as the coast, country parks, farms, community organised events, restaurants, church events etc. Opportunities are given to participate in hobbies such as cooking, sport, community ‘clean-ups’, fundraising events etc allowing service users the opportunity to be a part of and to contribute to the community. This promotes social interaction for those who have felt excluded from community and promotes self-worth. Too often a person who suffers from an addiction believes their identity is that addiction or weakness. Interacting in social and community activities allows the service users to see that their identity is not their ‘weakness’ but in their unique skills and talents. The benefits of such activities have been immense in individual lives, one service user said ‘it is so good to be talked to as a ‘normal person’ and not as an addict’. (iii) R.U.T.H. offers advice in completing application forms for government benefits and grants, housing etc. The Charity assists in decorating homes and obtaining the necessary furniture for the home. R.U.T.H. will teach skills to help the service user make the transition from homelessness to being self-sufficient ie. budgeting, cooking, decorating, cleaning, debt management. Service users may find it difficult going shopping for essentials and by simply going with them can be a time of rebuilding lives and having fun in doing so. (iv) R.U.T.H. offers courses in budgeting, debt management etc., and provide information regarding benefits and grants. Coming along side service users in situations of poverty and distress relieves anxiety and desperation in many and we have seen heavy burdens lifted from service users. (v) R.U.T.H. support group aims to share a spiritual and biblical solution to life’s problems. We explore the relevance of the bible to struggles. R.U.T.H. encourages service users to attend and become part of local churches and charitable services, we will attend with them as a group or on an individual basis as required. Service users have displayed a need for a spiritual healing and R.U.T.H. is privileged to assist many in exploring this avenue and have seen an increased number benefit from spiritual and inner peace. (vi) R.U.T.H. continues to offer any support, practically, emotionally, or spiritually within the objectives and purposes of the Charity, which the service user may require in order to relieve their suffering and increase their wellbeing mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Every person is an individual and service users appreciate being seen is an individual and important, each day and each situation is unique. The intended beneficiaries are homeless people in any part of N. Ireland but mainly in the Belfast area, people suffering from addictions in N. Ireland, people suffering from mental health issues, and the families of any of the aforementioned persons. There are dangers involved in the purposes being carried out, not least the street outreach. Risk assessments are continually being carried out and all efforts are made to protect R.U.T.H. representatives and service users. R.U.T.H. will work alongside public and health authorities. Training is given to R.U.T.H. employees and volunteers to reduce risks of harm. There is no private benefit as a result of the purposes being carried out.

What your organisation does

R.U.T.H. meet with 'hurting' people to include the homeless, depressed, addicted and lonely, but not exclusively, providing support and friendship to encourage the advancement of physical and mental well being, promote education, and assist the finding accomodation, counselling, promoting good social skills. Linking the beneficiaries with the

public and private sectors which can assist, churches and other voluntary organisations. Providing rehibilitation for the beneficiaries and their families. R.U.T.H. provide clothing, provisions for personal hygiene, food, furniture and household equipment for homes, to relieve poverty and promote well-being. R.U.T.H. offer spiritual guidance for any of the beneficiaries requesting same.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Adult training
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • Homelessness
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Parents
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Victim support
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Accommodation/housing
  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Counselling/support
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes
  • Relief of poverty
  • Religious activities
  • Sport/recreation

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Charitable purposes

The company’s objects and purposes are for the promotion, preservation and protection of physical and mental health and well-being, education of, but not restricted to, social skills, the relief of poverty, hardship and sickness of inhabitants (hereinafter called “the beneficiaries”) of the Belfast area and other areas of Northern Ireland in particular, but not exclusively (hereinafter called the “area of benefit”) withoutdistinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organizations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, health and relief of poverty and hardship and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants and in particular: (i) to relieve suffering and promote the preservation and protection of mental health of those people and their families in the area of benefit who are suffering or experiencing mental or emotional distress and anguish as a result of mental illness, emotional disability, drug and alcohol addiction, social and/or economic circumstances, domestic abuse and/or violence and difficulties in their personal lives by the provision of counselling, education, treatment and prevention projects; (ii) to promote or assist in promoting community capacity building programs 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, life skills and self- confidence of such communities in the area of benefit; (iii) to relieve persons in conditions of need, homelessness, hardship, distress or sickness arising therefrom whether in connection with housing or accommodation or shelter or any other purposes (whether by loan gift the provision of accommodation or shelter or in any other way) in the Belfast area and in such other parts of Northern Ireland, in particular but not exclusively as the trustee directors may from time to time decide in accordance with the law of charity; (iv) to engage in relief projects and in the provision of resources, training and financial support to assist those in poverty, suffering and distress in the area of benefit in an effort to improve their quality of life; (v) to increase the effective of churches, relief organisations and individuals in the delivery of exclusively charitable services to the poor and needy in the area of benefit; (vi) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the trustee directors, may from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.

Governing document

Other name

RUTH
  • 5 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Joanne Smiton, 77, Dungannon Road, Ballygawley, Dungannon, Co Tyrone, BT70 2JU

Trustee board

Trustee
Joanne Smiton
Mrs Shirley Hutchinson
Mrs Jacqueline Dumigan
Mr Mark Dumigan
Mrs Cathy Mckeague

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland