City of Belfast Grand Black Chapter Benevolent Fund

Public benefits

Purpose: The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the provision of financial assistance. Beneficiaries: people living in Greater Belfast and Northern Ireland. Benefit: Reduced level of hardship and stress to people at particularly difficult times in their lives.

Demonstrating the benefit: The benefit is demonstrated by the informal feedback from those we have assisted, this can be from family and friends of the recipient. Purpose: to further such other purposes that are charitable under the law of Northern Ireland as the trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time determine. Beneficiaries: people living in Greater Belfast and Northern Ireland. Benefit: While the main benefit will primarily focus on the above stated charitable purposes however from time to time trustees will make grants and financial contributions to any charitable need that they feel worthy of financial assistance. The trustees have chosen this purpose so that they will not be restricted in who or what they help as different situations present themselves they will judge each case on merit and need and recognise that it must be for one of the twelve charitable purposes as outlined in the Charities Act.

What your organisation does

Raise funds which are dispersed by way of Grants for hardship, assistance with funeral costs, educational needs. These are widely available to all sections of society and are generally awarded through recommendations received from local representatives.