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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£304.8K
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Spending
£287.4K
Public benefits
Greenisland Football Club primarily uses the sport of football to promote fitness, advance education and promote social development within our locality. Through the providing opportunities for inhabitants to take part in healthy recreation, we will improve levels of general health and fitness for children and young people. This includes both
physical health in terms of aerobic capacity, and also mental and emotional wellbeing through the participation in team fames, social interaction and communication with other users. Through taking part in physical activity we are providing a public benefit by increasing the skills of participants, these skills include fundamental movements such as catching, hand eye co-ordination, balance, running and jumping. Our volunteers engender an ethos of respect and teamwork; skills which contribute to developing the social development of individuals who take part. These basic skills will be transferrable and can be applied into other aspects of children’s lives, in a sporting, social or academic setting. The majority of users who avail from our services reside in the Greenisland, Gortalee, Killycrot and Knockagh electoral wards which all suffer from high levels of socio-economic deprivation. We are providing public benefit through using sport as an alternative to other, potentially negative or criminal pursuits, particularly for older children 13-17 year olds. This also includes the provision of training and education through workshops, volunteer education and establishing pathways for participants to attend programmes within partner organisations which may result in employment prospects. We provide a public benefit through promoting co-operation and joint activities between sports, community and voluntary, statutory organisations and service providers to ensure they can access the appropriate services. The Clubhouse has been used as the back drop for Community Fun days, Charity Fundraisers, Outreach Programmes, First Aid Courses, Child Protection Classes and Community Forums which have involved many community groups. Sport infers health, educational, social and aspirational benefits for participants. Additionally we offer training and education for volunteers and session employment through the delivery of seasonal camps. This offers an opportunity for community members to secure income and gain vital experience to enhance their employability. There is no private benefit or harm.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Greenisland Football Club is a community orientated charity;the charity have a Club house which is a community hub and where the majority of our activities take place. The charity offers football activities for approximately 400 users on a weekly basis which take place either on grass pitches or the floodlit 3G surfaces at our facility.We also have
three senior teams who are fall under the umbrella of Greenisland FC.The core of our participants would come from Greenisland, Carrickfergus, Newtownabbey and the immediate surrounding areas. Importantly the Club operates 'an open policy' and has a strong track record in delivering programmes and activities in this area. The Club have 4- children registered who take part in our Munchkin’s Programme for 5-7 year olds boys and girls, who are taught fundamental movements and get to enjoy playing soccer. Greenisland FC operate multiple non competitive Small Sided Games Squads at ages 7 to 11 and have teams at ages 12 to 18 taking part in youth leagues throughout Northern Ireland. All train weekly. The Club have more than 90 volunteers who are passionate about helping out and give up their free time to sustain our programmes and activities. Greenisland hold a number of seasonal activities such as summer schemes, Halloween and Easter camps, as well as run a number of intervention programmes throughout the year for older teenagers. These interventions have included day trips, midnight soccer programmes or cross community football tournaments. In advance of these programmes we ensure that the local community are made aware through the charities social media outlets. Greenisland FC’s facilities are used by a number of groups who are vital to community development such as after schools groups, ladies fitness classes and arts groups.The space is also used for meeting space and for workshop facilitation.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Interface communities
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
