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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£308.0K
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Spending
£243.3K
Public benefits
1. The advancement of religion- principal purpose Our principle activity and purpose is to provide a Christian place of worship in the Derry~Londonderry area for all those who wish to participate on a temporary or longer-term basis. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include open public access to Sunday services (including prayer,
praise, worship and Christian teaching), mid-week prayer/bible groups and pastoral services. Additional benefits include contribution to the mental, spiritual and emotional health and wellbeing of members and contribution to moral improvement in society. These benefits are demonstrated through numbers of formal members, numbers attending services and meetings. The purposes of our charity may lead to harm if people feel pressured to join or stay in our church, but we can show that this harm is outweighed by the benefits through the fact that people may choose freely to join, stay or leave membership at any time. The only benefit flowing from this purpose is payment of Pastoral church leaders or other staff and this is incidental and necessary because this is necessary and integral to the furtherance of the charity’s purposes. 2. The prevention or relief of poverty The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the alleviation of debt related poverty to all those in debt in the Foyle area who wish to use the service. These benefits are demonstrated through the provision of the Foyle ‘Christians Against Poverty’ branch, the numbers of service users and debt counselling advice and budget management courses run. It is difficult to imagine a scenario where there may be harm or detriment which outweighs the good work being carried out. If service users felt forced to join the church as a result of engaging in debt advice this could perhaps lead to harm however this potential harm is outweighed by the benefits through ensuring that staff are fully trained to mitigate this possibility happening. The only benefit flowing from this purpose is the payment of the Christians Against Poverty staff and this is incidental and necessary because the service requires it to function. 3. Human rights, conflict resolution, reconciliation, promotion of religious and racial harmony, equality, diversity The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the promotion of reconciliation to the public in the Foyle area. These benefits are demonstrated through the numbers of reconciliation or cross-community activities led by or engaged in by church members through the church. The purposes of our charity may lead to the harm if staff or volunteers with inexperience in the field of reconciliation were not fully briefed but we can show that this harm is outweighed by the benefits through ensuring are staff and volunteers are appropriately prepared. The only benefit flowing from this purpose is training skills and experience provided to staff and volunteers and this is incidental and necessary because it is necessary to deliver this benefit. We have regard to all statutory guidance for the provision of these public benefits. The charities beneficiaries for the above purposes are primarily those residents in the Derry~Londonderry area who choose to engage in Christian worship through the church. Wider beneficiaries are the public who use our debt advice service, Street Pastors service, or who engage with our other community activities.
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The advancement of religion • Our church offices are open to all during normal working hours, our church building is open to all for specific church services and meetings. We deliver Sunday services, mid-week bible/prayer groups, pastoral and prayer support, faith based conferences, worship events, outreach and missionary work (in particular
through ‘Extreme Team’ in schools) and an intern training programme. The prevention or relief of poverty • We run the Foyle branch of ‘Christians Against Poverty’ in the Derry~Londnderry area to people in debt who refer themselves to our service. This is a service which works to address the cause of poverty and address debt as a consequence of poverty. We provide practical money management courses, advice and debt counselling service and occasional small emergency support eg. Food packages. Human rights, conflict resolution, reconciliation, promotion of religious and racial harmony, equality, diversity • We work with other churches in the interests of reconciliation and promotion of religious harmony. We provide a ‘Street Pastors’ community safety service on Friday nights in the city centre and Altnagelvin Hospital Accident and Emergency to serve the wider community and promote welcoming shared public spaces for all identities. We run an ‘I heart Derry’ week annually providing children’s work and community development / community relations activities in different areas of Derry~Londonderry to people of diverse identities.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of religion
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Community safety/crime prevention
- General public
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Grant making
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
