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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£890.5K
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Spending
£924.7K
Public benefits
Purpose: The relief of poverty and stress. What benefit flows from this purpose? The relief of need and stress ofUunemployed groups and groups suffering from social and economic disadvantage. Can you demonstrate this? The centre delivers personal development, leadership, community development, employability and communications, language skills
training, equality and citizenship and has delivered literacy skills through IT. All programmes are delivered through co-operation with local communities. Examples include the Department of Justice with women in prison and young people involved in the Juvenile Justice system and their wider family grouping and migrants. Welfare advice services and representation on social welfare tribunals are provided, free of charge to the user and directly helps people who are suffering from exclusion. These services are delivered on an outreach basis also, as part of the CAB (Citizens Advice Bureau) network. We have been working with the EU since 1984 on an all Ireland network providing advice on mobility. These skills and support services directly address the prevention or relief of poverty by providing employability skills and the confidence to avail of employability opportunities. By providing support in dealing with welfare issues and by building resilience skills by working co-operatively with local communities by identifying and responding to needs. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? N/A Who is the benefit for? Direct benefit: Centre clients and outreach work which covers Northern Ireland and border areas. Indirect Benefit: Volunteers for example, English language tutors, improving their own employability skills. Wider Benefit: The development of friendships between the course participants which will potentially break the mould of isolation which includes migrants living, working and socialising within their migrant community only. Links to local communities and resources can ease feelings of isolation and provide opportunities for increased support. Is there any private benefit? Is it incidental or necessary? N/A Purpose: The protection and advancement of health. What benefit flows from this purpose? People have increased access to health services and increased knowledge and confidence to access services. Can you demonstrate this? Groups on development programmes learn about services and resources, available to support them, including those focused on health, and they learn how to access them. Lobbying skills training provides people with the skills they need to advocate for themselves and others in seeking improved services. Health care professionals are afforded the opportunity to work directly with groups, this includes providing training on health issues. e.g drug abuse and alcohol related issues. Development of skills and knowledge, directly related to health services, informs the advancement of health or the saving of lives by encouraging and supporting individuals to proactively engage in the health care system on a number of levels. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? N/A Who is the benefit for? Direct benefit: Client groups. Indirect benefits: Health care services and providers. Wider benefits: Patients accessing improved services. Is there any private benefit? Is it incidental or necessary? N/A For a full public benefit statement please contact the Commission directly.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The organisation provides support, education, training and advice facilities to the unemployed an other groups suffering from social and economic disadvantage. The organisation also promotes equality by promoting participation, inclusion of all individuals, groups and communities irrespective of religion, race, ethnic, sexual orientation or
cultural backgrounds.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- Interface communities
- Men
- Parents
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Travellers
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- Gender
- Human rights/equality
- Relief of poverty
- Research/evaluation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
