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Income
£288.2K
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Spending
£316.3K
Public benefits
(i) Public benefit 1.WPCA is established to relieve poverty, sickness and to promote the benefit of local inhabitants. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose are: practical support, signposting for help, monthly support groups, and the development of support systems within the community. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from
beneficiaries, government statistics, and numbers of children, young people and adults participating in programmes. We believe that this purpose will lead to no clearly identified harm. These benefits are for pre-school, primary and secondary school-aged children and young people, families living in poverty, and isolated older people - all living within the area of benefit. The charity's beneficiaries are inhabitants of Willowfield, Woodstock and The Mount and their environs. There may be private benefits from the provision of training and support, but these benefits would be incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. 2. WPCA is established to advance education for local residents, The direct benefits which flow from this purpose are: improved educational aspirations through after schools clubs, training initiatives and support. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from beneficiaries, school inspection reports, other government statistics, and increased numbers of children and young people participating in programmes. We believe that this purpose will lead to no clearly identified harm. These benefits are for pre-school, primary and secondary school-aged children and young people, and the unemployed - all living within the area of benefit. The charity's beneficiaries are inhabitants of Willowfield, Woodstock and The Mount and their environs. There may be private benefits from the provision of training and support, but these benefits would be incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. 3. WPCA is established to improve the conditions of life for local inhabitants and in particular for Children, Teenagers, Unemployed Adults, Single Parents families, Families struggling with the impact of poverty and deprivation, the elderly and vulnerable. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose are: relief of those in need, improved standard of living; and reduced isolation for older people and increased numbers of older people using services. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from beneficiaries, other government statistics, increased numbers of families struggling with poverty and deprivation using services. We believe that this purpose will lead to no clearly identified harm. These benefits are for individuals and families living in poverty - all living within the area of benefit.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
WPCA was set up 12 years ago in inner east Belfast to benefit local residents; teenagers, elderly, lone parents, primary aged children, unemployed, families struggling with the impact of deprivation and poverty. The Willowfield area (straddling Woodstock & the Mount) is identified as top 10% of social deprivation. WPCA runs a variety of support
programmes; job club for unemployed adults, afterschool clubs, English language classes, sports/ healthy lifestyle kids programmes, volunteer programmes, detached youth work (schools and local streets), lifestyle and self-esteem programmes. We connect with several hundred local people each week impacted by sectarianism, social deprivation, educational underachievement, low employment opportunities.
... [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 relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Interface communities
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Disability
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
