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The Ladies of Mourne

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £10.2K

  • Spending

    £13.9K

Charity no. 103539 Date registered. 16/09/2015

Public benefits

Purpose 1 – direct benefits: encouraging women to join our women’s group and avail of a variety of social, health, arts, educational and fun activities that will improve life for participating women. Benefits are demonstrated through the number of women in our group, feedback they give us and by the level of uptake of our activities. Purposes of

our charity will not lead to any harm. Charity’s beneficiaries are women living in Mournes area. Private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of activities as trustees will be eligible to avail of the group’s activities. Through volunteering as trustees, individuals may gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Purpose 2 – direct benefits: encouraging women to join our women’s group and avail of activities in the company of other women in Mourne, reducing feelings of isolation and increasing social contact and building of social networks. Benefits are demonstrated through the number of women in our group, feedback which they give us and by the level of uptake of our activities. Purposes of our charity will not lead to harm. Charity’s beneficiaries are women living in the Mournes area. Private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of activities as trustees will be eligible to avail of the group’s activities. Through volunteering as trustees, individuals may gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Purpose 3 – direct benefits: the education of women in a range of subjects including health training, personal development, computer training, women’s issues, and so on. Benefits are demonstrated through the number of people completing the courses, feedback from participants and beneficiaries and by the level of uptake of our activities. Purposes of our charity will not lead to any harm. Charity’s beneficiaries are women living in the Mournes area. Private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training and education programmes. Through this training trustees may gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Purpose 4 – direct benefits: encouraging women in Mourne to become active in community-based activities and projects through our women’s group, with the focus of improving life for women in Mourne. These benefits are demonstrated through the number of women in our group, feedback they give us and by the level of uptake of our activities. Purposes of our charity will not lead to any harm. Charity’s beneficiaries are women living in Mournes area. Private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of activities as trustees will be eligible to avail of the group’s activities. Through volunteering as trustees, individuals may gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Purpose 5 – direct benefits: working with other groups and projects in the area with a shared focus of improving life for women in Mourne. These benefits are demonstrated through our partnerships with other groups and projects, the number of women in our group, feedback they give us and by the level of uptake of our activities. Purposes of our charity will not lead to any harm. Charity’s beneficiaries are women living in Mournes area. Private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of activities as trustees will be eligible to avail of the group’s activities. Through volunteering as trustees, individuals may gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.

What your organisation does

The Ladies of Mourne is a women's group that meets once per month in the rural area of Dunnaval in South County Down. We formed last year, and to date we have run a variety of activities for the benefit of women aged from their 20s to their late 80s in our rural area. Typically we have around 30 women attending each session. We have recently

drawn down funding to run a community/pharmacy partnership focusing on educating and informing women on a variety of health issues that they themselves have identified as important. We have also run arts and crafts events, social outings, dance nights, dine-in nights and more.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Women

How the charity works

  • Arts
  • Education/training
  • Gender

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE: 1. To promote the well-being of women in the Mourne area. 2. To promote social inclusion, reduce isolation and increase social networks of women in Mourne. 3. To advance education, personal development and facilitate shared learning of women in Mourne. 4. To promote or assist in promoting community capacity building activities and projects for the benefit of women in Mourne. 5. To support community development and wellbeing activities and to work with partners to support and improve the conditions of rural life for women in Mourne.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 5 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 12 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Alice Magee, The Ladies Of Mourne, C/O Kingdom Gac, 10 Dunnavil Road, Kilkeel, Newry, County Down, BT34 4JT

Trustee board

Trustee
A Mcardle
I Quinn
A Magee
M Mcconville
C Mcloughlin

List of regions

  • Newry, Mourne And Down District Council