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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£139.8K
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Spending
£121.4K
Public benefits
Purpose 1 – Advancing education The direct benefit which flows from this purpose is a more educated, skilled and qualified community, and a more informed and capable community and voluntary sector. The benefits are evidenced through official Gov statistics, feedback from beneficiaries, feedback from individual service users, qualification
statistics, local surveys and a regular evaluation of our services. There is no harm flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries of this purpose are local residents of all ages living in the Creggan area and community and voluntary groups based locally A private benefit to staff arises from their direct employment to help deliver this purpose however this is necessary to ensure the benefit id provided to our beneficiaries. Every effort is made to ensure the poor are not excluded from programmes because of cost through applying for funding to run the programmes. Where fees are charged to beneficiaries these fees are for exam costs or registration costs only, are kept to an absolute minimum, are heavily subsidised and are only charged where programmes are not fully funded. Purpose 2 - Reliving poverty The direct benefit which flows from this purpose is a reduction in the impact of poverty on people’s quality of life, the prevention of poverty and physical, social, community and economic improvements within the Creggan area. These benefits are evidenced through official Gov statistics, feedback from beneficiaries, new community and social physical infrastructure within the Creggan area, local surveys and a regular evaluation of our services. There is no harm flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries of this purpose are local residents, community and voluntary groups based locally. A private benefit to staff arises from their direct employment to help deliver this purpose however this is necessary to ensure the benefit id provided to our beneficiaries. Every effort is made to ensure the poor are not excluded from using services because of cost through applying for funding to cover these costs. Where fees are charged to beneficiaries these, are kept to an absolute minimum, are heavily subsidised and are only charged where programmes are not fully funded Purpose 3 - Providing facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation or other leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants The direct benefit which flows from this purpose is improved community life, new community infrastructure developed and maintained and a existing community and voluntary sector groups are developed and maintained so that they can be used by the local community to ensure a vibrant, purposeful community. These benefits are evidenced through official regular feedback from residents, service users and beneficiaries, regular feedback from community and voluntary sector groups within the Creggan area, local surveys and a regular evaluation of our services. There is no harm flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries of this purpose are local residents, community and voluntary groups based locally. A private benefit to staff may arise from their direct employment to help deliver this purpose however this is necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Every effort is made to ensure the poor are not excluded from using services because of cost through applying for funding to cover these costs. Groups are expected to pay a small community fee for use of facilities to cover running costs however this is on a case by case basis and where groups cannot pay the fees are waived. Where fees are charged, these are kept to an absolute... [The remainder of this statement can be obtained by contacting the Charity Commission for NI]
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership is a community organisation set up in an area identified as a Neighbourhood Renewal and regeneration area. Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership was established in 1995 to provide direct services to both the residents and the groups within the Creggan area. Its aims are to build the capacity of community organisations
in the Creggan area and to work to counteract deprivation and disadvantage and weak community infrastructure through the promotion of social and economic regeneration and community development. CNP works in partnership with community, private and statutory organisations and service providers to deliver resources and initiatives to improve the quality of life for residents. CNP also deliver a number of programmes and projects aimed at building the skills, employment, and capacity of residents and run programmes aimed at marginalised youth to build their capacity and promote relations between older residents. Its focus is also on building a strong and vibrant self supporting community. CNP run capacity building programmes for residents including, IT, essential skills, personal development courses, peace and reconciliation training, capacity building among young people and relationship building within the community between young people and older residents. The Creggan area has been identified as an area of multi disadvantage. It ranks in the top 10% multi-disadvantage Super Output areas by the Northern Ireland, Multiple Deprivation Measure. Contained within the Multiple Deprivation Measure the SOAs rank high for Economic Deprivation; Education and Skills; Employment and Health.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Older people
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Education/training
- Youth development
