Harry Gregg Foundation

Public benefits

Public Benefit Requirement The Harry Gregg Foundation is established to use football and sport as a means to address a range of social issues. The trustees believe that our purposes satisfies both elements of the public benefit requirement. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 1 include increased participation in healthy recreations which

will improve levels of health and wellbeing. These benefits will be evidenced through government and local statistics, feedback from participants and increase in membership and participation. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 2 include increased engagement in education to develop physical, mental, social and moral standards which promote good citizenship enabling participators to grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. These benefits will be evidenced through official government statistics and regular feedback from participators. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 3 include improving social and economic prospects of participators which will enhance conditions of life and employment prospects for those people. These benefits will be evidenced by government statistics, regular review of programmes and increased use of facilities. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 4 include increase in number of young people given opportunity to participate in sport at a higher level and maximise their potential. These benefits will be evidenced through feedback forms, numbers of players enrolled and participating in sport. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 5 include progression of good community relationships and enhanced co-operation between sport, community, business, voluntary and statutory bodies. These benefits will be evidenced through government statistics, independent evaluation and feedback from participants. All of our programmes and activities will aim to break down barriers and attitudes of local inhabitants to accept all cultures and religions creating a harmonious society. The purposes of our charity may lead to injury when participating in sport, however we will aim to minimise injuries by carrying out risk assessments for all activities and by ensuring that all coaches and volunteers have received first aid training. We are not aware of any other harm flowing from our objectives. The charity’s beneficiaries are the general public. There could be a possible private benefit to our trustees, coaches and suppliers whilst engaging with us, however these benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.

What your organisation does

We provide structured sports programme to people that come from some of the most deprived areas in NI. We use the connections made via our programme to engage with thousands of people within our local community through various health, lifestyle, educational, heritage and social inclusion activities and programmes.