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Status
Received: 91 days late
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Income
£40.7K
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Spending
£25.9K
Public benefits
Barcroft Community Associations charitable purpose are the relief of poverty, the advancement of community development, and the advancement of education providing a public benefit to a section of the public and surrounding areas ( the “ area of benefit” ) but is not limited to those who live there. (i) The public benefits of the relief of poverty
are to address the consequences of deprivation in such ways as may be thought fit to help counter unemployment, lack of education and training, lack of opportunity and social exclusion. (ii) The public benefits of advancing community development are to promote social inclusion, provide a community centre, and promote physical, social and economic improvements, encouraging voluntary and community activity. (iii) The public benefits of the advancement of education involves promoting, sustaining and increasing individual and collective knowledge and understanding of specific areas of study, to develop skills and advance the abilities of the recipients through the provision of training, or retraining particularly among the unemployed and support the physical education of young people with life skills training. The direct benefits that flow from our purposes are a section of the public who live in Barcroft park and surrounding areas ( "area of benefit") but not to the exclusion of others. These benefits are evidenced through the numbers of people who participate in the activities and events organised by BCA at Loanda House the Council owned community centre that we manage. This evidence is measured by the feedback received from those participants and local residents who use the community centre occasionally for activities. Our Facebook page, Newsletters and coverage in the local newspapers also provide evidence of the continuous activities and programmes we facilitate. Additional evidence is available from Newry Mourne and Down District Council, the Southern Education and Library Board, in particular the Newry, Armagh and Down Youth Service, the Newry Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership, the Department of Social Development, Southern Regional College, and the Confederation of Community Groups. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes of our organisation. The beneficiaries of BCA are residents who live in the 'area of benefit', but not excluding those from outside the area. There are no private benefits to any of our Trustees.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We manage a Council owned community centre for the public for bookings for activities, events and programmes inclusively of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, marital status or sexual orientation. The community association runs programmes throughout the year including a youth club, educational classes, training courses
aimed at helping people counter social deprivation including those who are unemployed, people who are low paid, those who have long term health difficulties and adults who have been out of the labour market. We work with the community to enable people to engage with the statutory bodies and voluntary organisations. We carry out the necessary safeguarding checks and ensure our volunteers complete child protection and vulnerable adults training.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Education/training
- Sport/recreation
- Youth development
