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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£0.8K
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Spending
£4.9K
Public benefits
Maguiresbridge Village and Rural Development Association meets the public benefit requirement through its purposes as follows:- 1st Purpose- To relieve poverty, sickness and the aged: We are a small village with not many facilities. We have organised a number of events within the village to accommodate people who:- do not have transport, low social
income, all age groups and of different abilities/disabilities. 2nd Purpose – To advance education: We bring people together at different activities and we keep the community informed of relevant events and information through our regular newsletter, facebook page and information stands at our fun day, e.g. home safety, PSNI, photography and cultural diversity 3rd Purpose – To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation or other leisure time occupation. We have recently commissioned a village development plan and using this we will be able to lobby statutory agencies to improve the quality of village life. We meet regularly with the various agencies at our interagency meetings. Our input has impacted on changes to the village. We build upon and improve community relations in the village by having events which everyone feels they can take part in, in a non-threatening way. People from the whole village are encouraged to take part in all our activities The public benefits which flow from these purposes, do so through the provision of a wide range of activities which benefit all those that participate and the wider community including ; opportunities to participate in activities which enhances the quality of life, reduces social isolation, increases skills, confidence and self-esteem and encourages active citizenship and community participation. All projects and activities are organised based on identified needs in the area. Benefits are demonstrated through feedback from participants and attendance at events and activities. Those who participate in our projects, benefit directly through their engagement. The wider community of Maguiresbridge also benefit as a result of information published in our newsletter, on our face book page. The wider Maguiresbridge community also benefit through the outcome of projects run by the association and this raises the profile and image of our community and it results in increase in pride in our area. Issues that are raised and addressed by the relevant statutory organisations through our interagency meetings are also of benefit to the wider community. The Community Association promotes equality of opportunity without distinction of age, gender, race, political religious or other opinion.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The organisation arranges a number of social, recreation and environmental programmes to bring everyone in the village and surrounding area together. Examples of these include; o Weekend of activities to bring the whole village and surrounding area together o Halloween evening with fireworks and bonfire (allow people to join in this event who do
not have means to travel to event in Enniskillen) o Switching on of Christmas tree lights and celebrations o Turkey Trot o Duck Race o Organising local fund raising activities o Representing the area at inter agency meetings o Recently commissioned a village development plan o To enhance the quality of life in the village and build stronger relations with various groups and organisations within the village o Liaise with council over Muga pitch
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Rural development
