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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£164.7K
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Spending
£221.3K
Public benefits
Purpose 1 The direct benefits that flow from this purpose are the development of a local community and voluntary sector and the enhanced skills and capacities within the local voluntary and community sector, the resultant development of new community based organisations, new projects of a charitable nature and new community facilities, which
enhance the social welfare of the local population. The Charity runs a community development project called County Armagh Community Development (CACD) which works with local voluntary and community sector groups within Armagh and surrounding areas providing capacity building support, training and advice to the local voluntary and community sector. CACD promotes community participation, best practice sharing, and partnership working between voluntary organisations and statutory bodies, and also promotes good cross border community relations. The public benefit of these activities is demonstrated by positive feedback from participants of the courses and programmes run by CACD, the growth of the local voluntary and community sector enabled by this support, the increased capacity of the local voluntary and community sector to meet the charitable needs of the local population, and is demonstrated by the many new projects and facilities which the local community and voluntary sector have been able to develop as a result. Purpose 2 The direct benefits that flow from this purpose are that new community facilities have been developed within County Armagh which provide access for the community to a wider range of educational and recreational facilities, better meeting their needs and enhancing their social welfare, tackling issues of social isolation and lack of facilities which affect rural communities of this type. The Charity through its project CACD has been instrumental in encouraging and supporting the voluntary and community sector within County Armagh and surrounding areas to develop new community facilities in rural areas where there was previously a lack of adequate facilities and amenities. It has also encouraged the development of wider community use of existing buildings and facilities, including local orange halls, bringing them into fuller community use, providing new facilities, amenities and activities for the benefit of the entire local community. The public benefit is evidenced through the improvement in available local community facilities and amenities and the wider range of activities and facilities now available at community premises, such as educational classes, recreational and sporting facilities, crèche facilities for children. Purpose 3 The direct benefit which follows from this purpose is the increase of knowledge amongst the public concerning Orange heritage and culture and the history of the local area. The charity runs Sloan’s House, Loughgall, County Armagh, a building of special historical interest, which is open to the public as an Interpretive Centre and Museum. The public benefit is evidenced through the numbers visiting the museum and interpretive centre and the feedback from visitors. There is no harm from any of our purposes. The charity’s beneficiaries are the public within County Armagh and surrounding areas of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. There is no private benefit from our purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Charity runs a community development project called County Armagh Community Development (CACD) which works with local voluntary and community sector groups within Armagh and surrounding areas providing capacity building support, training and advice to the local voluntary sector. CACD works with the local voluntary sector to develop community
facilities for the benefit of the local population. It also promotes community participation, community relations and best practice sharing, partnership working between the voluntary sector and statutory bodies. Further details of the project can be found on our website at www.cacd.org.uk. The Charity also runs Sloan’s House, Loughgall, County Armagh, a building of special historical interest, as an interpretive Centre and museum,which is open to the public. Further details of Sloan House can be found on the Orange heritage website at the following link: http://www.orangeheritage.co.uk/museum-sloans-house-loughgall/
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- General public
- Interface communities
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Education/training
- Heritage/historical
- Rural development
- Sport/recreation
