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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£4.0K
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Spending
£5.4K
Public benefits
The purpose of our club is to give people in Belfast experience of boatbuilding, and rowing traditional boats on the River Lagan in teams of people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. It is open to anyone who is interested in joining and improves community life. Individuals’ mental and physical health, fitness levels and wellbeing will be
enhanced as a result of our regular rowing activity. Our activity reduces stress and increases a sense of belonging because it is open and accessible to individuals of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Members will get an enhanced knowledge and understanding of traditional boat building, rowing, boat handling, river and sea navigation, teamwork and communication skills. The public will be more aware of the river, its heritage, and its usefulness as an unclaimed space that can be used to unite divided communities. These benefits will be evidenced through surveying the participants and public asking how our activities have made a difference to them, and gathering case studies and impact stories. We will collect and record feedback from participants regularly and use this feedback to continually improve. Through boatbuilding and rowing there is a risk of injury or drowning, but this risk is minimal and is vastly outweighed by the benefits, which can be demonstrated through the surveys and case studies. We have conducted risk assessments and are training the crew so that our rowing sessions are as safe as possible. The charity’s benefits are delivered to the general public, women and lone parents, people with mental health problems, trauma, and sensory disabilities. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is that some individual members will receive RYA training and this is incidental and necessary because we need to make the rowing activities as safe as possible.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The organisation will give traditional boat building opportunities to people from diverse backgrounds. We will engage people who are unemployed, have disabilities, are from disadvantaged backgrounds, are elderly, and who may have no connection with boats or traditional skills. We are hiring a professional boat builder to pass on skills to as many
people as possible while building a large 33ft currach for public use on the Lagan. We are giving people a sense of pride and purpose, using the boat build as a way to bring people together. Once the boat is build, we will use it on the Lagan regularly, at least twice a week, taking bookings from tourists, and receiving donations for the maintenance of the boat and to cover insurance costs. We will later get qualified for open water use and use the boat in Belfast Lough and around the coast of Northern Ireland. We will try to work with unemployed people long term on other boat builds, to share skills and give a sense of purpose. We will take part in maritime festivals and activiites across Northern Ireland and will set up an annual river fest.
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- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Interface communities
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Sexual orientation
- Unemployed/low income
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Community transport
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Disability
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Gender
- Heritage/historical
- Urban development
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
