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Ballygorman School House Association

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £2.4K

  • Spending

    £2.3K

Charity no. 104527 Company no. 613840 Date registered. 22/02/2016

Public benefits

THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE BENEFIT THAT FLOWS FROM THIS PURPOSE IS AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BALLYGORMAN AREA AND ITS ENVIRONS OF COUNTYS ARMAGH AND DOWN. TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY TO LIAISE WITH STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE

EDUCATION, PROMOTE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY. THE DIRECT BENEFITS WHICH FLOW FROM THIS PURPOSE INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE ABILITIES, SKILLS AND SELF CONFIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH WILL LEAD TO A REDUCTION OF POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE DIRECT BENEFITS WHICH FLOW FROM THIS PURPOSE INCLUDE PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMME OF ACCREDITED AND NON ACCREDITED EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL CLASSES IN A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE HISTORY OF BALLYGORMAN SCHOOL HOUSE. INDIVIDUALS WILL BECOME MORE SKILLED, RECEIVE QUALIFICATIONS WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FURTHER THEIR JOB PROSPECTS, REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY LIFE. YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH. THE DIRECT BENEFITS WHICH FLOW FROM THIS PURPOSE INCLUDE A HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT, PREVENTING DISEASE AND ENABLING HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS WHICH IN TURN BRING ABOUT HEALTHY WORKING AND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS. TO EDUCATE OLDER PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 3 AND 18 THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL EMOTIONAL AND SPIRTUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEIR CONDITONS IN LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN CONNECTION WITH THE HISTORY OF BALLYGORMAN SCHOOL HOUSE. THE DIRECT BENEFITS WHICH FLOW FROM THIS IS IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS IN RELATION TO THE LOCAL ORAL AND PICTORIAL HISTORY, FOLKLORE, CULTURE, ARTS AND HERITAGE OF THE AREA. THERE IS NO POTENTIAL HARM OR PRIVATE BENEFIT OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF THE PURPOSES BEING CARRIED OUT.

What your organisation does

WE RUN ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO FULFILL THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS DECSRIBED ABOVE THERE IS NO POTENTIAL HARM OR PRIVATE BENEFIT OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF THE PURPOSES BEING CARRIED OUT.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Carers
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • General public
  • Learning disabilities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Disability
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes
  • Heritage/historical
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Rural development
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 October 2022

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Charitable purposes

the company's objects are specifically restricted to the promotion of the benefit of the inhabitants of the townland of Ballygorman and its environs of County Armagh and County Down (hereinafter called the area of benefit) without distinction of age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, promote health and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupations, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants and in particular: (a) to provide, maintain and manage for the public benefit a community centre for activities promoted by the Company

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 8 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Barbara Simms, 48 Ballydogherty Road, Poyntzpass, Newry, County Down, BT35 6SA

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Stewart
Mr Andrew William Simms
Mr Morris James Lutton
Mr Jonathan Keith Simms
Mr William Dillon Simms
Mr James Samuel Stewart
Mr John Patton
Mrs Barbara Simms

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland