Overdue: 109 days
Public benefits
The benefit flowing from this purpose is the active engagement of people in exploring their cultural heritage, at a local level. i.e. recording and sharing material that would be otherwise obscure or lost. In particular their history, traditions, arts and folklore. This is enabled through recording and promoting heritage collected from the
experiences of ordinary people - community and local groups sharing the experiences of their heritage, and preserving heritage material (Photographs, Film, Prose, Poetry, Music, Drawings and Paintings) which may otherwise been overlooked or lost. An archive of Films, Artworks, Resources and Books are available for public and educational use. Volunteers including those marginalised (e.g.older people, unemployed people) have been empowered and inspired by engaging in these processes. The general public benefit by attending and gaining insight into the subtle diversities and commonalities that make up our communities. These benefits are evidenced by: a/ the many thousands of people who have participated in, or attended our workshops, film showings, discussions, exhibitions and events. b/ by the amounts of donated material (interviews, narratives, photographs etc) we have accrued. c/ by the collaboration of artists, musicians, academics, dancers and other people who volunteer their skills to create quality project outcomes. d/ we have received grants from Arts Council NI., Heritage Lottery NI, and Belfast City Council among others. These funders could appreciate the positive impact we have had on our beneficiaries. Their is no private benefit flowing from our purposes. The benefit is to general society. We have the accepted policies and protocols in place to protect participants in our projects from coming to any harm. Our Purpose: To advance education and promote the Arts, for the benefit of the public in Belfast and surrounding areas primarily, but also in any part of Ireland. The accruing benefit from this purpose is the active engagement of people in exploring their cultural heritage, at a local level. i.e. recording and sharing material that would be otherwise obscure or lost. In particular their history, traditions, arts and folklore. This is enabled through recording and promoting heritage collected from the experiences of ordinary people - facilitating community and local groups to share their experience of their heritage, and to share heritage material (Photographs, Film, Prose, Poetry, Music, Drawings and Paintings) which may otherwise been overlooked or lost. We have built up an archive of Films, Artworks and Books. Volunteers including those marginalised (e.g.older people, unemployed people) have been empowered by engaging in these processes. These benefits are evidenced by: a/ the many thousands of people who have participated in, or attended our workshops, film showings, discussions, exhibitions and events. b/ by the amounts of donated material (interviews, narratives, photographs etc) we have accrued. c/ by the collaboration of artists, musicians, academics, dancers and other people who volunteer their skills to create quality project outcomes. d/ we have received grants from Arts Council NI., Heritage Lottery NI, and Belfast City Council among others. These funders could appreciate the positive impact we have had on our beneficiaries. Their is no private benefit flowing from our purposes. The benefit is to general society. We have the accepted policies and protocols in place to protect participants in our projects from coming to any harm.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Explores and places in the public domain any hidden heritage of ordinary people (stories, photographs, poetry and art) capturing it digitally in audio and video formats, and in print and preserving it for future generations, working on each project in collaboration and assistance of artists, volunteers and community organisations, and producing
tangible outcomes (film showings, musical and dance events, poetry readings, book launches etc.) that the general public can come and participate in at public venues such as arts centres, theatres and community venues.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Older people
How the charity works
- Arts
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Heritage/historical
