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Causeway U3A

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £109.3K

  • Spending

    £96.5K

Charity no. 104728 Date registered. 04/03/2016

Public benefits

The benefits that flow from the purpose is keeping older minds active and involved through the acquisition of knowledge or furthering of knowledge in specific areas of interests to the recipient. Causeway U3A provides the older person in its area with educational benefits which they would not otherwise be able to access at a minimal cost. Further

benefits that flow from this purpose are improved health awareness of issues related to older people and physical and mental health maintained and/or improved through the uptake of activities provided hence reduction in demand for public health services. Also the bringing together of isolated people and introducing them to new interests and friends therefore giving them a new outlook on life. This is especially pertinent to the Causeway area where people choose to retire to. The beneficiaries are the current 940 members of Causeway U3A, who are retired or semi-retired men and women living in the Coleraine, Portstewart and Portrush catchment area. There is no possibility of any harm or possibility of harm outweighing the benefits.

What your organisation does

Causeway U3A has been running for 28 years. Monthly meetings are held for all members where visiting speakers provide a varied programme of talks. Classes and activities offered are varied including both mental stimulation and physical exercise. A monthly Sunday lunch meeting for single members is also offered. Activities are constantly reviewed

and new ones added as requested by members. Information regarding upcoming local events and within U3A (local, regional and national) is regularly emailed out and highlighted at monthly meetings and in a bi-monthly Newsletter. Over 30 groups have operated during the pandemic, new ones are being added and some of the earlier activities, suspended by covid, will resume.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Older people
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Sport/recreation

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The purposes are: 1. to advance the education of the public and in particular the education of older people no longer in full time gainful employment in The Causeway Coast and its surrounding locality 2. the provision of facilities for leisure time and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons in the interests of their social welfare.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 12 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 60 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Causeway U3a, C/O Enterprise Causeway, 17 Sandel Village, Knocklynn Road, Coleraine, BT52 1WW

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Brendan Mullan
Dr Alan Sharp
Dr David Eastwood
Sir Frederick Girvan
Mrs Barbara Foster
Mrs Mary O'hare
Mr David Johnston
Mr William Canavan
Mrs Patricia Fulton
Mr Nigel Creighton
Mrs Anna Logan
Mrs Alice Chapman

List of regions

  • Causeway Coast And Glens District Council