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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£1.0M
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Spending
£530.7K
Public benefits
The Charities purposes for the public benefit are as follows: The direct benefits which flow from purpose include: OBJECT 4(a) The direct benefits which flow from purpose include: The worship services are free of charge and open to all. The promotion of family stability and well-being, and increased ability to contribute positively to society for
those attending. Provide support and guidance to those activities of its members that seek to promote, in Lisburn and surrounding areas, an understanding of the Christian beliefs as set out in the church’s basis of faith, through practical expression of Christian beliefs and ideals in the local community. OBJECT 4(b) The direct benefits which flow from purpose include: Provide support and guidance to those activities of its members that seek to further Christian education, in Lisburn and surrounding areas, an understanding of the Christian beliefs as set out in the church’s basis of faith, through practical teaching of Christian beliefs and ideals in the local community. The benefit of such support and guidance is to enable those members to be better able to serve in the local community. OBJECT 4(c) The direct benefits which flow from purpose include: Carry out acts of social concern to benefit persons in Lisburn and the surrounding areas. The church runs activities promoting good financial management to alleviate financial hardship and poverty which then further signposts individuals to receive actual support as well as opportunities to participate in prayer to relieve sickness. Annual Christmas hamper food give aways and ongoing food provisions to those in need. Providing improved community relations, intercultural cohesion, and an increase in understanding of cross cultural and multi-religious views creating a common ground and sense of belonging through our community initiatives and our weekly Sunday Celebrations as well as hosting specific multi-cultural events. The benefit of such support and guidance is to enable those members to be better able to serve in the local community. OBJECT 4(d) The direct benefits which flow from purpose include: Provide support and guidance to those activities of its members that seek to promote, in Lisburn and surrounding areas. We offer early intervention low level capacity building through befriending, mentoring and short term courses. Partnering with other charities and statutory bodies to provide more joined up thinking and service provision to those in need be that financial, health or relational. All activities discussed above are open to the public without discrimination and aimed mainly within Lisburn and the greater surrounding areas though some elements listed above have worldwide activities. All acts are completely voluntary. Activities are monitored for growth in participation and have opportunities for feedback from members. There is a potential harm of creating a cycle of dependency in relieving financial hardship directly through gifts, however this does not outweigh the public benefit as we also provide additional services for longer term life skills to educate through these situations. Other than this we would state that there is no harm pr possibility of harm that could come from the benefits listed from a - d The only private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training in good governance, finance etc. We would state that no harm or possibility of harm could come from the benefits listed from (a) - (d). The Charities beneficiaries are: 1. General Public 2. Pre-school (2.5-5 YEAR OLDS) 3. Children (5 years – 10yrs) 4. Youth (11-25 YEAR OLDS) 5. Parents 6. Unemployed/ Low Income 7. Adult Training 8. Women 9. Volunteers 10. Men 11. Ethnic Minorities
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Organise and run weekly Sunday worship services, providing Bible based life enrichment teaching open to everyone in our community, we provide age specific services for ages 2.5 - 5, 6 - 10, 11 - 15 and 15+. We run teaching and developmental weekends for the advancement of deeper spirituality and educational purposes, helping people learn how to
better live out their christian faith and better serve their community. We send teams out weekly onto the streets of Lisburn to pray for the sick, do free give aways, letter pickups and other acts of community service. We run ongoing personal and community development projects, helping people of all faiths and none going through difficult times, get access to the help they need including those struggling financially, emotionally and physically and helping to setup functional local community groups. We run periodic courses in the community for people of all faiths and none struggling with mental health problems, parenting and family issues. We run a annual family festival seeking to bring fun, community and life to local estates for a week in the summer as well as a week long family camp providing a funded holiday for parents and their children who otherwise could not afford a break. We send teams overseas to work in third world development projects periodically providing Christian education, humanitarian relief and building projects. In the past twelve months we have had people in Uganda and Greece working with other charities serving refugees.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Interface communities
- Mental health
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
