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Whitehead Community Association

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £142.1K

  • Spending

    £125.1K

Charity no. 104912 Date registered. 19/05/2016

Public benefits

(i) What are the benefits that flow as a result of the purpose being carried out? Several benefits flow from our purposes. We help in the creations of social cohesion, allowing Whitehead and environs to develop together as a community, offering chances for people to meet and work together, developing skills sets and widening the circle of social

interaction and influence. We act as a hub of information. Whether on our website, facebook page or through face to face meetings in the office, we provide a vital conduit for information about Whitehead. That information is not restricted to news about Whitehead Community Association but includes voluntary groups, church organisations, council supported initiatives, ad hoc groups and individuals. We also include information about people’s rights, funding opportunities and news from further afield. We also publish regular news letters and leaflets and are currently producing a ‘business map’ of the town aimed for tourists for the new Gobbins Path attraction. As outlined in our supporting documents, we provide a literal and metaphorical non-political space open to all-comers. We also have maintained a drive for social inclusiveness having run diversity days, cultural exchange forums and taken part in such events as Holocaust Memorial Day. As allied aim to promoting diversity, we are also aware of our role in combatting social exclusion of the town with many of our classes we house and support there help groups like the elderly (Floral Art, tea dances and the like) and stay at home mums (Jo Jingles, various keep fit classes). While these tend towards providing social activities, many of them have an educative element. We also house a project run by Genesis Youth Exchange aimed at providing opportunities for socially disadvantaged group to learn about the new internet technologies. In maintaining the building, we afford educational, cultural and social opportunities for the people of the town. We provide opportunities for communal entertainment through the organisation and running of annual summer festivals, Victorian Street Fairs, Easter Road races and other more ‘ad hoc’ events. We encourage the development of local business in the area, both in terms of providing units for six local businesses and acting as a hub for town promotion. (ii) How are these benefits capable of being demonstrated? The benefits are capable of being demonstrated by the following: • The existence of a building for community activities • The maintenance and upkeep of the building • Service Level Agreement with Mid and East Antrim Council • Mid and Full year reports to Mid and East Antrim Council in regard to the above • End of year accounts • Agendas and minutes of WCA Committee Meetings • Agenda and minutes of WCA Annual General Meetings • Regular news letters • Upkeep of website • Upkeep of Facebook page • Regular social/community events throughout the year • A two-week summer festival • A one-day Victorian Street Fair • An annual Easter Road Race • Other ‘ad hoc’ events – either as main organiser or participant • Coverage in local papers • Various ‘ad hoc’ items of promotional material – posters, flyers, leaflets etc. • Liaising with formal bodies, voluntary associations and local government – eg facilitating meetings of Community Police Liaison Committees, various Mid and East Antrim community planning initiatives, fire safety information days, facility for Blood Transfusion Service. (iii) Who are the intended beneficiaries? The intended beneficiaries are ALL residents and people from Whitehead, Islandmagee and Ballycarry. (iv) Is there harm of potential for harm? There is no potential for harm. (v) Is there any private benefit? There is no private benefit to anyone involved in the running of Whitehead Community Association Ltd.

What your organisation does

Much of our energy is putting into running, promoting and maintaining an independent community centre. The centre acts as a hub from businesses, local groups, voluntary groups and social activity groups (Addiction NI, Alzheimers Group) to run clinics, classes, get together, educational and cultural events. The centre also houses six small local

businesses. WCA also promotes events/fundraisers aimed at social cohesion: a summer festival, a Victorian Street Fair and Easter Road Race and other events as well.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Community enterprise
  • Cultural
  • General charitable purposes
  • Playgroup/after schools
  • Sport/recreation
  • Volunteer development

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

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Charitable purposes

The company’s objects are specifically restricted to the promotion of the benefit of the inhabitants (hereinafter called the “beneficiaries”) of the Whitehead Area and its environs of County Antrim (“hereinafter called the “area of benefit”) without distinction of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability/ability, race, ethnic origin, political, religious or other opinion by associating the statutory and local authorities, voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, promote and foster a community spirit in favour of equality and diversity and to provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants and in particular: (i) to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre (hereinafter called "the Community Centre") and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the company in furtherance of the above objects; (ii) to promote the benefit of children and young people in the area of benefit and educate and assist such young people through their leisure-time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and emotional capacities so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society so that their conditions of life may be improved; (iii) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the directors, may from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 6 Trustees
  • 5 Employees
  • 35 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Whitehead Community Association, Whitehead Community Centre, 19 Kings Road, 19 King's Road, Whitehead, Whitehead, BT38 9PT

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Paul Abraham
Mr William Luney
Mrs Andrea Abraham
Mr William Dornan
Mr Robert Logan
Niamh

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Mid And East Antrim Borough Council
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