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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£17.5K
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Spending
£26.0K
Public benefits
Castlerock Community Association is an organisation that provides members of the local community and visitors, with an Information Centre that provides services for social provision, local and surrounding area tourist information and organisation of events that cater across a range of activities without discrimination of age, sex, nationality,
religious preference, disability, social economic circumstances and also in the interests of community wellbeing. The direct benefits which flow from our purpose include: increased community cohesion; decreased social isolation; increased community spirit and community relations; increased access to culture, arts and heritage leading to richness of experience of Castlerock and surrounding area; increased education and knowledge through access to information and advice on subjects as diverse as social welfare through to local history; enhanced health and wellbeing through access to facilities for healthy recreation and leisure; rehabilitation into the community of ex-offenders who work on our Village Beautiful project. The benefit from our purposes is demonstrated through feedback from beneficiaries and number of people using the services; the completion of a log detailing the services beneficiaries have used in the Information Centre. Additional evidence is measured through feedback forms, records of our events/activities and a community survey. The beneficiaries are the general public within Castlerock/surrounding areas and indeed visitors from the rest of the U.K. and across the world. An incidental benefit is the building of confidence and skills within the Volunteer Team who staff the Information Centre and members of the Management Committee. A private benefit that arises is when training is provided for areas such as Child Protection. This is a transferable skill which could lead to employment opportunities for a Volunteer. However without this training, the Association could not deliver on its public benefit to cater for a range of activities across all age groups. No harm arises from the delivery of our public benefit as all of our activities are planned and risk assessed with all necessary insurances, checks and policies being adhered to under the supervision of the Management Committee.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The CCA committee meets 6 times a year Each sub-committee reports as following: EVENTS SUB-COMMITTEE: -Draft calendar of events produced for the year. Some of these events will be fundraising/some for social inclusion/some to promote culture, arts and heritage and some for participating in healthy recreation particularly walking -Draft calendar
of events also takes into consideration and has input from other groups in the village to ensure there is no duplication/overlap on dates to promote good community relations -The draft calendar will form the basis of the agenda and discussed monthly to agree/amend actions with updated community feedback from the Information Centre and Website VILLAGE BEAUTIFUL SUB-COMMITTEE -Oversees Village project "Village Beautiful" originally funded under RDP programme to advance environmental protection and improvement to our local environment -Arranges planting of 120 plus community flower baskets and their maintenance each year COMMUNICATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE -Sources article updates for input in to quarterly Community Newsletter from local community groups within the Village and input from CCA representatives on other bodies such as LAG/CCCGHT/CCCC/National Trust -Update website on a regular basis with input/feedback from different sub-committees and items of interest submitted from local residents FINANCE AND GENERAL PURPOSE SUB-COMMITTEE -Monthly review of cash flow projection -Agree any potential expenditure submitted by the various sub-committees and ensure all governance/risk and potential conflict of interests are considered and managed -Discuss potential funding opportunities to ensure sustainability of the Information Centre and Village Beautiful project is maintained and developed INFORMATION CENTRE SUB-COMMITTEE -Weekly meetings to discuss matters arising/feedback from local community and visitors and agree next steps -Identify training requirements for volunteers and potential education opportunities
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Community development
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Heritage/historical
- Rural development
- Volunteer development
