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Status
Received: 10 days late
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Income
£22.0K
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Spending
£17.3K
Public benefits
PURPOSE - 1. Community Development BENEFITS - Developing a community and its citizens. Unifying people with a sense of place. Enhancing the profile of the area. Improved community relations. Improving visible appearance of the area. Acting as a vehicle where community and public agencies work together. Responding to problems. Who
Benefits – The general public. The benefit is demonstrated by been a recognised group who can liaise with statuary bodies and funders. There is provision of a neutral meeting place with better maintained public amenity areas. BDCDA encourages other special interest voluntary groups by providing space. It has made visible improvements to the area and enhanced the locality so that new families find the locality more community-oriented and appealing. It creates a greater sense of belonging for the majority of people. There is no evidence that community development has caused any harm in our area, and if there is it has been greatly outweighed by the many advantages. The only private benefit has been incidental and has been to local business who received extra custom from a community who may be more inclined to shop local .By the association organising events in the village eg summer festivals to promote community, local business also benefit, however in return the provide sponsorship for community events. PURPOSE - 2. Advance Education Benefits – It makes education more accessible for children of preschool age and adults on a cross-community basis. BDCDA provides opportunities to learn new skills. It increases local knowledge, making people more employable and improving confidence and employability. Who benefits - The general public – this can be demonstrated in many ways. Children attending the pre-school are better equipped to start primary education, they have the advantage of a pre-school experience which has been cross-community at a vital young age, so that the families within the community see the value of cross-community. Community barriers are broken down and friendship and trust is increased. Adults benefit by courses been delivered locally, learn new skills and are more employable. There is an opportunity to have contact with a more cross section of the community. History classes and lectures help by learning about our past and will encourage people to be more tolerant to different cultures and respect diversity. There is no possible harm to improved education only many advantages. There is no private gain although trustees or family members are able to attend courses, but are not given any preference over other members of the community. RECONCILIATION & CONFLICT RESOLOUTION Benefits – Building trust between different religions and cultures, the community group facilitates greater tolerance between the two main communities, as well as providing opportunities from people from different faiths and cultures to join in initiatives. Other benefits include a respect for diversity and improvement in community relations and the vision of a community with a unity of purpose. For a full public benefit statement contact the Commission directly
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Our organisation manages and maintains the Station House Building the only neutral community building in our area. Part of the building is used on a continuous basis by a pre- school group, a meeting room is used my several local groups ie History Group, Women’s Group, Church and Sport Groups. It is also available to local agencies for information
and educational programmes and also health and well being events. We network with other community groups in the county region to campaign for better rural services in our area, and advancement of environmental protection and improvement. We promote community spirit by taking responsibility for erecting Christmas lights in the village, organising community festivals and senior citizen functions. For the past 20 years we have been joint owners of Riverbrooke Cross Border Initiative with Riverstown Community Association in Sligo and successfully delivered programmes with funding from Peace 1, 2, & 3. This work was predominately people orientated and undertook reconciliation work with protestant and catholic participants from Brookeborough and Riverstown. Our slogan was ‘Breakdown barriers build trust and friendship.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
How the charity works
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Heritage/historical
- Playgroup/after schools
- Rural development
