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Richmount Rural Community Association

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £76.7K

  • Spending

    £65.3K

Charity no. 105192 Date registered. 07/07/2016

Public benefits

We provide services for the residents of the Richmount area. These are provided in a non-profit situation. Our public benefit is for all in our community, is beneficial and can be clearly demonstrated by the numbers attending our facility and availing of our services. We obtain feedback on our services through social media, our community magazine

and at our meetings with our users We provide services for our older people to combat loneliness and social isolation and to promote active aging. We provide health and wellbeing programmes for the older people in our community which increases their general wellbeing. We promote by positive action projects which engender good community relations in our community. We develop and deliver programmes which help improve the health and wellbeing of our substantial ethnic minority Community. We develop and deliver projects to promote the health and well-being of men in our community to help make them more aware and increase their health outcomes. The purpose of our charity should not lead to any harm. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is that committee members may also avail of services and gain knowledge from training courses but this is incidental and necessary because it is desirable that they do avail of facilities and gain knowledge to adequately provide the service afforded by our organisation.

What your organisation does

We provide weekly sessions for our older people (average 50) every Thursday from 10.00am to 3.30pm with morning activities, lunch, afternoon activities. Activities can be: music & dance, relaxation, keep fit, art, storytelling, films, and cook its. Also bus trips In addition we have a fabric craft work shop every Tuesday, Cycling Club on Mondays,

Dancing classes on Monday. We have a heritage club. We produced a DVD and book entitled – The Hay Days- Farming in the 1950s in North Armagh. We have cross community programmes with groups in Carricmacross, Co Monaghan and Glenravel in Co Antrim We develop and maintain a large community garden. We have a Men’s shed. We develop and deliver programmes for our Ethnic Minority community, mainly Bulgarian. Nearing the completion of a major OFMDFM ethnic minority project which is aimed to promote health and wellbeing in this group and develop good cross cultural communications. We publish a glossy community magazine “Richmount News” 3 times a year. We hand deliver 1200 of these in our local community. We work with the local playgroup and school in the furtherance of our objectives We provide training on subjects such as: Men’s health, first aid, food safety. Safeguarding vulnerable adults We have just completed a major art /good relations project (£55K) “All together Now” – a building peace through the arts project. There is a granite statue in the village relating to this project. We plant the village of Scotch Street with flowers during the summer season

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Carers
  • Ethnic minorities
  • General public
  • Learning disabilities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Arts
  • Community development
  • Community enterprise
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Economic development
  • Education/training
  • Heritage/historical
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Rural development
  • Welfare/benevolent

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

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Charitable purposes

To promote the benefit of the residents of the Richmount area without distinction of political opinion , religious belief, disability, gender, race, age, sexual orientation, those with a marital status and family status or other opinion, by engaging in and organising community activities and projects with the object of improving the quality of life of the said residents.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 9 Trustees
  • 3 Employees
  • 20 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Joe Garvey, 2 Annagora Road, Portadown, Craigavon, County Armagh, BT62 4JE

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Joe Garvey Bem Fcih
Isobel Annesley
Victor Hanthorn
Letty Houston
Mrs Shirin Hasonova
Mrs Pauline Rooney
Mrs Mairead Holland
Ms Helen Gillespie
Mr Geoffrey Ellis

List of regions

  • Armagh City, Banbridge And Craigavon Council