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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£87.8K
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Spending
£74.1K
Public benefits
Direct benefits from purpose 1 include a rise in employment in Ballee & Harryville as well as the provision of services. Both Harryville and Ballee have been described as deprived areas with a high unemployment rate. Direct benefit from purposes 2 and 3 aim to increase education and skills in the residents of both Ballee & Harryville to prepare
and encourage higher rates of employment. Purpose 4 would has the potential to produce a wide range of direct benefits including projects that benefit the area on a community level. Benefits from purpose 1 are demonstrated through the range of workspace united provided and used in the local area. This has created employment opportunities as well as a selection of services now available in the area. The benefits emerging from purposes 2 and 3 are demonstrated through onsite work experience and training provided by Ballymena Business centre and a range of other organisations such as People Plus NI which use units such as The Men Shed or Ballee Pharmacy as a base. The Benefits from purpose 4 can be seen through funding available to the local community created in the profit made through the workspace units. This funding has been used for events, community development, health initiatives and running costs for community groups. There is no harm arising from the purposes. The beneficiaries of the purposes are local residents of Ballee and Harryville wards. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Ballee & Harryville Community Enterprises is made up of community representatives from the Ballee and Harryville wards as well as local business and council representatives. The board works alongside Ballymena Business centre to provide a range of workspace units in the area that local businesses can rent as a base in the area. Profits from rental
of the units are then returned back into the community for projects by the local groups.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- 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
- General public
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Economic development
- General charitable purposes
- Urban development
- Volunteer development
