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East Belfast Community Development Agency

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £911.6K

  • Spending

    £905.4K

Charity no. 105793 Company no. 31089 Date registered. 31/01/2017

Public benefits

The direct benefits flowing from purpose (1) include: supporting stronger communities, promoting social justice, and improving quality of community life. The direct benefits flowing from purpose (2) include: increased volunteering, greater civic pride, and reduced isolation. The direct benefits flowing from purpose (3) include: reducing health

inequalities, improved health and wellbeing. The direct benefits flowing from purpose (4) include: greater knowledge of community need in relation to community development, urban regeneration, health and education – leading to opportunities to make improvements for local communities. The direct benefits flowing from purpose (5) include: improved community relations, equality of opportunity, and community cohesion. The direct benefits flowing from purpose (6) include: any other public benefits that may flow other exclusively charitable purposes for the benefit of communities in East Belfast. The benefits can be evidenced through feedback from beneficiaries, impact assessment tools, government statistics and annual reports. We believe that these purposes will lead to no clearly identified harm. The charity's beneficiaries are the community and voluntary sector and general public of East Belfast. There may be private benefits from the provision of training and support, but these benefits would be incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.

What your organisation does

EBCDA’s job is to add value to the activity undertaken by groups in local areas. We work with other key organisations to ensure the continued development of a community sector in East Belfast that is recognised, valued and effective. We seek to support successful community development, encourage reflective practice and promote cooperation and

locally based solutions.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • 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

Who the charity helps

  • Ethnic minorities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Grant making
  • Human rights/equality
  • Relief of poverty
  • Research/evaluation
  • Volunteer development
  • Welfare/benevolent

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£911.6K

Spending

£905.4K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Charity's objects ("Objects") are:- (1) To advance community development in East Belfast and its environs (the “area of benefit”) and in particular the promotion of the community and voluntary sector for the benefit of the public. (2) To promote volunteering and community involvement for the benefit of the public. (3) To promote health and well-being for the benefit of the public. (4) To promote, foster, support and carry out research particularly in the fields of community development, urban regeneration, health and education and to use the research for the public benefit. (5) To promote good community relations, religious and racial harmony, social cohesion and equality and diversity for the public benefit. (6) To promote such other exclusively charitable purposes in accordance with the law of charity in Northern Ireland as may from time to time be determined.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

EBCDA (acronym)
  • 10 Trustees
  • 16 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Michael Briggs, East Belfast Network Centre, 55 Templemore Avenue, Belfast, BT5 4FG

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Rachael Davison
Mr Samuel Douglas
Rev Mervyn Gibson
Mrs Bernadette Mcconnell
Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Oslon
Mrs Catherine Karen Purdy
Mrs Annie Cook
Mr Gareth Wright
Rev Samuel Robinson
Mr Richard Williamson

List of regions

  • Belfast City Council
  • Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council
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