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Granaghan & District Women's Group

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £27.9K

  • Spending

    £27.6K

Charity no. 105800 Date registered. 03/11/2016

Public benefits

The benefits flowing from the purposes of Granaghan & District Women’s Group are that local women in a rural area have a venue where they can meet and socialise. A further benefit is that these women can access all sorts of classes and courses of both educational and recreational content. Benefits are demonstrated by the numbers of people

attending each activity. Beneficiaries are regularly asked to complete the evaluation of the activities at the end of courses. The management committee also measure the success and the benefits of their activities by face to face interviews with participants and tutors. There is no harm flowing from the purposes of Granaghan Women’s Group. The beneficiaries are a large number of local families offering women the opportunity to meet, congregate and socialise in a secure cross community venue thus, ensuring they are not socially isolated but that they have the chance to become more fulfilled both as individuals and as members of the Granaghan community. There is no private benefit except for fees paid to tutors which is necessary for the successful work of the group.

What your organisation does

The group organises courses and classes in health and wellbeing such as Pilates, Yoga, cookery, mindfulness, confidence building, positive behaviour, candle making, knitting, team building, digital photography, etc. These courses change annually in response to demand. They also are involved in linking with other community organisations attending

appropriate conferences such as Women In the Community, Community Planning, Living & Learning. They run bus trips to places of interest such as the Ulster Museum, Crumlin Road Jail. The group organised inter generational activities such as their learn to knit workshops. They organise environmental activities such as litter picks. One of their more important activities is their Open Doors club which promotes activities for people with learning difficulties from within the community. They work closely with their local cCuncil and are actively involved in accessing funding for all of their activities from a variety of funders.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • 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

  • Adult training
  • Carers
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • General public
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Women

How the charity works

  • Arts
  • Community development
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Environment/sustainable development/conservation

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Charitable purposes

The aim of the Group is to relieve poverty, to advance education and to preserve and safeguard health; and in particular to provide in Granaghan and surrounding district in Co Derry ("the area of benefit") facilities in the interests of social welfare for education, recreation and leisure-time occupation of women who by reason of social or economic circumstances have need of such facilities.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 14 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 14 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Deirdre Bradley, 25 Macknagh Lane, Upperlands, Maghera, County Derry, BT46 5SL

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Ann Mcnicholl
Mrs Roisin Turner
Mrs Deirdre Bradley
Mrs Pauline Mcfall
Mrs Mary Mullin
Mrs Diana Mcclean
Ms Trea Duggan
Mrs Margaret Mccusker
Ms Janette O'kane
Ms Noelle Smyth
Ms Alice Quinn
Ms Siobhan Friel
Ms Shauna Mcshane
Mrs Annie Burke

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