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Public benefits
The Trust’s objects are specifically restricted to making donations, grants or subscribing to charities to increase the availability of funds to assist these charities in fulfilling their purpose. The public benefit is demonstrated by the benefits flowing from each field of charitable work that the Trust makes grants towards including education,
health, relief of poverty and advancement of citizenship or community development. There is no harm or private benefit. 1. Education The purpose is the advancement of education and access to education through grants to charities in this field. The direct benefits which flow from this are that charities involved are able to fulfil their objects. An example of a charity which has received a donation is the award of funding to a charitable foundation whereby a PhD student was supported in the area of Public Health. Scholarships provide students with the necessary financial support to enable them to advance their education at University level. At postgraduate level, scholarships enable the pursuit of specialist knowledge which often leads to postdoctoral/fellowship study. Local graduates are highly sought after by local and international business sectors and their calibre attracts global companies to invest in Northern Ireland which positively impacts on the local economy. The benefit of advancing education is health is far reaching and supports research leading to improved health and treatment of diseases which benefits the public in Northern Ireland and internationally. 2. Relief or Poverty and Advancement of Citizenship or Community Development The purpose is the relief of poverty and the advancement of citizenship or community development through grants to charities in this field. The direct benefits which flow from this are that the charities involved are able to fulfil their objects. An example of a charity which has received a donation is an independent Advice Centre adversely impacted by the introduction of welfare cuts and the withdrawal of Lottery funding. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include: • Claiming welfare benefits for those who have a physical or mental disability • Maximising the income of all clients who are in need. • Resolving debt related issues. • Reducing the levels of stress and anxiety of those in the area of benefit through the provision of advice. • Providing quality advice to those in need due to a low income, ill health, disability or age. • Providing a signposting service to specialist organisations for those needing them. • Providing advice to all those in the area of benefit who are impacted negatively by adverse legislation. These benefits are evidenced through. • The high numbers of clients accessing services • The training of volunteers from the area of benefit • The education of people from the area as to their rights in relation to those areas of NI social security legislation which directly affects them. The beneficiaries of these purposes are those people residing in area local to the advice centre in Greater Belfast. 3. Health The purpose is the advancement of health through grants to charities involved in this field. The direct benefits which flow from this are that the charities involved are able to fulfil their objects. Examples are the funding of a mental health advocacy and education charity. This charity provides direct benefit to clients throughout NI affected by mental ill health, learning disability, substance abuse and/or other disabilities through training programmes which assist them to recover and gain qualifications and skills that help them gain employment or lead more independent lives. The benefit is that clients are healthier, more in control of their lives, feel included and contributing to society; this saves lives, saves money and contributes to greater wellbeing and a healthier society overall. Clients come from all cultural backgrounds across NI, including the LGBT community.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
In the past three years, the Trust has awarded grants to Action Mental Health (AMH Mensana) to support mental health counselling among young people across Northern Ireland. Grants have also been awarded to the East Belfast Independent Advice Centre to help their advocacy efforts with the young, mentally handicapped and vulnerable. A project to
investigate the links between eating and health has also been funded.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- 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
Who the charity helps
- Mental health
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Grant making
- Medical/health/sickness
- Welfare/benevolent