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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£3.4M
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Spending
£3.2M
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from purpose 1 include that the service users we work with are living lives of more stability: moving into training/education/employment, reducing the harm caused by substances in their lives, improving their mental and physical health and not returning to custody. The direct benefits flowing from purpose 2 include that
the families of our service users are better supported, can see real change in the lives of their loved ones and are better equipped to move on with their own lives. The direct benefits flowing from purpose 3 include being in a position to campaign and influence for the needs of our service users and being deemed expert in our specialist areas of practice. The benefits from purpose 1 are demonstrated through our ongoing systems of internal and external reporting, using a bespoke Client Information System and the Addiction Severity Index. Our Operational Plan is updated quarterly against service-specific and organisation-wide targets, while we also report regularly to our funders. The benefits from purpose 2 are demonstrated through our ongoing systems of internal and external reporting, using a bespoke Client Information System and the Addiction Severity Index. Our Operational Plan is updated quarterly against service-specific and organisation-wide targets, while we also report regularly to our funders. The benefits from purpose 3 are demonstrated through raising the profile of the issues that are key to our service users and through seeing changes implemented in government policy. Purpose 1 does not cause any harm. Purpose 2 does not cause any harm. Purpose 3 does not cause any harm. The beneficiaries of purpose 1 are young people who use substances or who are impacted by substance use in their families, young people with mental health issues, young offenders both in and leaving custody, young people who are coming to the attention of statutory authorities, young people who are unemployed, and adults both in and leaving custody. The beneficiaries of purpose 2 are the families of those described under purpose 1. The beneficiaries of purpose 3 are all of our current and potential service users. There is no private benefit flowing from purpose 1. There is no private benefit flowing from purpose 2. There is no private benefit flowing from purpose 3.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Start360 delivers (as of September 2016) 26 services from 11 locations in Northern Ireland, covering the themes of Health, Justice and Employability. These include drug and alcohol support services in the community and in the prisons, mental health services, employability services with support for service users to find training or work placements,
throughcare services for those leaving prison and range of other supports for young people and their families, and for those in custody. We deliver these services through a variety of interventions, including one to one sessions, group work, residentials and family work.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Adult training
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Homelessness
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Counselling/support
- Criminal justice
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
