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Status
Received: 38 days late
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Income
£20.0K
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Spending
£23.2K
Public benefits
The direct benefits are those children, young people and adults that volunteer on the schemes & programmes. All participants benefit by increasing social & physical activity thus improving health & wellbeing and reducing isolation by providing an affordable local service. Participants benefit from increased skills & capability thus increasing
opportunity for employment & further education. The benefits are identified through focus group discussions between parents, young people & committee. We organised monthly committee meetings to inform the group of issues and address these. Participants on classes also complete surveys to highlight the skills learned as a result of taking part on the training schemes. In the past volunteers that have been involved with the group have went on to university and or employment. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes The beneficiaries are the children, young people, volunteers and their families living in the rural Donemana hinterlands. There is no private benefit flowing from any of the purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We strive to reduce poverty amongst families in the Donemana and surrounding area by providing accessible affordable services for children, young people and their parents. The services include junior youth club, drop-in centre and educational & recreational courses. All services are provided locally to reduce travel and costs for family. We work
in partnership with other statutory organisations including Western Education & Library Board and Police & Community Safety Partnership to organise educational programmes for parents and volunteers including first aid and child protection training thus increasing the capacity & capability within the group. We also organise football coaching, dancing classes, healthy cooking classes and boxercising thus increasing the physical activity of participants and reducing social isolation amongst families, parents & carers. Educational activities also include youth worker training schemes eg personal development for young people. We also identify funding to organise an annual summer scheme for primary school children to attend, to reduce incidents of antisocial behaviour and increase social interaction betwen children as this rural area has poor transport links. We provide a facility where local organisations who do not have their own premises are able to hire by the hour for training, workshops and meetings. We work with other groups in the area to run programmes for young adults in the summer We provide our volunteers with training and further development as required which can be used in other organisations ie school or church
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- 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
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Parents
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- Rural development
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
