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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£119.8K
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Spending
£131.5K
Public benefits
1. Mental and emotional health and well being contributing to moral improvement in society. Benefit demonstrated through observation if improved behaviour, public testimony, monitoring of pastoral care. There is a potential for an individual to be over reliant on pastoral care. The pastoral care team is trained to be aware of this. Beneficiaries:
those wanting to discover more about God or becoming followers of the Christian faith. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is the salary of the pastor and this is incidental and necessary to achieve the purposes of the charity. 2. Individuals being enabled to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient Benefit demonstrated by individuals going back to employment or starting new employment and feedback from volunteers in regards to individual progress. Creating dependency on financial help is mitigated by restricting it to items being bought for the individual rather than being handed cash. Financial help for groceries and utilities is restricted to twice a year. Beneficiaries: those in short term crisis or poverty. 3. Building self-esteem and confidence, developing abilities and skills in order for the individuals to c contribute and integrate into the community. Benefit demonstrated through people getting back into education, training and work, starting new business ventured and creating employment, advancing in their education and learning. No harm. Beneficiaries: socially and economically disadvantaged and those in need of support in training and education. 4. Discrimination flashpoint, racial tensions, faith hate crimes diffused, acceptance and mutual understanding between different groups. Benefit demonstrated through feedback groups and other agencies involved. No harm. Beneficiaries: socially excluded individuals and groups. 5. Dignity and control to a person’s decision s and actions regained by helping them refocus and rebuild personal, family and employment goals; personal stability through freedom from mental illness, addiction causing them to be contributors to society rather than having a dependency on the system. Benefit demonstrated through ongoing feedback from beneficiaries and their families and where appropriate third party agent res involved. Feedback sometimes will be gained through written Q&A. Potential for individuals to be over reliant on counselling. Care and Counsel volunteers are trained to be aware of this. Beneficiaries: those in need of counselling and mental health support. 6. Mental, emotional, social, physical wellbeing created for those experiencing despair and distress from isolation and loneliness, general welling and condition of life improved. Benefit demonstrated through feedback (oral and written) from beneficiaries, feedback from volunteers and creating volunteer posts. There is a potential for an individual to be over reliant on the volunteers. The ministry team is trained to be aware of this. Beneficiaries: people of all ages and abilities.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Our organisation endeavours to create an environment for members of the public at home and further afield to develop spiritually, mentally, educationally, physically, socially and financially. This is done through various ministries. 1. Religious and Church Services. The church serves anyone who has an interest in our commitment to the Cristian
faith, through means of public worship, public prayer meetings, music, arts and creativity, media, camps, outings and retreats, short and long terms missions, church planting and leadership training, Bible teaching and pastoral care for people of all ages. 2. Care and Counsel. A team of trained volunteers offer support for minor and mild mental health issues through weekly sessions. The Caring Team would provide individuals with home visits and pastoral care. 3. Family Support. We value family as being the foundation of every society. We will be offering marriage and parenting seminars and workshops with other specific activities for family. 4. InclusionWorks. This ministry creates an environment for people of all ages that display any disability, physical or intellectual, to be part of the church community and to express themselves. 5. SportWorks. We try to create activities for the physical wellbeing of all people: fitness classes, healthy eating, walking, football and volleyball. 6. HigherGround Cafe. This is a space for the community to initiate conversations and build relationships over a cup of coffee or tea. The cafe includes a library with books available for people to read. 7. Sheltered Housing: Homelessness is a frightening prospective and as a church we want to be able to provide temporary accommodation for those who are homeless or in the process of acquiring permanent accommodation. It is also vital for those recovering from addiction or trying to move away from a toxic environment to be able to have temporary shelter.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- 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
- 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
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Homelessness
- Interface communities
- Language community
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Overseas/developing countries
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
- Travellers
- Unemployed/low income
- Victim support
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Counselling/support
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Disability
- Economic development
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Grant making
- Overseas aid/famine relief
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
- Sport/recreation
- Urban development
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
