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Club Angels Cookstown

Documents 34 days overdue

Overdue: 34 days

Charity no. 106813 Date registered. 14/11/2017

Public benefits

The direct benefits flowing purpose 1 of Club Angels Cookstown include care and assistance to any person attending clubs in the Mid-Ulster area where the Club Angels are operating, this could be through the consumption of alcohol or drugs, or injury through the actions of others or accidental injury The direct benefits flowing from purpose 2

include teenagers would br aware of the harm that consuming alcohol at their age does to their still developing organs and body. The benefits from purpose 1 are demonstrated through working closely with the PSNI, Door Supervisor staff, Management and Club Owners who can evidence our work, letters of thanks from those we help and the keeping of records of the numbers of those the Club Angels help. The benefits from purpose 2 are demonstrated through a reduced number of teenagers needing to be cared for and the reduction in alcohol related incidents at Clubs around the Mid-Ulster area. Possible harm arising from purpose 1 would be to the Club Angels through contact with bodily fluids or drugs or if a fight should break out as they attend to any person requiring assistance. Possible harm/injury arising from purpose 1 could be through the use of CPR on an individual.There is no envisaged harm caused through purpose 2 by educating teenagers on the harm that consuming alcohol at their age. The charities beneficiaries from purpose 1 are the attendees to clubs of any age from Teenagers to Adults where the Club Angels are present both inside and in the immediate area outside the venue. The charities beneficiaries from purpose 2 are the teenagers through knowledge of what alcohol can do to their organs and bodies aswell as the parents, door supervisor staff and the PSNI wo would have to engage with them through alcohol related behaviour. Private Benefit flowing from purpose 1 include: 1. Incidental private benefit to the volunteers through first aid training and experience would help their CV. 2. Incidental benefit to club owners through our presence as they would not have to employ first aid cover. There is no private benefit flowing from purpose 2.

What your organisation does

In order to carry out the charitable purposes, the trustees have the power to : 1. Raise funds, receive grants and donations. 2. To operate primarily between selected Friday, Saturday and Monday nights between 8pm and 3am, however extra days are added when there is a need. 3. Apply funds to carry out the work of the charity. 4. Open and

operate bank accounts in the charities name only. 5. To co-operate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities and to exchange information and advice with them 6. To provide volunteer training and vocational training. 7. To provide advice and information to vulnerable person or those in need. 8. To provide a process of referral of vulnerable persons to professional agencies. 9. Do anything which is lawful and necessary to achieve the charity’s purposes. 10. To provide non-emergency medical care to any person in need both inside and immediately outside the venue where we are on duty on any given evening. 11. By providing essential and potentially life saving first-aid cover by volunteers trained in the use of defibrillators and CPR (Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation) to any person requiring such intervention attending the venue or immediate area until the arrival of medical professionals.

The charity’s classifications

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

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Education/training
  • Medical/health/sickness

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 May 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 May 2019

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

1. The Advancement of Health or the saving of lives. a. To provide support in Teenage Clubs and Night Clubs in the Mid-Ulster Area by going into the clubs and giving support, non-emergency medical care, advice and reassurance in a safe place to any vulnerable person through their consumption of alcohol or drugs, OR injury inflicted by other night club goers or accidental injury. b. To provide essential and potentially life saving first-aid cover by volunteers trained in the use of defibrillators and CPR (Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation) to any person requiring such intervention attending the venue or immediate area until the arrival of medical professionals. c. To raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol and drugs to Teenagers in the Mid-Ulster area. 2. Advancement of education a. Of Club Angels Cookstown volunteers through their training in First Aid, CPR (Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation), Child Protection and life skills. b. Of Teenagers to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol and drugs to Teenagers in the Mid-Ulster area. c. Of Club Angels Cookstown volunteers by providing support, training, information and advice which will enhance their effectiveness to promote charitable activities in the area of benefit.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 5 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Trevor Benson, C/O R T J Ross & Co Chartered Accou, 44 Molesworth Street, Cookstown, BT80 8PA

Trustee board

Trustee
Trevor Benson
Andrea Turkington
Annette Mcclean
Eileen Mcguckin
Milly Turkington

List of regions

  • Mid Ulster District Council