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Run For Autism HAND

Documents 490 days overdue

Overdue: 490 days

Charity no. 106829 Date registered. 30/10/2017

Public benefits

The direct benefits following from purpose 1 include: - improving the knowledge of the condition of Autism for families/carers of people living with Autism, thus enabling and increasing their abilities in understanding and caring for their loved one/s. Increased Autism awareness creates better understanding and tolerance for people with Autism.

Enhance the education and training of people with Autism and hence improve their potential for leading more independent and fruitful lives. The added benefit is reduced stress and anxiety of both Autistic people and their families/carers and reduces input required by Health Services. By providing assistance, for example in the early years’ development of Autistic Children it greatly improves their skills and abilities. The Charity has provided funding to a number of groups and Autism specific Learning Support Departments in schools to assist them in purchasing ipads which has proved to be of huge benefit in improving the communication skills of people with Autism and hence reducing their frustrations and the frustrations of teachers/parents/carers. Purpose 2 - The Relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, focusing specifically on disability caused by Autism. Providing directly and assisting in providing, to people living with Autism, inclusion, activities, having access to facilities, groups, organisations, events in the community and also reducing/removing isolation of their families and carers and enabling/improving quality of life. Also, providing additional therapies that are otherwise not accessible due to financial hardship, lack of transport or not available through NHS Services, that have proved beneficial to those living with autism, such as Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Animal Therapy; all of which have proven to be very beneficial. Purpose 1 - These benefits are (will be) evidenced through... An abstract taken from an article in http://www.frontiersin.org/psychology Do apps benefit communication and learning for children with ASD? ….. Lorah et al. (2015) found that across 17 studies, 93% of individuals improved their ability to communicate by using an iPad or iPod as a multi-functional speech generating device (SGD). Purpose 2 -These benefits are (will be) evidenced through... the accounts of numerous occasions when a child/person with Autism has spoken for the first time after being sat up on a horse, or a parent receiving first eye contact or first acknowledgement of their existence to the child after a session of music therapy. The feedback from one parent who is a member of our Charity, who after her son had completed a course of Music therapy began to speak full sentences. No The charity’s beneficiaries are ... People of all ages living with a diagnosis of Autism and/or other similar disibilities and their immediate families and/or carers in the Newry area, its environs and the wider region of Northern Ireland. There is no distinction of age, gender, sexuality, nationality, eithnic origin, political or religious opinion. No

What your organisation does

The Charity carries out its purposes by: a) Raising, obtaining , collecting and receiving money, funds or other sources of income by way of contributions, donations or other lawful methods and to solely use this money for the objects of the Charity. b) Promote or obtain the provision of health and social services, educational and recreational

facilities and practical assistance for people of all ages living with Autism in the area of benefit. c) Provide, or assist in providing, meetings, exhibitions, outings or events designed to assist the integration of people of all ages with Autism in the area of benefit. d) Encourage the use of local community facilities and amenities in a bid to promote the wide integration people of all ages with Autism into the community. e) Obtain and provide, where feasible, local, national or international information relevant to the members of the Committee and assist in promoting and carrying out research, surveys, investigations and publish the associated results. f) Organise, or assist in organising, meetings, lectures, classes and exhibitions, and publish, or assist in publishing, reports, periodicals, recordings, books or other documents or information. g) Co-operate to such an extent as may be necessary with statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and the independent sector engaged in the furtherance of any of these objectives. h) Purchase, take or lease in exchange, hire of otherwise acquire any property and rights and privileges necessary for the attainment of said objects. i) Employ and pay any person or persons not being members of the Committee to supervise, organise and carry on the work of the Committee and make all reasonable and necessary provisions for the payment of remuneration to employees. j) Recruit and train volunteers with relevant skills to carry out the objects of the Charity. k) Liaise, affiliate to or co-operate with other charitable organisations whose objects are similar to the above

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Carers
  • Learning disabilities
  • Sensory disabilities

How the charity works

  • Disability
  • Education/training

Charitable purposes

The charity is established for the benefit of the inhabitants of Newry, its environs and the wider region in Northern Ireland (herein called the ‘area of benefit’) without distinction of age, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnic origin, political or religious opinion, in a common effort to (a) advance education and (b) to assist in the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage, with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants and in particular; a) Those suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or other similar disabilities and their immediate families and/or care givers

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

HAND - Helping Autism in The Newry District
  • 8 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Cara Mcshane, 21A Warren Hill, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2PH

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Sean Martin Quinn
Miss Elaine Hughes
Mrs Cara Mcshane Savage
Mrs Deirdre Mary Elizabeth Savage
Mrs Ruth Watt
Mrs Noelle Mcgarvey
Miss Aoibheann Teresa Savage
Mrs Bernadette O'connor

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland