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Status
Received: 33 days late
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Income
£17.2K
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Spending
£13.3K
Public benefits
The purpose of Belfast Kayak Club is to ensure that people have genuinely equal opportunity to participate at all levels and in all roles in kayaking. The public benefits of the Club activities are opportunities for members of the public to participate in the sport and recreation of kayaking. The benefits of this participation include improved
skills, fitness, personal achievement and development and positive social interaction. These benefits can be demonstrated by achievement of recognised awards of British Canoeing, by participation in kayaking events and positive feedback on the club forum. Belfast Kayak Club’s Clubmark NI Accreditation demonstrates that the club is recognised as a safe and quality environment for participants to enjoy the sport and stay involved throughout their lives. The purpose may potentially lead to harm in the sense of physical injury, although this is very rare. Reasonable precautions would always be taken to minimise the possibility of such harm arising, for example by conducting proper risk assessments and safety briefing at all events and striving to have an appropriate leader to paddler ratio as recommended by British Canoeing. The charity’s beneficiaries are those members of the public who choose to make use of the opportunities we offer to come kayaking with us. The only private benefit flowing from the purpose is the training given to members in achieving British Canoeing leadership and coaching qualifications. The club can only operate safely with sufficient leaders and coaches. This training is necessary and incidental to the purpose of the club.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The club is open to all members of the public and is intended to promote kayaking and canoeing in a cross community environment. The club is mostly non-competitive and we aim to encourage people to feel safe and confident in a white water or sea environment. To build confidence and good basic skills, we try to get as many people as possible to
obtain British Canoe Union Beginners and Intermediate Certificates (1-3 star). To achieve this we run a number of training courses, which are open to all members at no cost. Although mostly a sea-kayaking club, our members enjoy participating in several of the canoeing or kayaking disciplines: open (canadian) canoeing, white water, playboating (freestyle), surf and sea kayaking are all catered for. The club runs around 100 trips across Northern Ireland every year.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of amateur sport
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Women
How the charity works
- Sport/recreation
