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Youth Education Health Advice

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £351.0K

  • Spending

    £300.2K

Charity no. 107606 Company no. 658697 Date registered. 17/05/2021

Public benefits

The direct benefits flowing from the purposes of the organisation are as follows: Purpose 3(a): Benefits include improved mental health, increased confidence of beneficiaries, reduced loneliness and isolation and a reduced rate of suicide. The direct benefits flowing from the purpose can be demonstrated through measuring outcomes and feedback

from service users. Purpose 3(b): Benefits include improved qualifications, training experiences and skills development of beneficiaries, reduced unemployment, isolation and potential negative impacts from financial hardship. The direct benefits flowing from the purposes can be demonstrated through measuring outcomes, records of those who have attended and completed courses and programmes and feedback from service users. Purpose 3(c): Improved cross community relations in those participating in cross community programmes, improved understanding and tolerance of cultural differences in project participants and reduction of young people involved in interface and sectarian conflict. The direct benefits flowing from the purposes can be demonstrated through measuring outcomes, attitudinal change surveys and a reduction of young people engaging in sectarian and interface conflict Purpose 3(d): Improved community resources through the deployment of trained volunteers into community programmes and citizenship initiatives. Development of community development skills and experience of project participants. The direct benefits flowing from the purposes can be demonstrated through measuring the number of trained volunteers and measuring levels of participation in programme delivery. Measuring training and qualification outcomes of volunteers. The beneficiaries of the above purposes are young people aged 12 to 24 living in North Belfast. There is no harm flowing from any of the purposes. There is no private benefit flowing from any of the purposes.

What your organisation does

1. Provision of youth centred premises for young people to access support and partake in programs 2. Provision of group work programs and youth activities focused on issues affecting young peoples personal and social development 3. Provision of counselling and one to one support for young people 4. Provision on accredited training courses for young

people 5. Provision of Volunteer opportunities for local people 6. Provision of work placements for students involved in youth work training 7. Provision of awareness raising events of youth relevant issues

The charity’s classifications

  • 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
  • Other charitable purposes

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Interface communities
  • Mental health
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Counselling/support
  • Education/training
  • Youth development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£351.0K

Spending

£300.2K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

3. The Company is established to: a. To promote good mental health and wellbeing and the saving of lives by way of suicide prevention to young people in North Belfast by providing mental health support services to Youth aged between 12 and 24 in North Belfast; b. To provide relief to young person’s experiencing financial hardship by equipping them with vocational training and/or technical skills and opportunities, thereby bringing the quality of life of the beneficiaries to a reasonable standard. This will be achieved through the provision of group work and one-to-one support through counselling, life coaching and mentoring to Young people in North Belfast; c. To promote cross-community relationships, conflict resolution and religious harmony in North Belfast through the provision of cross-community workshops, events and group work to young people; d. To promote community development and the advancement of citizenship through the provision of training and volunteering opportunities to young people from disadvantaged areas in North Belfast; and e. Any other charitable purpose according to the law of Northern Ireland as the trustees may from time to time determine.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

YEHA
  • 8 Trustees
  • 6 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Sean Devlin, 30A Deanby Gardens, Belfast, BT14 6NN

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Sean Breen
Mr Steven Morrison
Mrs Mary Josephine Murphy
Mr Patrick Smyth
Mr Martin Pelan
Mrs Caroline Rutherford
Mr Christiaan Karelse
Miss Courtney Swandel

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Belfast City Council