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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 23 Feb 2024
Public benefits
Croft provides a range of Living Options designed to meet the individual needs of people who have learning disabilities. The different types of accommodation include: Supported living in small bungalows, a registered residential home and registered respite service providing 24 hour care and housing support services. Day Centre activities are also
provided. The benefits from these services include: delivering a person-centered housing support and care service to enhance independent living skills; enabling individuals to have more control of their lives; and helping users to achieve economic wellbeing, satisfaction, health and personal safety and inclusion in the community and society. The benefits of the services provided by Croft can be demonstrated through the use of the ServQual model to measure service user satisfaction, independent evaluation and feedback from funders both in the form of regular contract monitoring returns and review meetings. Croft measures soft outcomes through the Distance Travelled models. Croft is committed to quality improved and is a ISO 9001 accredited and an Investors in People Platinum award organisation. There is no perceived harm arising from the purposes Our primary beneficiaries are the 44 tenants and residents living in our accommodation services and the 20 clients using our Day Centre services. Additional beneficiaries will be the family of our services users There is no private benefit from any of the purposes
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Croft Communities Ltd (Croft) provides care and support including accommodation for adults with a learning disability. In line with government guidelines and legislation, Croft provides a homely environment where each of the staff work together with the one aim of helping each of the service users reach their full potential. People with
learning disabilities no longer need to live a life of passiveness and they can expect to live a competitively ordinary life in a form of sheltered and supported housing. The Croft Community delivers this function to a high standard both in environment and service delivery. The service users are encouraged to be as independent as possible, learning new life skills and to part-take in work placements, where possible, and day centre activities each day. A varied evening and weekend programme is in place which is decided upon with full input from the service users. Croft also offers advice to families and next-of-kin who are living with or providing care to adults with learning disabilities and who require support in emergency situations. Where we are unable to assist directly, we can direct families to statutory services and other organisations that may be able to help. We currently have 25 permanent residential residents, 12 supported living tenants and 7 respite beds which provide short-stay / respite services to over 100 families in our community. Our day care services provide day support to approximately 6 families with the intention to expand this service in the near future.
... [more] [less]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
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Tenants
- Voluntary and community sector
- Women
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Disability
- General charitable purposes
Charitable purposes
4.1 The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following: 4.1.1 to undertake and to join with others in undertaking the provision of services for disabled adults and children in Northern Ireland and to work in partnership with disabled adults and children and to develop services that promote choice, opportunity, independence and equality; 4.1.2 to provide or cause to be provided for persons with disabilities one or more of the following: (i) residential and community care; and (ii) rehabilitation services and training services; 4.1.3 to train or to provide and develop training services in some suitable trade or occupation for persons with disabilities so as to assist the integration of those persons in the community and assist in the finding of suitable employment for such persons; 4.1.4 to develop a range of pre-vocational/vocational training and enterprise initiatives that enhance skills and promote opportunity in further and higher education, vocational or other training and employment; 4.1.5 to provide for or make arrangements for the provision of the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities and to that end cooperate with any Government department, local authority, institution or firm engaged in this work; 4.1.6 to provide for the education of persons with disabilities and to that end to provide either alone or in co-operation with any department of the Government of Northern Ireland or local authority in Northern Ireland such schools and teachers as may be necessary or expedient; 4.1.7 to develop community based support services which will enable persons with disabilities and their carers to meet the challenges of community living and to provide a range of independent living options in conjunction with relevant Government agencies and local authorities; 4.1.8 to advise and to assist or procure assistance for individual persons with disabilities; 4.1.9 to advise and to assist or to procure assistance for young persons with disabilities to acquire the necessary skills required for adult life and to provide information and support to them and their parents; 4.1.10 to establish and support or to aid in the establishment and support of any charitable associations formed for all or any of the objects of the Charity; 4.1.11 To provide for or make arrangements for the provision of the relief and rehabilitation of mentally and /or mentally and physically disabled persons and to that end to co-operate with any Government Department, Local Authority, Institution or body engaged in such charitable work.