Overdue: 190 days
Public benefits
To promote the health and education of the beneficiaries by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and recreational services in an educational environment ancillary to those provided by the statutory authorities; To foster more extended relationships between the staff, parents and others who befriend the School. To
promote activities which support the School and the education (including social, physical and vocational training) of the beneficiaries in such ways as the Committee may from time to time , decide m accordance with the law of charity. These benefits are demonstrated by the projects we provide to improve the school experience for the children, while also recording the feedback from parents, the benefits are also shown through the children in their annual reports on how they performed in school. The school is also one of the biggest special schools in N. Ireland with around 300 attending the school, the reason the school is so popular is partly down to the work done by Friends of St Gerards to improve the lives of the pupils and the parents. No The beneficiaries will be all the pupils in the school, parents, family members, teachers and anyone employed and or connected with the school. No
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Friends of St Gerards is a Special School in Belfast which caters for children from pre school to 19. The Board meets on a regular basis to agree a plan for the next year, this will include a list of projects to improve the school experience for the children, these are projects which are not included in the school budget, so without the help of
the Friends of St Gerards the school could not fund these projects. The board will also delegate projects to groups of parents depending on the type of work required. We raise finances through applying for funding, running events in the school to also raise money donated by parents. We also help parents who may be struggling mentally and / or financially, so the Wellbeing of Parents is also a major issue, as parents of Special Needs children have more physical and mental demands on them, so we contact parents on a regular basis for their thoughts, advice and ideas for fund raising.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Disability
- Education/training
- Gender
- Medical/health/sickness
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
