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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£53.2K
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Spending
£59.2K
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from the purpose include creating access to short courses that helps develop a greater understanding and knowledge of environmental education and also allow educational provision of upskilling in the manual use of basic crafting tools, developing an increase in mental and physical activity. They also include enhanced
understanding of producing healthy food in a cost-effective fashion, helping reduce weekly food costs by encouraging independent living via physical actions. They further include, improving knowledge of water sustainability and enhancing green spaces, creating a greater awareness of the importance of improved biodiversity structures within the development of an environmental gardening space. Which will provide an area for improved mental and physical stimulus. They also include, enhanced protection and promotion of traditional rural lifestyles and skills, emphasising the connection of our present existence back to that of the land and creating a reconnection and pride of place. They finally include access to a community centre complex, allowing a place of engagement that will stimulate social activity and help strengthen the community bond via these interactions." The benefits from the purpose are demonstrated through a range of environmental education deliveries at our complex on a weekly basis, our two polytunnel project that provides a range of healthy food stuffs for our participant, our onsite works, where we have deployed a range of environmental improvements to the complex, our weekly built, cultural and environmental heritage walks/talks. The purposes of our charity have no harm arising, nor will they. The charity’s beneficiaries are all the inhabitants of the Donemana village and surroundings hinterlands of the Burndennett Valley. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is to local shops and this is incidental and necessary because we are next door to them.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Dennett Valley Health Network provides a range of activities to deliver upon the purposes of its existence. These activities include, woodcarving, woodturning, guitar and fiddle lessons for all who want to avail of such. The Network provides weekly polytunnel and environmental gardening tutorials to a range of age groups, that focus on local
traditional techniques of plant growth and pest control. The Network site is open to the community to avail recreationally twelve hours per day, seven days per week. Our walking groups meet twice a week to undertake community awareness walks that include the investigation of our local build, natural and cultural heritage. Volunteers at the Network can also avail of various short courses in angling and environmental awareness education. On Saturdays our Men's Shed group at the site provide a free meal to local residents that come to the site for a few hours of social activity. We have a team of trained volunteers at the Network who offer free home and garden maintenance service work and advice to those in the community with mobility or financial concerns. During the Autumn and Winter months our Network provides a host of hands on craft activities and storey telling, that focus on traditional ways of life in the past few centuries, which were of everyday importance.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Sensory disabilities
- Tenants
- Women
How the charity works
- Community development
- Medical/health/sickness
- Rural development
- Volunteer development
