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The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
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Life 4 veterans

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £8.8K

  • Spending

    £8.7K

Charity no. 108224 Date registered. 13/08/2021

Public benefits

The public benefits that flow from the purpose of promoting the welfare and well-being of all service and ex-service men and women from or living in Northern Ireland are:- reduced levels of stress and anxiety, improved self-care and self-help strategies and enhanced self-esteem and confidence leading to better mental, physical and emotional

well-being; Reduced levels of stress and anxiety on the part of family members .Diminished sense of isolation and heightened contact and engagement with family, friends and community. These benefits can be evidenced by internal progress records kept by Life 4 Veterans, feedback from the beneficiaries, evaluations of the work and impact of Life 4 Veterans. The beneficiaries are service and ex-service men and women from or living in Northern Ireland and their families and carers. No harm or private benefit arises from these purposes.

What your organisation does

We currently are running fitness bootcamps for our veterans and the general public thus we are building trust between our veterans and our local community. This is currently helping our veterans physical health and mental health. We are also taking part in a safe talk training for suicide prevention and awareness on the 19th of June 2021. The

money we are raising at the moment is going towards are rent and for decorating our coumminty/veterans hub. Once our hub is ready to open we then will be having our monthly coumminty days / coffee evening.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • General public
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Women

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • Education/training
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Sport/recreation

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The charity’s purposes (‘the purposes’) are to improve the physical and mental health of British Army veterans (the veterans) through the following activities; • Planned weekly physical boot camps/gym sessions • Planned monthly group meetings e.g activities day, coffee/tea afternoons etc. • Community days involving the veterans, their families and the general public thus reducing isolation among the veterans involving them more in their communities • Referrals of the veterans to counselling via AA Veterans Support if required

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 3 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • John, Farmline, 11 Kinallen Road, Dromara, Dromore, BT25 2NL

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Angela Mcafee
Mr John Gibson
Miss Louise Davis

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland