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Status
Received: 8 days late
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Income
£27.0K
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Spending
£23.9K
Public benefits
The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the relief of poverty, the advancement of community development, and the advancement of education providing a public benefit to a section of the public who reside in ( the “ area of benefit” ) but is not limited to those who live there. (i) The public benefits to the beneficiaries of the
relief of poverty are to help address the consequences of deprivation in such ways as may be thought fit to help counter unemployment, lack of education and training, lack of opportunity and social exclusion. (ii) The public benefits to the beneficiaries of advancing community development are to promote social inclusion, provide access to a community centre, and promote physical, social and economic improvements, encouraging voluntary and community activity. (iii) The public benefits to the beneficiaries of the advancement of education involves promoting, sustaining and increasing individual and collective knowledge and understanding of specific areas of study, to develop skills and advance the abilities of the recipients through the provision of training, or retraining particularly among the unemployed and support the physical education of young people with life skills training. These benefits are demonstrated through consistent uptake of activities and events organised by the community association at the Council owned community centre that we manage. The evidence is assessed by feedback received from local beneficiaries who avail of our programmes and their written reflections on our Facebook page and regular comments made to members whilst disseminating our community newsletter and media coverage received linked to ongoing events. Additional evidence is available from grant evaluations, elected representatives and many others. The purpose of our charity is beneficial, not harmful. Our charity is not engaged in any harmful activities. The beneficiaries of MCA are residents who live in the 'area of benefit', although this will not place any unfair restrictions and exclusions on who can benefit. but not excluding those from outside the area. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes of our organisation. There is no private benefit to our Trustees
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We manage a Council owned community centre for the public for bookings for activities, events and programmes inclusively of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, marital status or sexual orientation. The community association runs programmes throughout the year including a youth club, seniors club, educational classes,
training courses, aimed at helping people counter social deprivation including those who are unemployed, people who are low paid, those who have long term health difficulties and adults who have been out of the labour market. Annual/bi-annual events that promote health and wellbeing, social and community cohesion and inclusion. Promote volunteer activity throughout the community of benefit.We work with the community to enable people to engage with the statutory bodies and voluntary organisations.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Relief of poverty
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
