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Status
Received: 59 days late
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Income
£107.5K
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Spending
£94.7K
Public benefits
What are the direct benefits flowing from your charity's purposes: Belvoir Community Hub exists to provide a safe, inclusive, and accessible space at the heart of the Belvoir and Milltown estates in South Belfast. As a community-led charity, we deliver and support activities that improve wellbeing, reduce poverty and isolation, and strengthen
social connections among local residents. Our work generates a wide range of direct benefits: • Access to space and facilities: We offer flexible access to our building through drop-ins, open-door sessions, and targeted programmes that meet the needs of different age groups, interests, and communities. • Service delivery: Community, voluntary, and statutory agencies use the Hub to deliver outreach services, including mental health and wellbeing support, parenting programmes, benefit and housing advice, and cultural or creative activities. • Health and wellbeing: We provide activities that promote better physical and mental health, tackle loneliness, and support people facing barriers to engagement. These include peer-led groups, gardening, arts and crafts, movement classes, and informal support networks. • Volunteering: We create accessible volunteer opportunities that build confidence, skills, and community engagement. Volunteers support administration, reception, events, programme delivery, and facility upkeep. • Poverty alleviation: The Hub offers cost-of-living support through warm spaces, signposting, digital inclusion help, financial education, and access to practical resources—including referrals to food banks and energy advice. We assess our impact through attendance records, funder evaluations, feedback forms, surveys, focus groups, and board-level monitoring. Regular community consultation ensures our services reflect local needs. Is There Any Harm Arising from Our Purposes? There is no harm inherent in our charitable aims. However, we work with children, young people, and vulnerable adults, which carries a duty of care. To manage this, we have robust safeguarding policies for both children and adults at risk, reviewed annually. All staff and volunteers receive appropriate training, and risk assessments are conducted for all activities. The building is fully insured and maintained in line with health and safety legislation. Who Are the Organisation’s Beneficiaries? Our primary beneficiaries are residents of the Belvoir and Milltown estates. We also support individuals from neighbouring areas. We work with people across all ages, backgrounds, and abilities—focusing on those facing disadvantage or exclusion. This includes older people, carers, disabled people, low-income families, young people, and individuals with poor mental health, low digital access, or limited support networks. Do Trustees or Connected People Benefit? Trustees may benefit incidentally through skills and experience gained during their role, including governance knowledge, leadership capacity, and increased confidence. These are incidental and unavoidable outcomes of meaningful volunteer participation. Trustees and their families may also access Hub services or participate in community events as members of the public. Any such involvement is non-preferential and falls within the scope of our charitable purpose of community benefit.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Belvoir Community Hub is a locally rooted, community-led organisation supporting residents of Belvoir, Milltown, and surrounding areas in South Belfast. Based on the Belvoir Estate, the Hub offers a welcoming, inclusive space where individuals and families of all ages and backgrounds can access services, build social connections, and engage in
community life. Our mission is to improve quality of life through programmes and partnerships that promote health and wellbeing, tackle disadvantage, reduce isolation, and increase community participation. We run a mix of drop-in sessions, structured activities, outreach programmes, and seasonal events—offering everything from advice and digital support to creative arts, physical activity, peer support, and learning opportunities. The Hub is managed by a voluntary board made up of local residents, community workers, and partner representatives. A small team of staff and volunteers help deliver programmes, manage the building, and ensure the space remains open, safe, and responsive. We work collaboratively with a wide range of partners—from health agencies and schools to local charities and housing providers—to deliver services, avoid duplication, and ensure Belvoir and Milltown remain visible in citywide initiatives. The Hub also supports volunteering, leadership development, and skills building as tools for inclusion and empowerment. Above all, Belvoir Community Hub acts as a trusted local anchor—a place where people feel valued, connected, and able to shape the future of their community.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Homelessness
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Cultural
- Disability
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- General charitable purposes
- Heritage/historical
- Human rights/equality
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
