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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£91.5K
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Spending
£88.5K
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from the purpose include: A local (primarily Bangor area but open to all) safe place for children to train and play football. Promote a cross-community and open to all culture. Promote a fully diverse and inclusive club for children with mental and physical support needs. A low-fee fully non for profit model to allow all
to participate with exceptions made as and when required to facilitate all. Participation in managed and gentle competition. Promotes wider inter-club and societal mixing. Inter-club tournaments. Promotes a family togetherness and community growth and welfare within and outside of the club. The benefits from are demonstrated through: The club has approximately 330 children and 60 coaches and is growing about 20% per annum - we expect to have approximately 400 children by the end of the 2021-2022 season. The club takes a lot of children from other clubs which have perhaps not been sustainable or perhaps are seen as too ruthless - our club has an ethos of absolute equality. Full participation in IFA small side games and league programmes for all our children.Everyone who wants a game gets a game. There is no harm. The beneficiaries are children aged 4-18 from all backgrounds, all genders, and all mental and physical support needs are all welcome. The club and its ethos supports the idea of family togetherness and strong family unit. There is no private benefit.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Bangor Swifts Juniors Football Club provides football coaching and games to approximately 450 children currently, all between 3 and 18 years old. The club is based in Bangor but is open to anyone, from any background and with any level of mental or physical disability. The club is run by a committee of 13 volunteers operating across all the
required officiated positions and there are approximately 90 volunteers in roles at the charity as coaches supporting the children, all IFA qualified and fully Access NI vetted as per legislation requirements. The club supports training across all aspects of health and safety for the coaching team including first aid. The club is affiliated to the IFA and facilitates weekly games, leagues, tournaments and inter-club friendlies for all the children. The club continues to grow at an incredible rate and is widely regarded as a diverse, open and inclusive, friendly and a club who provides positive impact locally and beyond. The club has security of tenure to excellent training facilities and also hires out local facility to ensure players are playing throughout the year, regardless of light or weather as well as paying the IFA for inclusion in it's local grassroots football initiatives and appropriate leagues. The club owns a large amount of asset from goals, to kits, balls, and training equipment, paid for within the clubs income and expenditure accounts. The club will always make provision for anyone who has financial or any other difficulty.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of amateur sport
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
