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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£1.9K
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Spending
£0.7K
Public benefits
Drummullan is a rural village, growing in population, with over 120 households/250 residents. Our resident base includes a significant number of older people, individuals in single occupancy households, unemployed and economically inactive individuals, farming families and individuals with poor health and limited mobility. Our nearest town,
Cookstown, is located four miles away and the public transport system serving our area is very limited with no evening service after 6pm. It is very difficult for residents with no car to travel to access key services and facilities including leisure and soft education skills. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has compounded the risk of social isolation and increased health and financial wellbeing issues for members of our community. Drummullan Community Group promote social inclusion through providing a full range of community-led recreational, cultural, sports, educational and health promotion activities reflective of the needs of both male and female, all age groups, varying interests, skills and abilities. We offer this to our service users in their own community that residents would not have had the opportunity to attend other ways due to travel costs and confidence issues. The impact of the pandemic has compounded the risk of social isolation and increased wellbeing issues and to be able to offer the programmes we do has greatly enhanced the lives of those within our community, allowing them access to facilities they would not otherwise have been able to avail of. We maximise the opportunity for local residents to come together as a community to learn, socialize, relax and enjoy planned social, cultural, health and educational activities and events. After delivery of each of our programmes we collect feedback from the service users and the overriding message each time is the great benefit to mental health and social inclusion these programmes have brought to the users and how it helps bring the community as a whole closer together. There is no harm. The programmes/classes offered benefit a wide range of age groups, from 4 years up to the older members of our community. There is no private benefit.
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The facility from which we operate has remained unavailable to us for the last 20 months; initially because of the COVID19 pandemic and more recently as emergency exit doors require to be replaced before the space is deemed suitable for use. We anticipate being able to resume activities in late December 2021/January 2022. Pre COVID19 the Group
sourced funding annually from 3 main sources - Mid Ulster Arts, Culture, Heritage & Community Small Grant; DfC Small Capital Grants Programme and Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme. The funds received from these sources allowed us to plan our activities in terms of both sourcing capital items required to deliver activities and to pay for tutors to deliver said programmes. To provide an example, activities carried out pre COVID19 included * KIds Drama Workshops * First Aid Courses * Mixed Circuits Classes * Halloween and Christmas entertainment evenings for children * Fun Days * Funding received from Mid Ulster Local Action Group allowed for the provision of a walkway at our local football pitch for the use of all in the community. The activities we have lined up to take place on a weekly basis, going forward, once our facility reopens include * Kids Activity NI sessions (4-14 years old) * Youth evenings (11-18 years old) * Healthy eating classes (adults) * Arts & Crafts classes (adults) Our events have been/will be advertised on our Facebook page/parish bulletin/local shops.
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- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Playgroup/after schools
- Rural development
- Sport/recreation
- Youth development
