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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£71.1K
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Spending
£65.4K
Public benefits
[What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes?] Residents have access to appropriate information and advice to make informed decisions regarding their housing needs. Residents have access to welfare rights advice and information to make informed decisions around their personal and families needs. Residents feel safer
with improved information and access to community safety and support services. Community and statutory services provide a more coherent programme of support and information is available in a timely and appropriate fashion. This includes inter-group/ agency cooperation on referrals across organisational lines to maximise support to individuals and families. Local people have access to skills building and educational support through improved cooperation and employment support programme. Community relations and community cohesion are improved through increased cooperation and joint activity and programme planning across organisational lines. [How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated?] Benefit take up Residents satisfaction surveys and questionnaires Feedback from Support agencies Increased communication, cooperation and planning across organisations Number of community cohesion events Increased awareness of rights; welfare and housing rights [Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes?] No [Who are the charity's beneficiaries?] Residents of the Falls electoral ward area. [Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?] No
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Falls Residents Association (F.R.A) carries out its purpose through a dedicated advice centre based within the Divis Tower Complex in the Falls area of West Belfast. We engage in a range of support and advocacy work including: • Benefit and welfare rights advice • Housing advice e.g. repairs, maintenance and rent arrears • Housing rights
issues e.g., allocations, transfers and the housing points criteria • Community safety • Community cohesion We work to enable our residents to live a safer, more comfortable life including area improvement schemes, property maintenance and day to day issues relating to housing development. We offer training and facilitation opportunities on a range of topics, including mental health wellbeing advice and support, how to access other community development opportunities including community cohesion programmes around enhancing community relations. We occasionally offer computer training courses for elderly residents and additional digital support for those unable to access digital and online public and community services. We engage regularly with a range of public bodies and other community and voluntary organisations on a wide range of issues to improve community wellbeing. We engage on regeneration planning and community development issues for the Falls area for example the Ross Street flats demolition and the redevelopment of derelict land adjacent to the Westlink motorway, now known as Divis Back Path. The Residents Association regularly seek out support to facilitate community events to enhance community cohesion. These events allow families, individuals or low-income households an opportunity to participate in community-led events and provide an outlet for children and young people who otherwise could not afford to engage in social activities.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Adult training
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Homelessness
- Interface communities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Sexual orientation
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Tenants
- Travellers
- Unemployed/low income
- Victim support
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Human rights/equality
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
