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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£6.2K
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Spending
£6.3K
Public benefits
The benefits which flow from our organisation's purposes include improved physical and mental health and resilience, opportunities to develop socially, an increased opportunity to avail of outdoor recreation safely at low cost, and increased awareness of sensitive mountain and coastal environments. These benefits are evidenced through the retention
and increase of club members and use of our accommodation by like-minded organisations, as well as the feedback received from members. Additionally, members can be observed to improve physical and mental health and resilience through taking part in challenging outdoor activities. Potential harm can arise from promoting climbing and mountaineering; activities that carry a risk of personal injury and injury to others. However, through promoting safe and responsible climbing, improving skills of members and encouraging safe and responsible activities in the mountain environment, the health and social benefits of these purposes outweigh the potential risk. The charity’s beneficiaries are people living in the Greater Belfast area as well as outdoor enthusiasts from farther afield seeking affordable accommodation in the Mourne Mountains to use as a base when climbing or hillwalking. A private benefit to trustees may arise from opportunities to teach and develop skills and grant-funded training courses. Through these trustees gain skills, experience or grant aid which are transferable to other settings and which may benefit other groups. Our own trustees receive information in the same way as other beneficiaries and are assigned support and/or apply for grant aid the same as other beneficiaries. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Belfast Climbing Club carries out its purposes through offering the general public the opportunity to join a community of like-minded individuals who share a love for the outdoors and specifically enjoy the recreational sports of rock climbing, hillwalking and related activities. The club facilitates regular indoor climbing meetings at a local
Belfast indoor climbing wall all year round. We have a varied social calendar of regular non-climbing events that allows social relationships to develop. Both the indoor climbing and social events are open to the general public (non-members as well as members) and allow anyone to interact with the community we are trying to develop in Belfast. Membership of the Belfast Climbing Club gives an additional benefit of the opportunity to engage in outdoor recreation throughout Ireland and the UK for an affordable cost. We also provide provision of low-cost accommodation in the Mourne Mountains, for members and other like-minded organisations, allowing greater access to the area. Belfast Climbing Club, while it does not formally teach people the basics of climbing, is run by a committee of experienced climbers who can advise on the best practices of rock climbing and promote environmentally responsible outdoor recreation. Having an experienced committee and membership allows individuals to both enjoy climbing outdoors without incurring high costs hiring private mountain guides, share expertise and equipment, and promote safe practice among individuals. Additionally, we manage a community online with members and the general public via a regularly updated website and social media, which allows an easy way for members and like-minded people of the general public to enjoy climbing related content and organise outdoors activities between themselves. The Belfast Climbing Club further carries out its purposes through cooperating with and supporting other charitable groups and climbing/mountaineering clubs with similar purposes.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of amateur sport
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Community development
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Sport/recreation
