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Portavogie Boxing Club

Documents 183 days overdue

Overdue: 183 days

Charity no. 109161 Date registered. 25/11/2022

Public benefits

[What are the direct enefits flowing from your organisation's purposes?] Learn how to box for self defence or to compete. Get fit and healthy as well as losing weight if required. Build friendships and support networks through the club. Self esteem can be raised through success Boxing teaches discipline to all our members. [How can the benefits

indentified above be demonstrated?] Our members can be seen as being fit and healthy. Many of our boxers have had success which can be shown by the competitions they have won. [Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes?] no [Who are the charity's beneficiaries?] Are club benefits all our membership from aged 8 upwards. I believe the families of our members also benefit as their loved ones grow in self esteem, discipline and talent. [Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?] People can be put in touch with other groups in the area that we work closely with if they wish.

What your organisation does

We provide training in the sport of boxing and physical training for those who do not wish to compete but to get healthier and fitter. We provide support to all of our members in many aspects of getting healthy such as diet plans and healthy lifestyle advice. We have built bonds with mental health charities in our area.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Men
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Sport/recreation
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

4: PURPOSES The objectives of the Club are to promote the preservation and protection of health by provision of the facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare for the benefit of local public in Portavogie (here after called the ‘area of benefit’) without regard to age, ability, disability, ethnic identity, nationality or religion and in particular to educate and assist people of all ages through boxing and other recreational activities so as to develop their physical fitness, mental and emotion capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and citizens and that their conditions of life may be improved.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 3 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Portavogie Boxing Club, Portavogie Boxing Club, Bog Road, Portavogie, Newtownards, BT22 1EQ

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Adam Deighan
Ms Cheryl Conway
Sean Killen

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland