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MEA Affordable Food Club Limited

Registered

Charity no. 109509 Company no. 692272 Date registered. 28/09/2023

Public benefits

[What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes?] Members save approx £10/£15 per week on their shopping Members purchase affordable food to eat in our cafe We provide a wrap round service providing referrals to debt and benefit services [How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated?] Equivalent high street/

supermarket prices Affordable food club menu Feedback from clients on debt management plans and in receipt of identified benefits which can be confirmed by our partners Mid & East Antrim Community Advice [Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes?] None [Who are the charity's beneficiaries?] The citizens of Mid & East Antrim who meet the criteria to become a member [Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?] None

What your organisation does

Receives donations of food which are added to a stock of food purchased from funding to offer clients on IR benefits and low income a weekly shop of food depending on their circumstances ie single/couple/family membership for a small weekly membership fee. Free fruit & vegetables are provided free of charge. Short date food is used by the cafe to

provide affordable food to members eg soup and stew. We are based in Ballymena town but deliver to Community venues in rural areas and to the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • General public

How the charity works

  • General charitable purposes

Charitable purposes

The charity's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to the following: The objects of MEA Affordable Food Club and Cafe Limited are: The prevention or relief of poverty and the relief of those in financial need, through the provision of affordable food projects for the benefit of citizens residing in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the articles of association of the charity is the law of Northern Ireland.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

MEA AFC
  • 6 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Michele, 161 Larne Road, Ballymena, BT42 3HA

Trustee board

Trustee
Robert James
Mrs Jenny Marshall
Mr Colin Brown
Mrs Wenda Gray
Mrs Alison Keenan
Mr Christopher Havelin

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Mid And East Antrim Borough Council