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Public benefits
What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes? Our planned events target people of all ages in the community. We want to educate and get to know the people and their needs in the area. We want to develop the skills of our committee members. Currently 2 members have taking training courses to give us the opportunity to
progress as a group. Hopefully at these events we can gain more support from our community and give us a wider range to provide for their needs and wellbeing. How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated? To get people from all communities to take part with our project so we can hope to develop the knowledge and understanding of the local area which can be of interest to everyone. These events will give us as a group a wider audience so that we can strengthen the community by promoting cleaner streets, play areas and safer communities. Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes? Harm with our events would be traffic. The location of some events have an adjoining road. We avoid any dangers with our volunteers wearing hi-vis and directing traffic. Our group have campaigned and erected signs encouraging traffic to slow down on our county roads. Because events are held in parks there can be risk and harm of accidents with children playing. We do our best to prevent this with having public liability insurance if such things may arise. During covid restrictions there was harm of passing covid to members of the community. We completed risk assessments and adhered to rules and regulations with social distancing, masks & anti-bacterial gel. Who are the charity's beneficiaries? Beneficiaries include young people and families. Our fun days and competitions give families entertainment close to home. We are located a few miles from city centre, so we provide a cheaper alternative for families to spend time together. We work closely with the YMCA who also support our events by providing a room for our meetings and volunteers for our Christmas events. In return we attend their youth events. We have built a good relationship with the local church. We have worked closely with them for Remembrance Day service. Anyone who loves history also attended our Centenary event where we displayed artifacts from World War 1 and 2. This was a great event held in the church hall and was attended by many in the area. The older community have also benefited with a garden tea party, which was organised with them in mind. All sandwiches were supplied by the local café so that local business also benefits from our projects. Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary? None.
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Our group was formed in 2020 by 2 committee members in the Drumahoe, Londonderry. With a small committee of 10 members who meet once a month to discuss any ongoing issues. At these meetings any work required is passed to our volunteers and ideas are shared group had taken on the responsibility of clearing up an area in our village. The area at the
bridge became overgrown with weeds. Our dedicated volunteers cut the grass and give it an amazing clean up. With money donated we purchased pots, plants and the area is unrecognisable. A memorial bench has been placed. The group relies solely on volunteers and donations to fund and our fun day/events within our community which have all been a great success. We held a fun day for kids which involved a kids farm, cake stalls and BBQ's etc. We get a real sense community of spirit while attending and providing these events in our local area and have been giving some great feedback from local people. Even in this short period of time that we have been up and running we feel like we have made a difference in our community. We also held and event with a museum display of historical items, to tell the Centenary story so that we can educate the younger generation of the history of Northern Ireland as well as the local history of the area This also included displays from WW1 and WW2. Other events held are Easter egg hunts, Halloween displays and Christmas tree display were our volunteers dress up as Easter Bunny/Santa and give the kids in the area Easter Eggs or selection boxes. We have also held a tea party in local gardens for older residents of the area. Through our Facebook page we communicate with the locals in the area. We arranged and raised funds to help pay for vet bills after a member of our community’s pet dog who had been in an car accident. We collected donations from the community to help people with the war in Ukraine. Also Hampers for nursing homes.
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- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- General public
- General public
- General public
- Older people
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Animal welfare
- Arts
- Arts
- Arts
- Community development
- Grant making
- Research/evaluation