Registered
Public benefits
Purpose 1 - The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include increased public awareness on the advantages of democratic ownership and cooperatives and the development of new and existing co-operatives as sustainable businesses. This includes the provision of public education on the benefits of democratic ownership and co-operative
organisations as a business model and the provision of education within the co-operative sector on developing co-operatives as sustainable businesses. Purpose 2 - The direct benefits which flows from this purpose include the provision, operation and maintenance of affordable co-operative and community based facilities for educative, recreational and leisure purposes and activities for individuals, groups and organisations who seek to contribute purposefully and positively to the lives and social welfare of marginalised groups including; youth groups, those infirmed by age, disability, financial hardship or social circumstances. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose are to contribute towards improving the isolation, hardship and condtions of life of those using the facilities and their representative groups and organisations. Purpose 1 - these benefits will be demonstrated by the uptake from individuals and organisation on education programmes and co-operative development. Educational materials will be shared with participants and published online. We will assess service user feedback and doing so measure the number of users and evaluate their experience of engagement with the Charity. Our databases, internal systems will capture the relevant information in this regard. Purpose 2 - these benefits will be demonstrated by the uptake from groups and organisations to provide education, house activities and hold events within the co-operative and community based facilities. We will survey and assess participant and service user feedback both quantitatively and qualitatively and doing so measure the number of users and evaluate their experience in using the facilities provided by the Charity. Our databases and internal systems will capture the relevant information required in this regard. Purpose 1 - there is no harm arising from this purpose. Purpose 2 - there is no harm arising from this purpose. Older people, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, charities, community and voluntary bodies and organisations or groups, general public, those on low income, people experiencing educational inequality, women and LGBTQI people. There is no private benefit flowing from any of the Charity’s purposes.
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First Street are a newly registered Community Benefit Society. We have come together from all walks of life within and around Belfast We are in the process of purchasing a building that is based directly on the Interface. First Street Community Benefit Society (FSCBS) will contribute to the objective of ‘Re-imaging Communities’ through the
co-creation of a unique shared space located directly on one of the most challenging interfaces in Northern Ireland. This space will offer a variety of amenities, activities and opportunities for social interaction, helping to promote good relations between the two traditional communities as well as with minority groups. It will also contribute to the physical, social and economic regeneration of the local area, thereby tackling some of the most persistent drivers of inter-communal mistrust and division. In these ways, the project will aim to build the relationships and conditions for local agreement around the reduction, removal or positive transformation of interface structures adjoining the site. The project is also of a sufficient scope and scale to have regional and cross-border significance, particularly in terms of how employment creation, cooperative business development, heritage tourism and education provision will be designed to reach beneficiaries beyond the local catchment area. First Street are already working with these communities on a daily basis.
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- The advancement of education
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- General public
- General public
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Community development