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Holistic Mums

Registered

Charity no. 109955 Date registered. 30/08/2024

Public benefits

What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes? Holistic Mums provides direct benefit to new and expectant mums in the Colin area and beyond by improving their mental and physical wellbeing during the early years of their babies’ lives through provision of evidence-based approaches. How can the benefits identified above be

demonstrated? We do this by empowering new and expectant mothers to learn about and embrace a holistic lifestyle through advice, education and signposting to other relevant services; by reducing social isolation through provision of a peer support network and by Organising or assisting in organising classes, programmes, projects and activities of interest to local mothers and mothers to be. Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes? No. Who are the charity's beneficiaries? Holistic Mums provides direct benefit to new and expectant mums in the Colin area and beyond by improving their mental and physical wellbeing during the early years of their babies’ lives through provision of evidence-based approaches. Holistic Mums indirectly benefits families by helping new mothers become more aware of their emotions, learn tools and strategies to self-regulate and develop their emotional intelligence skills, which can indirectly benefit the whole family. Holistic Mums also indirectly benefits local organisations by working in partnership, signposting and providing opportunities for relevant service users. Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary? No.

What your organisation does

In order to carry out the charitable purposes, the trustees have the power to: (1) raise funds, receive grants and donations (2) apply funds to carry out the work of the charity (3) co-operate with and support other charities with similar charitable purposes (4) do anything which is lawful and necessary to achieve the charity’s purposes.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • General public
  • General public
  • General public
  • Physical disabilities
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development

Charitable purposes

2. THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE TO: 2.1 Relieve poverty, sickness and promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Colin and district area of Co. Antrim and its environs (hereinafter described as ‘the area of benefit’) without distinction of age, gender, race, political, religious or other opinion, in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants; through the advancement of citizenship and community development; 2.2 Build the capacity of new and expectant mums to improve their mental and physical wellbeing during the early years of their babies’ lives through provision of evidence based approaches; 2.3 Reduce social isolation through provision of a peer support network; 2.4 Empower new and expectant mothers to learn about and embrace a holistic lifestyle to improve their mental and physical wellbeing, through advice, education and signposting to other relevant services; 2.5 Organise or assist in organising classes, programmes, projects and activities of interest to local mothers and mothers to be; 2.6 Recruit and train volunteers with the relevant skills to carry out the purposes of the charity.; 2.7 Carry out or assist in carrying out, research, surveys, and investigations with local residents to identify local needs. 2.8 Lobby and campaign relevant decision-makers in order to improve health outcomes for local mothers.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 10 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • 31 Mount Eagles Ave, Dunmurray, Belfast, BT17 0GT

Trustee board

Trustee
Ms Sarah Jane Mcaughey
Ms Nicole Downes
Ms Tara Herron
Mrs Mary Mc Donnell
Ms Alana Scott
Dr Aoife Maire Mulholland
Ms Michelle Carew
Ms Bronagh Nic An Lia
Ms Susan Curran
Miss Orla Mccabe

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