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Portglenone Enterprise Group Ltd

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  • Charity no. 100257
  • Date registered. 05/08/2015

Public benefits

1) To advance community development by providing facilities, resources, support, training and information, the public benefit will include increased local knowledge, access to information and education to the local inhabitants of Portglenone and surrounding rural areas. 2) Provide facilities & organise community events, the benefit will include

opportunity to engage in activities, reduced isolation, increased social interaction and a strengthened sense of community among the inhabitants in Portglenone & surrounding rural areas . 3) Promoting art, culture and heritage , the public benefit will be increased local access to information, social interaction, skills development, participation in and viewing of such activities/surroundings enriching the lives of inhabitants of Portglenone & surrounding rural areas. 4) Promotion of healthy lifestyles, the public benefit will be the increased access to health information and opportunity to engage in healthy activities locally for the inhabitants of Portglenone & surrounding rural areas. 5)Assist those in need, the public benefit will that they will have support to identify the needs of the inhabitants of Portglenone and surrounding rural areas and assisting them in an attempt to address their needs. 6)Protect and enhance the natural and built environment. The public benefit will be engaging them in increased awareness of their local heritage and environment and its protection for their health and enjoyment and that of future generations in Portglenone and surrounding rural areas. Benefits are demonstrated through feedback and attendance at events . The businesses using the units would gain private benefit ,but this is incidental to the public benefit gained from the community activities carried out by Portglenone Enterprise Group. There is no harm.

What your organisation does

Promotes education and vocational training, relieves poverty, provides recreation and leisure facilities, improves the condition of life. Preserves, conserves and improves Portglenone. Supports other charities in the area with advice training and assistance.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • General public

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Community enterprise

Charitable purposes

The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Portglenone and its environs (the “area of benefit”) by associating the inhabitants, community and voluntary organisations and statutory authorities in a common effort to:- (1) Advance community development and in particular the promotion of the community and voluntary sector for the public benefit by providing facilities, resources, support, training and information to such organisations. (2) Provide facilities and organise community and family events in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. (3) Promote the arts, culture and heritage by organising arts and craft classes, concerts, festivals and cultural and heritage events. (4) Promote health by encouraging and facilitating community participation in healthy recreation and providing advice and guidance on the adoption of healthy lifestyles. (5) Assist those in need by reason of youth, age, disability or other disadvantage. (6) Protect and enhance the natural and built environment by facilitating community engagement in conservation, gardening and horticultural schemes and otherwise improve the appearance of the area of benefit.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • PEG
  • 7 Trustees
  • 4 Employees
  • 26 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr Kieran Adams
  • Mrs Paula Byrne
  • Mr Jim Gaul
  • Norman Worthington
  • Mrs Anne Bell
  • Mrs Mairead Myles Davey
  • Mrs Gillian Burnside

Contact details

Public Address

Norman Worthington, 57-59 Main Street, Portglenone . Bt, Portglenone, Ballymena, County Antrim., BT44 8HP

List of regions

  • Mid And East Antrim Borough Council
  • Mid Ulster District Council

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