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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£27.0K
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Spending
£30.7K
- Charity no. 100259
- Date registered. 30/05/2014
Public benefits
The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include reduced isolation especially among older people, increased social interaction, improved skills and access to qualifications, course participants are more employable, increased self confidence, increased health and well being and better mood; hire of local community venue for funeral teas,
private parties, public meetings etc. These benefits can be evidenced through word of mouth feedback from users, course evaluation forms, photographs, return visits and increasing numbers of people using the centre evidenced by attendance sheets, self evaluation for funders, records of room hire. This purpose does not lead to harm. The beneficiaries are people living in Rouskey and the surrounding rural areas. A private benefit might arise where a Trustee gains skills or knowledge through courses organised at the Centre, these skills are transferable however the Trustee enrols on the course as does a member of the public. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries
What your organisation does
The Association’s main activities are to provide a wide range of educational, recreational and social activities for the rural community. The Association delivers these activities in its own community centre which can also be rented by the wider community for social activities. Specifically the organisation’s activities focus on running the
following: • Running arts and crafts courses to enable the community to come together and interact with each other in an isolated rural community • Running educational classes to enhance lifelong learning opportunities within Rouskey • A range of health and wellbeing activities including i.e. pilates, yoga etc to improve the life chances of the community Befriending service for older people and a chest, heart and stroke afflicted group • Entertainment/social evenings • Hire of the centre to the community and other stakeholders
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Voluntary and community sector
- Women
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Disability
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Rural development
- Volunteer development