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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£250.0K
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Spending
£251.1K
- Charity no. 101215
- Date registered. 27/11/2014
Public benefits
The public benefit flowing from purpose 1 is that the communities in Maghera will have a facility where they can come together and meet in a non-threatening neutral venue. They will be able to access a variety of courses and classes and plan a way forward to improve the image of their community. Another public benefit will be that children from
the Maghera community will have access to after school activities in the Centre. This means that there will be benefit to not just the children but to the parents of the children who will know that there is a safe stimulating and enjoyable after-school club which will be well supervised and open to families from both sides of the religious divide in Maghera. Another benefit will be that young people from all sections of the community in Maghera will be able to access age friendly activities such as music, dance, physical recreation and training in boxing. This will give young people a variety of activities not provided by any other organisation in the town. A further public benefit will be the food bank which will be put in place to provide the most needy families in the wider community of Maghera town and its hinterland. The benefits will be measured by the numbers of families registering to use the Centre, the numbers of young people becoming involved in the activities, the numbers of children attending the afterschools club and the numbers of needy families accessing help from the food bank. There will be no private benefit as all of the management committee will act on a voluntary capacity and there is no harm emanating from any of our activities.
What your organisation does
The organisation has been set up to try and create better cross community relations in the relatively divided community of Maghera. We provide a comfortable, safe central facility where individuals and families can feel free to meet, come together and socialise. There will be a range of activities and classes aimed particularly at young people
such as dance, music, physical exercise and boxing. Our group will also provide an after-schools club where children from both sides of the community will be looked after for 2 hours per day. We also provide a food bank to assist most deprived families in an area where 25% of the people are living in child poverty. We hope to provide courses and classes for parents of both an educational and recreational nature. The group is only in existence since January 2014 and our range of activities will expand as the group grows.
The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of amateur sport
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Interface communities
- Parents
- Unemployed/low income
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Education/training
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Sport/recreation
- Youth development