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Food and Drink Sector Skills

  • Status

    Received: 89 days late

  • Income

    £0.5K

  • Spending

    £5.9K

  • Charity no. 101463
  • Date registered. 15/06/2015

Public benefits

Purpose 1 The promotion and advancement in Northern Ireland of education and training through engagement with the general public, and in particular with those employed or seeking employment in the food and drink industry is a public benefit. This can be measured and evidenced through increased collective knowledge and understanding of the

sector by those involved or seeking to be involved in the industry, delivered at the point of need. The charity provides benefit through engaging in activities that help the public at large to benefit ultimately from a better provision of food and drink related supplies. In addition the direct benefit of participation in education and training will include improved educational outcomes leading to better employment prospects for those involved or seeking to be involved in the industry. The beneficiaries are the general public, and the public valuation of the benefits can be evidenced through increased knowledge and understanding of the food and drink sector through attendance at courses, seminars and other events together with increased employment in the sector. No Trustee receives remuneration, reward or other private benefit for carrying out their Trustee responsibility. Purpose 2 The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include the provision of training courses, facilities for training and information services together with the development and setting of standards for training to promote excellence within the food and drink sector in Northern Ireland. This is demonstrated through on-going provision of access to training, information and the use of our materials by wider society. There is no harm arising from the purpose. The beneficiaries are the general public.

What your organisation does

Food and Drink Sector Skills will work within the industry to achieve its people development mission by: promoting a people development culture, identifying people development needs facilitating the provision of a range of support services to meet the current and future people development needs, provide key training services, ensuring the national

standards match local needs and by encouraging companies to achieve these standards, promoting the industry's needs. We also provide signposting advice for companies and the careers service.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • General public
  • Men
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Education/training
  • Research/evaluation
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

The objects for which the Company is established are:- (a) To promote and advance in Northern Ireland the education and training of persons employed or intending to be employed in the food and drink industry. (b) Subject to the foregoing object, to extend such education and training to members of the public in Northern Ireland generally.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • FDSS
  • 5 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Garth Mitchell Nicholas Boyd
  • Tim Cander
  • Catherine Devlin
  • Mr Gareth Ferguson
  • Mr Glenn Patterson

Contact details

Public Address

Mrs Karen Martin, 24 Cooks Brae, Kircubbin, Co Down, BT22 2SQ

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland

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