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North Belfast Women's Initiative and Support Project

  • Status

    Received: 38 days late

  • Income

    £149.4K

  • Spending

    £136.9K

  • Charity no. 101600
  • Date registered. 12/03/2015

Public benefits

a) Relieve poverty, sickness and the aged to promote the benefit of the women of the Upper Ardoyne, North Belfast, County Antrim and its environments (including Hesketh, Glenbryn, Alliance, Deerpark and Wheatfield, hereinafter described as the 'area of benefit') without distinction of age, race, political, religious or other opinion by common

effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of the life of the women and their families. The benefits which flow from purpose ‘A’ include improving health and well-being, and relieving poverty and disadvantage for women and their families living within our catchment in Upper Ardoyne. It also includes enhanced education and employability through education and training programmes. This occurs via the provision of a range of services and support structures which help those within the locality improve their current circumstances NBWISP aims to be a gateway for change through health support initiatives, and opportunities for self-development, training and education. These benefits can be demonstrated through feedback gathered from participants, government health statistics, reporting to statutory agencies (e.g. Belfast Regeneration Office) and independent evaluation of our provision. The beneficiaries of this purpose are women from the Upper Ardoyne area of Belfast and their families. There is no perceived harm flowing from this purpose.

What your organisation does

For over 20 years, NBWISP has strived to address underlying need and improve lives within Upper Ardoyne and beyond by providing health and wellbeing, education, counselling, support, and community development support services. We’ve accomplished much, including delivering over 1,200 ‘Let it Grow’ programmes to schools and communities in the last

six years and providing over 4,100 support packages to families during the pandemic, despite not having an operational building. Everything we do is grounded in our approach. Known as the ‘W.I.S.P. Way,’ our ‘Way’ focuses on prioritising Wellbeing, Inclusion, and Support, in which all is fuelled by a Passion to try new things, find solutions and to improve lives. As such, we will strive to achieve our vision of improving the health, wellbeing, and education of all communities in North Belfast and beyond by focusing on the following: Developing and delivering services and programmes that help communities to become stronger, healthier, resilient, and sustainable. Harnessing lived experience to inform, inspire, and drive change in our communities. Building a strong and sustainable NBWISP to help accomplish the change. Our work includes delivering: Let it Grow schools and community gardening programmes. Holistic therapies Beauty therapies Health and wellbeing projects Good relations and peacebuilding initiatives and events Youth Mentoring OCN accredited training Support groups (e.g., Women’s and Senior Groups) Access to multi-sensory support environments (through the Sensory Room and Sensory Garden) Drop in advice and support services.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • Other charitable purposes

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Adult training
  • Carers
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ethnic minorities
  • General public
  • Interface communities
  • Learning disabilities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Sensory disabilities
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Education/training
  • Gender
  • General charitable purposes
  • Grant making
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

The Association is established to: Relieve poverty, sickness and the aged to promote the benefit of the women of the Upper Ardoyne, North Belfast, County Antrim and its environments (including Hesketh, Glenbryn, Alliance, Deerpark and Wheatfield, hereinafter described as the 'area of benefit') without distinction of age, race, political, religious or other opinion by common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of the life of the women and their families.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • North Belfast Women's Initiative and Support Project
  • 7 Trustees
  • 6 Employees
  • 22 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Ms Christine Kirk
  • Mrs Margaret Stewart
  • Mrs Lorraine Drumgoole
  • Mrs Liz Gibson
  • Delores Murphy
  • Mrs Sandra Palmer
  • Mrs Carmel Holly

Contact details

Public Address

Alex Crossley, Nbwisp, 1A Glenbryn Park, Belfast, BT14 7JG

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Belfast City Council

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