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Irish Street Youth and Community Association

  • Removed

  • This charity was removed from the register on 18 Dec 2019
  • Charity no. 102216
  • Date registered. 22/09/2015

Public benefits

Our purpose is to relieve poverty, sickness and the aged and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Irish Street Estate without distinction of age, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnic origin, political or religious opinion by associating the education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other

leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. The direct benefits which flow from the purpose include lower levels of poverty, increased educational opportunities for residents; providing recreational and leisure facilities and programmes; improving the quality of life of people in the Irish Street area; and improved health outcomes. These benefits are evidenced through both quantitative and qualitative means. Quantitative evidence includes sign in sheets of people attending the facilities, statistical information on the numbers of people who use the facilities, statistical information from the PSNI and government bodies, such as health, education and unemployment. Qualitative evidence which we use are a community audit, face to face evaluations, written evaluations, focus groups and general feedback from residents in an informal setting. We do not believe that any harm will come as a result of our charity. The charity’s beneficiaries are the residents of the Irish Street Estate. The only private benefit flowing from the purpose is the payment of wages to staff, and this is incidental and necessary in order to achieve the objectives of Irish Street Youth and Community Association.

What your organisation does

• Irish Street Community Association runs programmes which target community regeneration through a multi-generational, social, educational and recreational approach to implementing achievable and sustainable community development principles in Irish Street (an area which suffers from high socio-economic deprivation). Programmes and training will be

tailored to suit local needs, in order to facilitate a higher level of community participation and ownership, through targeting the most marginalised within the community, and addressing their fear or inability to avail of such provision elsewhere. • Activities and programmes which are run in the centre on a weekly basis include; Programmed activities on the Multi-Use Games area, Mothers and Toddlers, Sculpture, Arts Society, Oil-painting, Junior Youth Club, Bootcamp, Women’s Group, Bingo Group, Young Women’s Group, Young Men’s Group, Kurling, Computers, Luncheon Club, Citizens Advice Bureau, Men’s Group and Friday Night Youth Drop In. In addition to these weekly events, we run many one-off events, such as Afternoon Tea Dances, Dinner Dances, Coffee Mornings, Family Fun Days, Summer Scheme for both Older People and Children, and various events to coincide with Valentine’s Day, St Patricks Day, Easter, Halloween, and Christmas. We also provide training courses and volunteering opportunities from within the local community, which helps to build skills, capacity and increase employability. • Irish Street Community and Youth Association also works in partnership with other local organisations and service providers (including cross-community working) on a range of ongoing and one off projects / programmes. By doing so, we can signpost residents to other services which are available in the local area, be it in the community, statutory or private sector.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Interface communities
  • Men
  • Older people
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Volunteers
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Education/training
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Relief of poverty
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

The Association is established to relieve poverty, sickness and the aged and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Irish Street Estate without distinction of age, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnic origin, political or religious opinion by associating the education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

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