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North West Archaeological & Historical Society

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £0.4K

  • Spending

    £0.4K

  • Charity no. 102353
  • Date registered. 27/08/2015

Public benefits

What benefits flow from this purpose? The benefits which flow from this purpose include people having an increased knowledge of local history, traditions and greater understanding of different cultures in the region. Can you demonstrate this? These benefits can be evidenced by seeking feedback from participants in the events organised by the

Society. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? There is no harm or possibility of harm arising from the benefit.. Who is the benefit for? The charity’s benefits are designed for all members of the public who are interested in the purpose designed above. The Charities beneficiaries include; Members of the public. Community groups. Schools. Historical Societies. Youth organisations. Is there any private benefit? There is no private benefit flowinf from this purpose.

What your organisation does

The Society is a member of the Federation for Ulster Local Studies and we've been associated with events organised by Derry City Council and other individual Historical Societies. That has been either through meeting with the Societies or in providing help when they have paid visits to the city. We have been instrumental in providing such things as

providing tour guides, for example. Society members have also been involved with providing lectures on diverse topics, associated with the history of the North-west. The Society has also been to the fore in media circles, contributing written articles to various magazines and newspapers, as well as contributing to broadcasts. The Society has also helped provide a leading article for the FULS Magazine, “Due North” on the Spanish Armada ship, the La Trinidad Valencera. We have been playing a role of taking Local History to other interested bodies. in our "Outreach " Programme. Members have been working with the WELB at the Central Library in beginning to create some new Exhibitions for the city. We have worked with the Built Heritage at Hill Street in Belfast to trawl their files for Information, Graphic Material and Knowledge from their staff to help put the Exhibitions together. We've also been working, through Oral History, with groups from Creggan, and providing speakers for Oral History Seminars. We have also been involved by providing speakers for a series of Lectures on Local History to Classes at the U3A in Londonderry, and to Local History Societies across all of Ireland. Society Members have also been involved acting as Guides to diverse groups from both the city and further afield. Association with ALLY FOYLE (Active Living in Later Years) has been an ‘On- going’ project for the Society, contributing to lectures on various topics to groups near and far. The society organizes a series of 9 monthly lectures each year for members and the general public.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • Interface communities
  • Older people

How the charity works

  • Arts
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Heritage/historical

Charitable purposes

The objects of the Society are to further the education of the public in the archaeology, history, folklore and antiquities of North West Ulster and to undertake or assist in the undertaking of research into such subjects and the publication of useful results of such research.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • NWAHS
  • 1 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr Ian Bartlett

Contact details

Public Address

Mr Ian Bartlett, 50 Woodburn Park, Londonderry, 50 Woodburn Park, BT47 5PS

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
  • Causeway Coast And Glens District Council
  • Derry City And Strabane District Council

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