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The Fermanagh Trust

Documents 91 days overdue

Overdue: 91 days

  • Charity no. 102726
  • Date registered. 11/05/2015

Public benefits

The benefits which flow from the purpose of the Fermanagh Trust are the provision of both financial support & practical support in the form of funding & guidance, information & signposting to community & voluntary organisations, education organisations & the general public. A benefit includes the networking & education opportunities made available

for community & voluntary organisations, schools & the community being made available through accessing the guidance & advice of staff, trustees & voluntary advisors based locally. A benefit includes utilising the facilities & services available in Fermanagh House - a community resource facility. The benefits can be demonstrated through the Fermanagh Trusts Annual Reports & through the ongoing monitoring & evaluation of work being carried out by the Trust. The beneficiaries of the Fermanagh Trust are community & voluntary organisations& the general public living in the area of benefit. There is no harm flowing from the purposes of the Fermanagh Trust.

What your organisation does

The Fermanagh Trust provides financial support through a range of funds that benefit community based organisations & individuals. The benefits outlined above are provided to the entire community of Fermanagh & its natural hinterlands & can also apply in particular cases (Fisher Foundation Fund) to organisations in both N.I & R.O.I. The Fermanagh

Trust provides the above benefits to communities across Fermanagh by directly tackling issues that are causing disadvantage & poverty by empowering community & voluntary organisations across Fermanagh & supporting regional organisations to develop & deliver their services in Fermanagh. The Fermanagh Trust achieves this through a community development approach, the skills, passion & resources available to promote sustainable development & actively work towards a equitable & peaceful society. Support & services offered by the Fermanagh Trust include: -Financial Support via grants -Fermanagh House-community hub which provides facilities including offices, hot desks, photocopying & internal access, meeting rooms, counselling & training rooms, information & publications -Development staff provide direct support, advice&guidance to community & voluntary organisations & schools -Group mentoring & facilitation -Funding advice & information -Networking opportunities across Fermanagh -Governance guidance & support -Access to equipment -Promotion of social inclusion & reconciliation -Trustees&staff actively involved in local & regional organisations, ensures regeneration of communities across Fermanagh -Support & training for members of community & voluntary organisations

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

  • General public
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Community enterprise
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Education/training
  • Grant making
  • Rural development
  • Urban development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Overdue: 91 days

Income

£907.0K

Spending

£834.0K

Charitable purposes

The Trustees shall hold the trust fund and its income upon trust to apply them for the following objects ('the objects'): to promote any charitable purpose and to support initiatives which will lead to social and community development to improve the conditions of life for people in the County of Fermanagh and immediate hinterlands, Northern Ireland ('the area of benefit') and other exclusively charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are in the opinion of the trustees beneficial to the community with a preference for those in the area of benefit.

Governing document

Trust Deed or Declaration of Trust

Other name

  • 8 Trustees
  • 14 Employees
  • 80 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Jim Ledwith
  • Aideen Mcginley
  • Kevin Lunney
  • Ernie Fisher
  • Sue Bryson
  • Ms Anna Devlin
  • Robert Gibson
  • Mrs Katie Cooper

Public Address

Mr Lauri Mccusker, Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow Place, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Bt74 7Hr, BT74 7HR

List of regions

  • Fermanagh And Omagh District Council

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