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- Charity no. 103171
- Date registered. 02/09/2015
Public benefits
Purpose 1: The advancement of education The public benefits of this purpose include developing the personal, social and educational skills of children, young people and adults in the area of benefit; providing afterschools activities, formal/informal courses and training for adults; increasing employability prospects. These benefits will be
evidenced by established reporting mechanisms to specific project funders, participant attendance registers, qualifications, number of programmes sustained/new programmes created. Purpose 2: The prevention or relief of poverty The public benefits flowing from this purpose include providing community-based and led services to residents in the area of benefit, with particular focus on those unemployed, suffering ill-health, one parent families and low income families leading to increased community cohesion, reduced social isolation, greater opportunities for social interaction, creating a vibrant and inclusive community. These benefits will be evidenced by established reporting mechanisms to specific project funders, attendance registers, numbers accessing services. Purpose 3: The advancement of health or the saving of lives The public benefits flowing from this purpose will be residents accessing community-based and led health and well-being programmes leading to improved health outcomes, reduced health inequalities; reduction in suicide/self-harm; opportunities to partner with statutory and other health agencies. These benefits will be evidenced by established reporting mechanisms to specific project funders, attendance registers, government statistics, partnerships sustained/developed. Purpose 4: The advancement of citizenship or community development The public benefits flowing from this purpose will be residents in the area of benefit engaging positively with community organisations, government departments and statutory agencies leading to improved living, housing and environmental conditions in the area; increased community cohesion and confidence; provision of volunteering and other active citizenship opportunities, residents experiencing ‘ownership’ of their community. These benefits will be evidenced through feedback both qualitative and quantitative, numbers involved in volunteer activities, community/statutory partnerships created/sustained, decline in levels of anti-social behaviour. Purpose 5: The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health and disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage The public benefits flowing from this purpose will be provision of local community-owned facilities in the area of benefit increasing residents’ abilities to access organised activities or opportunities to meet their own personal needs and residents participating in community-based and community-led social, recreational and other activities; reduced social exclusion; increased community cohesion. These benefits will be evidenced through feedback both qualitative and quantitative, numbers accessing facilities/ activities, decline in numbers experiencing social exclusion. Purpose 6 - Other charitable purposes The public benefits flowing from this purpose will be provision of job creation, training and employment opportunities for residents in the area of benefit leading to increase prospects for employment, self-employment and training; increased standards of living; less dependency on social welfare benefits; greater individual and collective community confidence. These benefits will be evidenced through numbers of businesses/jobs created and/or sustained; NISRA local area statistics. We do not anticipate any harm arising from any of our above purposes. There is no private benefit accruing to any trustees from any of our purposes. Any private benefit which may arise is in keeping with those of the rest of the community, which is developing better informed, sustainable and healthy lifestyle choices, and is purely incidental and necessary so that the
What your organisation does
Drumcree Community Centre provides the base for a range of services provided by Drumcree Community Trust. These include weekly parents & toddlers groups, young mothers' group, groups for parents, carers, and childminders; family support services delivered in conjunction with SureStart; organised activities for children and young people up to the
age of eighteen, including after school activities, positive lifestyle programmes, holiday play schemes. We also deliver activities geared towards young people who may be susceptible to engaging in risk-taking behaviours. Drumcree Community Trust organises a range of activities and programmes for adult residents within the local community, particularly those from low income families. These include two women's groups, walking group, providing meeting space for other local groups, and delivery of personal development programmes, including educational and training opportunities for adults. This is also reflected through training of our own volunteer base on an ongoing basis. Our community health project (Drumcree House of Health) offers opportunities for local people to develop healthy lifestyles through heath awareness programmes (drug/alcohol awareness; mental and physical health programmes, smoking cessation courses, healthy eating/cooking programmes, suicide/self-harm awareness, etc), fitness classes and developing creative and other interests. Mayfair Business Centre, a separate economic development entity of whom the company members are the current directors of Drumcree Community Trust, is home to 20 local businesses and provides employment and training opportunities for local people. All these activities are aimed at reducing poverty and improving the health, education, social and economic well-being of residents of all ages within our area of benefit irrespective of their sex, race, ethnicity or political, religious or other opinions and creating an awareness of mutual responsibility within the community.
The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- 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
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Interface communities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Economic development
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Medical/health/sickness
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Sport/recreation
- Urban development
- Volunteer development
- Youth development