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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£5.2K
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Spending
£4.4K
- Charity no. 103179
- Date registered. 26/04/2016
Public benefits
The benefit flowing from the purposes of Rock community Association are that local people have an opportunity to engage in community development at a local level. This benefits not only the people immediately involved with the association but all those attending our leisure and educational activities. People benefit from having a community building
in which they can access courses such as first aid, healthy eating, dance, flower arranging and yoga. This benefits the health and wellbeing of those participating in the activities. There are also the benefits that both groups and individuals increase their own personal and community capacity by working together supporting each other and taking advice, mentoring sessions from statutory organisations such as PSNI, local council, road services, health agencies regularly give talks and training to the management committee and the general community of Rock and its environs. Benefits are demonstrated by the numbers attending courses or classes, by regular feedback sessions and evaluation sheets which are offered at the end of each series of classes. They are also measured by the numbers of people involved in the organisations activities, the numbers wishing to represent their communities at meetings with statutory authorities and the confidence and skills which the local people evaluate for themselves as a result of the organisation’s activities. There is no harm flowing from the purposes of the organisation. The beneficiaries are the inhabitants of Rock and its surrounding areas. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes
What your organisation does
After its formation in 2012 our organisation conduct a survey to explore the views and opinions of the local community. One of the issues of grave concern was road safety. As a result we met with respresentatives of the Roads Service to make them aware of local concerns. We also approached the PSNI (community). While some of these issues were
resolved satisfactorily others still remain and our organisation still continues to work on these. We also met with respresentatives of Cookstown Council about a village improvement scheme. With financial support from Cookstown Council and Cookstown Parish and local voluntary labour, our organisation managed the renovation of the old school (1844). It will be opened offically in May 2015 and now provides a meeting place and social focal point for the local community.It will provide a social, leisure and educational facility for all community use. We also managed a spruce up of the area in the vicinity of the school. Issues such as the need for grass cutting and neglected flowerbeds were also raised by our organisation and dealt with by the local council. We organised a visit of the Health Van to the village so that people could avail of a heath check. We publicised the event, made appointments and ensured that everything ran smoothly on the day. We plan to do this annually. We run an annual tractor run and annual cycle run for fund raising. We are now organising a proramme of events on the day of the unveiling of a statue commemorating a local writer. We have also worked with representatives of Cookstown Council to develop and later update an integrated Village Plan.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Community development