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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 5 Mar 2019
- Charity no. 103650
- Date registered. 19/11/2015
Public benefits
Cunningham’s Lane Cross Community Residents Association (CLCCRA) meets the public benefit requirement by providing a wide range of activities which in turn provides a benefit to the local community. Members who avail of services and activities through the Association benefit socially and mentally through engagement, reducing social isolation and
increasing confidence in the area. Activities which are provided include; • Community relation programmes due to the mixed ethnic community living in the area. The organisation understands the potential in involving all residents in the community into their programmes. As a result, the local residents understand the diversity and embrace getting to know one another, understanding different cultures and increasing the sense of community. • Anti-Social Behaviour and Crime Prevention programmes – to ensure a safe and vigilant community. The general Dungannon area would have seen its fair share of ASB. CLCCRA has worked very well with the local PCSP and PSNI in order to combat ASB in the area. They have developed strong working relationships with these statutory agencies in an attempt to provide diversionary style activities to the residents, particularly the young people. The organisation ensures that the activities they organize and provide are based on the local need through engagement of the CLCCRA committee members and volunteers. A newsletter is also distributed to all residents to inform them of what's going on. CLCCRA work for the public benefit of those who live and are involved in the local area. CLCCRA promotes equality of opportunity between people as per the Northern Ireland Act 1998 section 75 based on the following nine characteristics; 1. Age 2. Having or not having a disability 3. Gender 4. Marital status 5. Religion 6. Political opinion 7. Ethnicity 8. Sexual orientation 9. Having or not having dependents The Public Benefit can be domonstrated by observing how, over the last eleven years or so, the area has changed from a difficult area to live in with anti-social behaviour, late parties, drinking on the street, race tensions to an area that is a pleasure to live in with no anti-social behaviour (according to PSNI) from residents or racial tension. The man who started the association, Eric Cumberland, involved all the agencies (PSNI, local councillors, DARD, MLA,etc) including local factories where most of the migrant population worked, encouraged working together with organised trips/football, sourced translations explaining how the three refuse bin collection worked, the laws on noise abatement and licencing laws. He started Neighbourhood Watch in conjunction with PSNI. As for 'private benefit' - all our committee are volunteers, either in full time work or retired, so there is no private benefit. As for 'potential harm' - there can be no potential harm in the area from the activities we hold or the services we offer. We have adopted our local council's Child Protection Policy and we have two First-Aiders on the committee and are fully insured.
What your organisation does
Since the group formed, there has been a number of activities / events etc which has taken place which include; 2 committee members attend the local Dungannon East Inter Agency meetings which take place 3 times a year - issues in the local area and brought forward for discussion with relevant agencies. 2 Committee members also attend the Housing
Community Network meetings in the local District office twice a year to hear up to date information regarding the Housing Executive's programmes and performance. Annual Car boot sale and Vintage rally which is open to residents and the whole community within the Dungannon area and further afield Over 50's Christmas lunch each year with the local Integrated College - students then give out small food hampers at Halloween time for Harvest. Children's Party at Christmas Children's trips in the last which include bowling, cinema etc.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Tenants
How the charity works
- Community development
Charitable purposes
Promoting the interest of residents in matters concerning community relations, anti-social behaviour and crime prevention. The group will work with Statutory Bodies, grant funders and PSNI to uphold equal opportunities and work towards good relations between all members of the community, specifically prohibiting any act which discriminates or harasses on grounds of race, religion, disability, belief, sex or sexual orientation.