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Derrynoose CommunityDevelopment Association Ltd

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £19.3K

  • Spending

    £5.5K

  • Charity no. 103660
  • Date registered. 11/11/2015

Public benefits

The public benefits which flow from Derrynoose Community Development Association's purposes are 1: The targeting social need, reducing social exclusion and building community participation amongst people living in Derrynoose. 2: Through increasing participation in sport , physical activity, art, music and drama improving the health and well being

of people living in Derrynoose. 3. Through providing opportunities for education and training, increasing the knowledge and skills of the people of Derrynoose therefore enabling them to contribute more fully to their local communities. 4: The provision of a vibrant modern community centre for the use of all local groups which promotes community cohesion and reconciliation in Derrynoose. There is occasionally some private benefit benefits as a result of activities undertaken in the Community Centre. These include the payment of musicians, the hire of equipment or specialist Services and are incidental to the main work carried out. The private benefit supports the Association in the delivery of its public benefits through the provision of art, music and drama leading to improving the health and wellbeing of people living in Derrynoose. There is no private benefit to any trustee We have identified no potential harm arising from our purpose.

What your organisation does

Derrynoose Community Development Association provides and manages the Derrynoose Community Centre. This provides a modern purpose built community Centre for the use of the people of Derrynoose and by local community based groups. It provides a range of leisure and sporting facilities for the use of the local community; these include community

festivals and community sports days. It provides opportunities for art , drama and music and local education classes and in partnership with the local school provides an annual Christmas fair. It provides facilities for the local youth club and for the pensioners club. It provides services for the local community at the time of family bereavements including a funeral meals service. It supports summer schemes for local children.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of amateur sport
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity

Who the charity helps

  • General public

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Rural development
  • Sport/recreation

Charitable purposes

to promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Derrynoose (hereinafter called the area of benefit) without distinction of race, sex, political, or other opinion by associating the statutory authorities , voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving conditions of life and fostering peace and reconciliation between the inhabitants of N Ireland. to establish or to secure the establishment of a community centre (hereinafter called the Centre) and to maintain and manage, or cooperate with any local statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for the activities promoted by the association and its constituent bodies in the furtherance of the above objects.

Governing document

Other name

  • DCDA
  • 2 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 6 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr Francis Haughey
  • Mr Jim Lennon

Contact details

Public Address

Mr Jim Lennon, 33 Listrakelt Road, Derrynoose, Armagh, BT60 3DP

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Armagh City, Banbridge And Craigavon Council

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