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Poleglass Community Association @ Sally Gardens

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £449.0K

  • Spending

    £532.9K

  • Charity no. 103726
  • Company no. 35195
  • Date registered. 03/11/2017

Public benefits

(a) provide facilities and amenities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said residents; The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include  Improved skills development and employment prospects  Improved sense of

community pride and active citizenship  Improved access to mental health themed initiatives  Improved health & wellbeing  Improved health & fitness  Improved access to sport and leisure These benefits can be demonstrated by  Increase in residents gaining employment  Increase in residents taking part in community events  Increase in residents volunteering  Reduction in residents attending GPs  Reduction in self harm & statistics as reported by SET  Increased attendance in sport & leisure evidenced through pitch and programme usage. (b) relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage; The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include:  Reduction in anti-social behaviour incidents and community related crime  The number of young people attending youth drop in  The number of young people attending youth interventions  The number of residents with a disability attending centre activities These benefits can be demonstrated by  Reduction in reported crime identified by NISRA and PSNI statistics  Feedback from resident’s surveys  Analysis of completed registration forms (c) advance education and promote health The direct benefits flowing from this purpose include:  Increase in education attainment at Level 1 & Level 2  Improved attendance at annual health & wellbeing day These benefits can be demonstrated by  Analysis of NISRA statistics of residents gaining qualifications  Reduction in smoking, alcohol & drug misuse as evidence by SET reports There is no harm arising from our purposes. The charity's beneficiaries are primarily but not exclusively residents living in the Colin area. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes.

What your organisation does

Poleglass Community Association @ Sally Gardens provides an inclusive service to all groups/individuals regardless of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, national origin, age, or disability. Poleglass Community Association @ Sally Gardens complies with Section 75 in carrying out our functions relating to and have due

regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity between: persons of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation, men and women generally; persons with a disability and persons without and persons with dependents and persons without. Current areas of work: ? Pensioners club ? All Ability Sports club ? Weekly youth drop in ? Intervention disco ? High Flyers gymnastics ? Irish dancing ? The Bytes Project-youth drop in, personal development & employability ? Circuit training ? Friday CSNP youth drop in ? Hip Hop classes ? Youth football team development ? Citizens Advice ? GEMS Job Club ? Assisting with Youth Conferencing referral plans ? Job Assist ? Alternative Therapies ? New Life Counselling ? Dunmurry /Sally Gardens Cross Community Initiative ? Environmental projects ? After school club ? Play Park-underway ? Sports Zone-active piece of work ? Youth Drop In ? Summer programme for young people from the age of 6 to 25 years ? ? Employability Poleglass Community Association @ Sally Gardens continues to work with children particularly 6-19 years. The centre delivers a range of services including restorative practices, individual and group programmes. The primary aim is to put in place a series of interventions that prevent further offending. Sally Gardens has supported the reintegration of young people back into the community and provides a safe and neutral environment.

The charity’s classifications

  • 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

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Adult training
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • General public
  • Learning disabilities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Travellers
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • Criminal justice
  • Disability
  • Education/training
  • Gender
  • General charitable purposes
  • Grant making
  • Human rights/equality
  • Relief of poverty
  • Sport/recreation
  • Urban development
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth 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.

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £449.0K

  • Spending

    £532.9K

Income

£449.0K

Spending

£532.9K

Charitable purposes

To promote the benefit of Poleglass residents and surrounding district (the “area of benefit”) without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, or political, religious or other opinion by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary and community organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to: (a) provide facilities and amenities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said residents; (b) relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage; (c) advance education and promote health

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • PCA @ Sally Gardens
  • 4 Trustees
  • 9 Employees
  • 12 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr Tony Kennedy
  • Mr Michael George
  • Mr Brendan Mcateer
  • Mr Aidan Kelly

Contact details

Public Address

Mr Martin Connolly, Sally Gardens Community Centre, Belle Steele Road, BT17 0UJ

List of regions

  • Belfast City Council

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