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Foreglen Community Association

  • Status

    Received: 2 days late

  • Income

    £28.7K

  • Spending

    £22.4K

  • Charity no. 103830
  • Date registered. 05/07/2016

Public benefits

The direct benefits, which flow from our purpose include: Reducing isolation, poverty and improving the quality of life for people living in a rural area with the delivery of services on their doorstep. These benefits are demonstrated through the number of user groups and individual s booking our facilities, evaluation of activities and feedback

and surveys carried out. No harm will result from the purpose of our charity. The charities beneficiaries are the people of Foreglen and surrounding towns. There is no private benefit flowing from our purpose.

What your organisation does

One of the main activities of our organisation is to work in partnership with Social Services to deliver a day care service for 75 senior citizens from Foreglen and surrounding areas of Gortnaghey, Burnfoot, Feeny, Dungiven and Claudy, 3 days per week. These senior citizens are collected on their doorstep, on our bus, brought to the centre where

they can avail of a hot lunch and fun activities. Our facilities are also available to the wider community for hire for sports, childrens parties, funeral teas, social functions, local primary school and church. We deliver educational and recreational classes in conjunction with the local college. Our premises are the base for the group Be Safe Be Well, Foreglen Men's Shed Project and local Youth Club.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • 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

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • General public
  • Older people
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Relief of poverty
  • Rural development
  • Volunteer development
  • Welfare/benevolent

Charitable purposes

To relieve poverty, sickness and the aged and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Foreglen district of Dungiven, Co. derry and it's environs (hereinafter described as 'the are of benefit') without distinction of age, sex, race, political, religious 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 or other leisure-time occupations, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 10 Trustees
  • 6 Employees
  • 30 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mrs Marion Friel
  • Mrs Anne Hegarty
  • Mrs Paula Burke
  • Mrs Margaret Mclaughlin
  • Mrs May O'connor
  • Mrs Betty O'hara
  • Mrs Kelly Grieve
  • Miss Ramona Hegarty
  • Mr Gareth Hegarty
  • Mrs Patricia O'connor

Contact details

Public Address

Mrs Anne Hegarty, 267 Foreglen Road, Londonderry, BT47 4PJ

List of regions

  • Causeway Coast And Glens District Council

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