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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£19.6K
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Spending
£0.0K
- Charity no. 104200
- Date registered. 06/01/2016
Public benefits
Public Benefit Statement The public benefit that flows from the purpose is the educational benefit of additive bilingualism which improves self-esteem, promotes cultural awareness and tolerance, enhances individuals’ job and recreational opportunities, leads to formal and informal (Fáinne exams) educational qualifications, and integrates the Irish
speaking/learning community into the rich cultural fabric of Northern Ireland and beyond. The benefits are evidenced through regular internal and external qualitative assessment, including annual participation in the Glór na nGael Competition; registers of, and feedback from, participants at lessons, courses and events; photo and press coverage/ documentation and recordings; audited annual accounts; and reports to any occasional funders. The possibility of any harm, for example by physical injury incurred by participation in games and activities for Irish speaking children, is outweighed by the benefit and significantly reduced by the policies and procedures in place to address such risks, for example our Child Protection Policy, Volunteering Policy, Risk Assessment Guidance, and Health and Safety Guidance and Training. The charity’s beneficiaries are the general public in Northern Ireland, the general public in neighbouring border counties (Louth and Monaghan in the main), and visiting language promotional groups. Specific projects may address the needs of discrete sections of society (e.g. those parents who are raising their children through the medium of Irish).
What your organisation does
We run graded and structured Irish language classes at 6 levels. We also: mount bilingual educational exhibitions at least once a year organise half-day and one-day intensive courses publish monolingual Irish and bilingual materials deliver and facilitate lectures participate in Oíche Chultúir encourage readings of new fiction provide for
occasional book launches support third level students with their research run a book club promote singing and drama and emergent creative writing in and through Irish develop and manage a users’ library of Irish language texts and recordings facilitate the Oriel Traditional Music Archive promote Local Studies through providing original and historical resources in Irish and English
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Language community
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Unemployed/low income
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Heritage/historical
- Playgroup/after schools
- Research/evaluation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development