-
Status
Received: on time
-
Income
£1.5M
-
Spending
£1.4M
- Charity no. 104573
- Date registered. 18/02/2016
Public benefits
Grove Housing Association’s main object is to provide homes and associated facilities for the relief of poverty for people in need in the community. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the provision of sound accommodation at affordable rents to individuals and families deemed by public policy to be in need of social housing
accommodation. For housing applicants, these benefits are evidenced by the use of the Common Housing Selection Scheme, through which points are assessed according to levels of need in areas such as homelessness, current housing conditions, and health and social well-being. Evidence is also collected by the NI Federation of Housing Associations through their NICORE database. For those already housed, Grove’s Annual Regulatory Returns to the Department for Social Development (DSD) consistently show around 70% of rental income being received through Housing Benefit. In addition, some working residents receive tax credits or other benefits. This evidences that most of Grove’s homes are occupied by those who suffer financial hardship. It is possible that accidents and harm can occur in homes, but the Association views health and safety as a priority and repairs dangerous problems promptly. This is evidenced by the lack of public liability claims. The charity’s beneficiaries are those from N Ireland or elsewhere deemed to be eligible to apply for social housing in N Ireland and those previously deemed eligible who have been housed in the past. Benefitting the community may be taken in the wider sense applicable to all who are permitted to apply for housing in Grove’s area of operation, but it applies also to the narrower sense of providing facilities and amenities within this geographical area of operation. Grove’s secondary object is carrying out any other charitable object that can be carried out by an Industrial and Provident Society registered as a housing association by DSD. The main object above covers Grove’s current and expected activities, but should this object be used, the activity would have to be charitable and is required by DSD policy to be related to the main object above.
What your organisation does
Grove Community Housing Association: 1. Has provided housing accommodation through construction, renovation and purchase. The current stock is 215 dwellings which include 2 and 3 storey houses, bungalows and flats suitable to accommodate a wide range of people. The stock is located in a limited geographical area. The Association may continue to
provide additional accommodation in the future. 2. Has built over 60% of its housing stock to ‘Lifetime Homes’ standards to make them more easily adaptable for people with difficulties due to age, ill health or disability. Adaptations are also provided in the rest of the Association’s accommodation as far as it is possible to do so. 3. Maintains its dwellings in a sound state that meets the Decent Homes Standard. 4. Allocates void or new accommodation in accordance with the Common Housing Selection Scheme to people on the Common Waiting List. 5. Assists tenants and applicants with their housing related needs. A local office makes this service more easily accessible to customers. 6. Seeks to maintain and provide improvements to the environment and amenities of the geographical area it operates in. 7. Complies with statutory reporting and regulatory requirements.
The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Homelessness
- Interface communities
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Tenants
- Unemployed/low income
- Women
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Grant making
- Urban development