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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 7 May 2019
- Charity no. 104709
- Company no. 73997
- Date registered. 23/03/2016
Public benefits
The organisation delivers a range of programmes and projects in communities across Northern Ireland, more specifically those programmes which address poverty and disadvantage and promote peace and reconciliation through the provision of education and partnership between organisations and local people. The projects and programmes promote and
encourage new skills in people affected by poverty and promote improved confidence and self-esteem. The projects and programmes also support and encourage people living in communities to engage with issues that contribute to community division in Northern Ireland and promote dialogue and discussion to address these. - In relation to purpose/objects (a) the organisation delivers training and learning programmes which engage with different community organisations in different communities and which promote co-operation through providing opportunities for people living in different communities to engage with one another as well as statutory agencies. - In relation to purpose/objects (b) the organisation again achieves this through developing the partnerships and relationships established through purpose/object (a) and using these as the basis for developing new programmes and projects which address poverty and disadvantage and promote longer term partnerships to address community needs. - In relation to purpose/objects (c) the organisation achieves this aim through the delivery of the programmes and projects developed through purpose objects (a) and (b) ensuring that sustainable skills are embedded within communities to promote peace and community development and improved the quality of life of inhabitants. In this way the organisation achieves its purposes and objects through implementing and developing projects and programmes in partnership with communities which target the general public, and more particularly, those people living in areas of poverty and disadvantage, and whose lives are negatively affected by poverty and disadvantage.
What your organisation does
The organisation delivers training and learning programmes that develop skills in participants in areas such as culture and heritage, civic leadership, and arts and crafts, and through delivering these initiatives increases confidence and self-esteem and provides a context through which participants can raise awareness of and address issues that
impact negatively on their lives. In the main, these programmes and projects are delivered working with organisations in areas of concentrated poverty and disadvantage. The organisation delivers activities such as history and heritage workshops and lectures, arts and crafts workshops and lectures, and workshops in civic leadership and community participation. The organisation delivers these activities across different communities in Northern Ireland, working in partnership with local community groups, other voluntary sector and statutory organisations. Participation is open to people of all ages and backgrounds (e.g. children and young people, women, older people, ex-prisoners) though some programmes target specific groups to engage with specific issues.
The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Specific areas of deprivation
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- Heritage/historical
- Relief of poverty
Charitable purposes
To promote all or any purposes for the benefit of the population of Northern Ireland hereinafter called ('the area of benefit") which are now or may hereafter be deemed by law to be charitable and in particular to advance education and relieve poverty through the provision of educational facilities in the interests of social welfare in a local community location or community environment with the object of improving the conditions of life of the inhabitants of the area of benefit. (a) to promote co-operation between communities within the area of benefit through partnership programmes working relevant organisations (e.g. community/voluntary, statutory, private, police etc.) in order to relieve poverty and advance education. (b) to promote the development of sustainable partnerships within diverse communities and across public and private sectors to achieve the aim set out in 3(1). (c) to provide information, advice, support, encouragement and training to individuals and organisations with a view to building a more peaceful society in the area of benefit.