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Derriaghy Village Community Association

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £12.2K

  • Spending

    £10.5K

  • Charity no. 105696
  • Date registered. 24/08/2016

Public benefits

The public will benefit from access to a community hub and the opportunity to take part in educational and recreational programmes and projects delivered within our community. Through these programmes and projects our organisation aims to help reduce isolation; increase available information; improve health and well-being, improve mental health

and provide education and skills based training. There will be an opportunity to access services from Statutory agencies through advice clinics on issues such as benefits, crime prevention, housing, drug and alcohol abuse, sign posting. Increasing information for local residents. The benefits can be identified through a community which is more engaged, responsive and has a pride in their area. Through our organisations inter-agency meetings there is an opportunity to directly address community issues with the appropriate agency, which are recorded and follow up actions are monitored. Throughout the year our organisation holds events, aimed at reducing isolation, providing an opportunity to develop and gain new friendships. There is no harm arising from our purposes. The beneficiaries are residents in the Milltown Village area of Derriaghy, Lisburn. Our organisation does not charge for services and none of our committee/trustees will obtain any private benefit from our purposes other than gaining qualifications or skills based training through taking part in programmes and projects. Any benefit is coincidental.

What your organisation does

We seek to provide a holistic service provision for those who are marginalised in that they are either no longer accessing services which may be able to meet their needs. Examples of this would be young mothers, lone parents, low income families, elderly, vulnerable young adults and the disabled. We engage with residents who fall outside the

statutory provisions of the area, through accredited and non accredited programmes whilst promoting social welfare interest such as recreation and improving life conditions. We deliver programmes which are community lead whilst working together with statutory agencies to build relationships, build community capacity, improve employment opportunities, improve community safety, improve health & safety and through peer relations pass on knowledge to children and young people.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Men
  • Older people
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Relief of poverty
  • Rural development
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

2. OBJECTS The Association is established to: 2.1 relieve poverty, sickness, and the aged and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Derriaghy Village area of Lisburn and its environs (hereinafter described as “the area of benefit”) without distinction of age, gender, race, political, religious of other opinion, by association 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 occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • DVCA
  • 9 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr John Whithers
  • Mr Ricky Todd
  • Mr Andrew Malcolm
  • Ms Andrina Landa
  • Ashleigh Wilson
  • Derek Corry
  • Patricia Donnelly
  • Patt
  • Mrs Chantelle Campbell

Contact details

Public Address

Andrew Malcolm, 108 Milltown Avenue, Derriaghy, Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT28 3TR

List of regions

  • Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council

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