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- Charity no. 105883
- Company no. 641494
- Date registered. 06/03/2017
Public benefits
Our community development activities achieve change within the community to problems that members of the community themselves identify. It is a collective process, not a one-off. Our community development work enables, facilitates and builds capacity within the community and creates greater community cohesion, intervention, co-produced with, not
for, the community. Our programmes successfully attracts local target communities by combining health, educational, and social benefits in the activities they provide: increased access to education and training; greater community capacity, improvements in health equality and child development, improved prosperity and increased social mobility. Engaging in education increases self esteem and enables people to be more self directed and to make better informed decisions. Acquiring new skills increases independence, self development and self improvement. By learning new skills people open up new employment opportunities. The charity improves health outcomes by encouraging healthy exercise and diet, but also smoking cessation, measures to combat coronary heart disease and offering family support, leading to improvements in health and wellbeing. All Newhill programmes are monitored internally and externally by various audits. Our projects work through the area’s integrated partnership’s theme teams which are: children young people and families; employability; health, community services. This partnership ensures greater focus and synergy in the relief of area poverty. No Harm people living within new Barnsley and Dermott Hill areas of West Belfast and the surrounding areas The charity employs staff, for example childcare professionals and youth works, but this is incidental and necessary for it to provide its charitable services for the benefit of the local community
What your organisation does
Newhill Youth and Community Association provides high quality services to children, young people and their families, in an area of high deprivation, meeting identified community needs. Based upon community development principles the charity uses a variety of strategies to involve local people in project planning and delivery, enabling them to
tackle the issues that affect their lives. Our projects work through the area’s integrated partnership’s themes which are: children young people and families; employability; health, community services. This partnership ensures greater focus and synergy in the relief of poverty. The poor experience multiple disadvantage through unemployment, low income, poor healthcare, barriers to lifelong learning, barriers to taking part in culture, sport and recreation. We aim to tackle these barriers and blocks to social inclusion. We have three educational priorities: achievement through learning for adults, for young people, and through building community capacity Our informal education programme supports the community to increase their skills and confidence. Our Afterschools service, summer schemes and youth club promotes the education, health, development and wellbeing of children and young people within the local area, providing access to arts, crafts, drama, sports and physical recreation, cookery, outings etc. Our afterschools provision and school collection service enables local parents, including lone parents, to gain and hold down employment, or progress their education and training.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Interface communities
- Older people
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Education/training
- Playgroup/after schools
- Relief of poverty
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development