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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£116.8K
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Spending
£113.0K
- Charity no. 106556
- Company no. 640450
- Date registered. 23/05/2017
Public benefits
The benefit to the public will be increased educational knowledge on a wide variety of subjects, improved life skills, increased social integration, assistance with emergency food in times of severe need, and a decreased sense of isolation within the local community. These benefits will be demonstrated by receiving regular feedback from those who
have participated or received assistance and any associated family members/groups, as well as by feedback about our charity given directly to Craigavon Borough Council. We cannot perceive any harm being caused by the above purposes, and if any does exist it would be negligible. The beneficiaries are the general public within the Portadown area without discrimination on grounds of religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation or age. A private benefit to the charity's committee and volunteers may arise from attending/running various training events whereby they too receive training in a variety of subjects. As with the beneficiaries, the committee and volunteers will receive increased educational knowledge and improved life skills which are transferable to other settings e.g. other groups, employment and family life. These benefits are incidental to ensure that training is being provided to our beneficiaries.
What your organisation does
On a day to day basis we receive applications from people in need (both from individuals and from government and local social agencies) asking for help. We carry out visits to assess each request, and where we feel we can help, we supply items of furniture or appliances depending on the need and on what we have in our stores at that time.We also
carry out educational and development classes, and these have included: pottery, soup making, furniture upcycling, healthy eating, first aid etc. Portadown Cares has spent time and money building up an Equipment Bank for local charitable groups to draw from totally free of charge.We also provide large basic food hampers to individuals or families in need in our local area during the Christmas period. Thanks to the support of the Cool FM and Downtown Radio ‘Cash for Kids’ appeal, we are also able to donate brand new toys to local children for Christmas.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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)
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Tenants
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- General charitable purposes
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development