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Garvaghey Area Community Association

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  • Charity no. 106853
  • Date registered. 04/10/2017

Public benefits

Direct benefits: increased social interaction through our events; improved physical activity and emotional well being from events organised such as our senior social activities and community fun run; increased interest among our young people in life skills through our cookery and craft classes; improved road and personal safety from our

discussions with statutory bodies; additional skills through training programmes; improved feeling of inclusiveness and better access to services such as broadband. Demonstrated by: numbers attending events; geographical spread of participants; verbal feedback from participants; increased engagement and interest from all sections of the community We do not anticipate any harm leading from this purpose. The beneficiaries are people from the Garvaghey and surrounding rural areas including Altcloughfin, Gort, Tychany, Rarogan and Roscavey There is no private benefit flowing from this purpose.

What your organisation does

Since its inception in March 2016 our group has organised a detailed community audit and from this much energy has been placed on addressing the needs identified. We have organised a number of events to date targeting the different age groups in the community such as senior social events and trips to address social isolation; we initiated an

active club to engage people in physical activity, supporting mental well being at the same time; table quizzes supporting social interaction within the community as many people didn’t know each other prior to our committee being formed. Garvaghey Area Community Association have been working collaboratively and implementing measures with PSNI and Roads Service in addressing road safety on the A5. Research and discussion are ongoing with telecommunications organisations to improve the broadband infrastructure in the area.

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

  • Adult training
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • General public
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Women

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Environment/sustainable development/conservation
  • General charitable purposes
  • Rural development
  • Volunteer development
  • Welfare/benevolent
  • Youth development

Charitable purposes

To address the social, recreational, education and health needs of people (hereinafter called the "beneficiaries") from the Garvaghey and surrounding rural areas including Altcloughfin, Gort, Tychany, Rarogan and Roscavey without distinction of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability/ability, race, ethnnic origin, political, religious or other opinion by associating the statutory and local authorities, voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to relieve the aged and promote social exclusion. The primary objective of the association is to address the lack of accessible services in the communities. We will aim to organise activities and community led services that are currently absent.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 6 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Ms Lorraine Mccutcheon
  • Mrs Geraldine Mcgirr
  • Mrs Donna Cuddy
  • Miss Niamh Mccaffrey
  • Miss Aine Mccaffrey
  • Mr Paul Pearson

Contact details

Public Address

Garvaghey Area Community Association, St. Matthew's Primary School, 70 Rarogan Road, Garvaghey, Dungannon, BT70 2DY

List of regions

  • Fermanagh And Omagh District Council

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