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St Monicas Boxing Club

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £66.8K

  • Spending

    £46.1K

  • Charity no. 107952
  • Date registered. 15/02/2021

Public benefits

The main benefits that flow from the puroses of of St Monica’s Boxing Club is to help to broaden, as far as possible, access to boxing facilities in Newry and surrounding area in order to enhance participation and develop physical and mental boxing skills. Such participation enhances the physical benefits to participants by way of healthy active

participation in boxing. Participation also encourages sportsmanship, discipline and personal development at all levels. It also provides enjoyment to those spectating. The benefits are demonstrated through feedback from individual members. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes. The beneficiaries are people with an interest in boxing, sport and physical development and indeed anyone in the community who wishes to participate. There is no harm flowing from the purposes and any private benefit is incidental.

What your organisation does

We provide fully qualified boxing coaches to teach local members of the community to box. This can be for general fitness or in competition such as local club events or national events. We also provide a safe and neutral environment for people from all communities to come together both to train, learn and break down barriers. We aim to build

people to help them gain confidence to reach their full potential in life and raise the level of achievement of the local area with particular emphasis on providing a sporting outlet and sporting opportunities for the local community.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of amateur sport

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Mental health
  • Travellers
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Sport/recreation

Charitable purposes

(a) The purposes of the club are: • We aim to advance the health and wellbeing of the local community through the promotion and development of community participation in healthy recreation in Newry and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities for sport; • We aim to promote, preserve and protect the health of the community of Newry and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation without regard to age, ability, disability, ethnic identity, nationality or religion and in particular to educate and assist people of all ages through boxing and other recreational activities so as to develop their physical fitness, mental and emotional capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and citizens and that their conditions of life may be improved and they have the opportunity to reach their full potential; • The purposes of the club are for exclusively charitable purposes, in particular the advancement of amateur sport and the advancement of health or saving lives.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 3 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 2 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr Alan Mcgreevy
  • Miss Sandra Gray
  • Miss Tanya Murphy

Contact details

Public Address

St Monica's Boxing Club, 7 Daisy Hill, Newry, Co Down, BT35 8PN

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland

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