Nigerian Community Northern Ireland

Public benefits

[What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation’s purposes?] We reach out to Nigerians and Africans alike who are going through one problem or another and try to mitigate that. Where we are able to do that on our own, we take that on and also signpost people to where they can get appropriate information and help. There have been

Nigerians who are suffering from one financial problem or another, but through goodwill donations from members, such families have been able to tide over and had hope of a community standing by them. During lockdown due to Covid 19, the Nigerian Community was able to secure some funding to help communities who are going through poverty and digital lack. Food parcels were delivered to more than 100 families in dire needs especially among asylum and refugee families and those who were out of job due to Covid. Laptops, as well as tablets were also given to families who couldn't afford them in other to enable children from such families engage in online School activities which were going on online as a result of Covid. We have engaged in information sessions, training, and courses to benefit so many BAME communities. Among them are Hate crime and what constitutes hate crime , Safety in the community, and also mental well-being sessions, Prostrate cancer and other sessions around health. The benefits were demonstrated by the positive feedbacks we got, from the zeal we saw as the days for the sessions lingered and by the positive response so many are developing in reporting hate crimes and hate incidents. [Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes?] None. [Who are the charity’s beneficiaries?] Nigerian communities primarily and BAME communities. [Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?] none

What your organisation does

By carrying out research among ethnic minorities, evaluating them and partnering with relevant bodies to achieve the purposes of the goals.