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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£25.9K
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Spending
£22.7K
- Charity no. 108524
- Date registered. 17/04/2022
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from purposes include improved health and well-being, reduction in social exclusion and levels of stress and anxiety, feelings of loneliness and isolation will be alleviated. Service Users will be better informed of opportunities in the local area for socialising and connecting with others, they will be informed about
community transport services and supported to access these to enable them to participate in activities or services. Where individuals have specific needs, information and signposting to specialist services and support organisations will be provided, individuals will have an increased awareness of support services available to assist them with a wide range of needs. Service users will feel valued and have their voices heard, records of needs and gaps in services will be maintained and used to raise issues with local and regional decision-makers to advocate for improved or new services. The benefits will be evidenced through verbal feedback and evaluations from Referrers, Volunteers, family members and general feedback from users. Benefit will also be evidenced by the continued numbers of people seeking support from the Service and ongoing referrals from the same sources and through our quarterly Progress Reports. The Trustees do not see any harm associated with these purposes. The charity’s beneficiaries are those residing in the Fermanagh area, our Service is free and accessible to all persons aged 18+ in the Fermanagh area. Any person over 18 years living in the Fermanagh area who feels lonely or isolated. The only private benefit to Trustees may arise from ongoing training that a trustee may attend in relation to good governance, finance etc. Through this training Trustees gain skills and expertise which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.
What your organisation does
In order to improve the health and well-being of people in the Fermanagh area, Connect Fermanagh recruits Volunteers to provide regular, friendly phone-calls to anyone aged 18+ from 9am - 2pm 7 days per week. Calling people on a weekly basis prevents loneliness and isolation, builds confidence and reduces social exclusion and levels of stress and
anxiety for individuals. We provide friendly conversation, we provide information over the telephone and information to Volunteers and service users via a monthly newsletter on local activities, services and supports. We provide signposting to organisations offering support on specific issues and we provide advocacy and emotional support to those who require it. We accept referrals from any individual or organisation.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Carers
- General public
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Women
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Counselling/support