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Friends of St Columba's, Ballerin

Registered

  • Charity no. 109936
  • Date registered. 21/05/2024

Public benefits

What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes? The benefits will be to advance the education of current pupils of the School by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and recreational services. Another benefit will be the promotion of educational, cultural, social, sporting and other activities

which support the School and the education. Also more extended relationships and links between alumni of the School, the staff, Board of Governors, parents of current pupils and others who befriend the school. How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated? There will be new resources available in the school, for example Smart boards or Tablets. There will be events organised that will include the members of the school, the Board of Governors and the local community. Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes? N/A. Who are the charity's beneficiaries? The pupils and staff of St. Columba's Primary school. Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?N/A

What your organisation does

In order to carry out the charitable purposes, the trustees have the power to: raise funds, receive grants and donations, apply funds to carry out the work of the charity, co-operate with and support other charities with similar charitable purposes, do anything which is lawful and necessary to achieve the charity’s purposes.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • General public

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Education/training
  • Education/training

Charitable purposes

FSCB is established for the advancement of education and the promotion of the benefit of the current pupils of St. Columba’s, without distinction by associating the School, Board of Governors and parents and in a common effort to advance education and to provide or assist in the provision of educational facilities at the School and in particular: (a) to advance the education of current pupils of the School by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and recreational services in an educational environment ancillary to those provided by the statutory authorities; (b) to promote educational, cultural, social, sporting and other activities which support the School and the education (including social, physical and vocational training) of the beneficiaries in such ways as the Committee may from time to time decide; (c) to foster more extended relationships and links between alumni of the School, the staff, Board of Governors, parents of current pupils and others who befriend the school.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • FSCB

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland

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