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Creggan Community Association
NIC 100799
Trustees Annual Report
I" October 2021-30 September 2022
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The Charity is a company limited by guarantee established under a
memorandum and articles of association, company registration number:
N1036799
Registered office: Creggan Community Centre, 416 Crockanboy Road,
Creggan, OMAGH, Co Tyrone, BT79 9AF
In fulfilling the public benefit requirement. the charity trustees have had
regard to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's statutory public
benefit guidance.
The Company's objects are:
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Creggan area and its
immediate environs {hereafter called the 'area of benefiv) without distinction
of age, sex, race, political or religious or other opinions by associating the
statuary authorities, voluntary organisations, institution, business and
inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities
in the interests of social welfare for health, recreation and leisure-time
occupation, with the object of improving conditions of life for the inhabitants;
and to promote all or any objects for the benefit of the community which now
or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable.
Activities
The information below sets out the activities we have carried out to further
our purposes and fulfil the public benefit elements during the last 12 months.

2022 saw an end to the social restrictions brought about the by corona virus
pandemic, thus normal services resumed, and the committee has been working
hard in getting events back up and running. There has been a total of 12 CCA
monthly meeting, with additional meetings held for the organisation of the re-
opening of the teenage discos, Christmas party, and sports day.
While funding and grants are important in keeping the community centre
running, the association are successful at fund raising on their own behalf. Funds
have been generated by a range of activities such as the weekly bingo, teenage
discos, hall hire, and special events organised by the committee such as the
sports day and the upcoming bizarre. Below is a short synopsis of the range of
activities and events which the association were involved in throughout 2021-
2022.
The communit
centre.
With thanks to our extremely hard-working committee members, both the old
and new halls are in continuous use. The old hall is being used as a day care
facility and is at full capacity and we have developed an after schools,
programme being run f rom the old youth club centre. The committee is always
seeking ways to further the develop and make use of the hall to benefit all in our
community. Maintenance work is completed on an ongoing basis, and we
continue to be grateful forthe hours of work put in by committee members Barry
Mc Mullan and Cathal Loughran. Hall equipment and the hall itself are available
for hire, should they be needed; providing that this does not clash with other
established activities. The committee would encourage those who request these
resources to ensure that they are returned immediately so that others can make
use of them.

Volunteers
The CCA would not be able to function without its members who have willingly
given up some of their time to organise and take part in local events. The CCA
are always keen to involve new members who will help bring new ideas to help
keep the centre running. Therefore, we appeal to those who may we willing to
participate in future activities to make themselves known to any committee
member. Finally volunteering may be as small or as big a commitment as you
wish.
White Hare Da
are
The Daycare has continued to grow and develop with the hard
work of the manager Catherine Donnelly and the entire day care
staff, now employing 25 stsff. The summer scheme will now be
entering its second year and they have planned lots of activities
for the children over the summer months.
WHITE HARE
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Now in its 24 year, March 2022 saw bingo return to the indoor setting, after a
successful drive-in bingo from the previous year (2021). As usual bingo took a
summer break and resumed every Sunday in the autumn with much success
having a special Christmas event with extra prizes. We have a small group of
volunteers who help out weekly* and a special thanks to Sheila Grimes who has
never missed a week at calling the numbers.
Discos
With the removal of covid restrictions the committee worked hard in ensuring
that the teenage discos were organised to the highest safety standards. Risk
assessments were undertaken, and professional bouncing staff hired to ensure
the safety of all those attending. The committee decided to use an online
booking system (klubfunder) to control the number of children attending the
event. The monthly discos ran from April until September 2022, with October
and December discos having to be cancelled due to poor attendance. It was at
the point the committee decided to suspend the discos.

Irish dancin
The Irish dancing class continues with the Mullan school of dancing on a Tuesday
and Thursday evening throughout the year with the exception of July. Louise and
Alish have a steady group of children from creggan and the surrounding areas.
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Continues every Saturday evening in the hall with instructor Christopher
Colhoun. These continue to be popular with the children and adults attending.
Christmas
art
In December the committee decided to host a Christmas party for the children
in the local and surrounding areas. Lots of hard work went into preparing the
event, with committee members baking and making Christmas props for the
events. There were arts and crafts, face painting, storytelling by Mrs Claus and
Santa himself made an appearance. Due to its success the committee hopes to
make this an annual event. At Christmas time the CCA always makes a charitsble
donation, this year we decided to stay local, and with the cost-of-living crisis on
everyone's mind, monetary donations were made to the two local schools. St
Colmcille's Primary received a donation of £200 and the Dean Maguirc
secondary school £300, with the hope that this money would provide breakfast/
dinners.
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Other events that were hosted in the hall this year include active kids/mini
movers in May. The Fermanagh Omagh District Council summer scheme ran
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from the 4 July-8 July and was well attended and enjoyed by participants. The
hall has been hired outfor local children's musical productions; Sean nos dancing
ran for a short period in October. An Charrrig Mhor hosted the football
fundamentals from the hall on Saturday morning in the autumn. There have also
been several coffee mornings in the hall for different charitable organisations.
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Purchases for the hall/day care.
With the day care going from strength to
strength and the after-school programme
running from the main hall, that
committee felt that the football field
required regular maintenance for its use.
Thus, a ride on lawn mower was
purchased spring 2022 and extra storage
was also required. A shipping container
has been located to the rear of the hall.
The committee has recently hired a
cleaner to maintain the inside of the new
hall due to the increased use of the hall's facilities.
Finances
A review of the charities, financial position confirms a successful year mainly
down to income generated through our charitable attivities, grants and
fundraising. The charity had Income of £389,252 and Expenditure of £363,226

giving a surplus for the year of £26,026. We have net current assets of
£329.427. The growth of White Hare Daycare undertook significant work and
investment and is now doing well in terms of a Social Enterprise. The bulk of
the Income and Expenditure over the year is attributed to White Hare Daycare.
The Charity's finances are in surplus and accounts are prepared to comply with
the requirements of the Charity Commission for N Ireland.
Our activities do not lead to any harm. The only private benefit from our
purposes is that a trustee or family member may participate in the same
manner as all other beneficiaries, this is purely incidental and necessary so that
the benefit is available to all inhabitants of the area.
Trustees
The following trustees served during the financial period for Creggan
Community Association:
Sheila Grimes
Sharon Begley
Martin Fox
Oonagh Bradley
MaryT Conway
Paddy McKernan
Cathal Loughran
Clare Haughey
Sinead Mcmullan,
Joanne Hughes
Barry Mcmullan
Patricia Grugan
Signed on behalf of the Trustees by:
Name:
Sheila Grimes
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Date: 20 July 2023