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2024-03-31-annual-report

Flying Horse Ward Community Forum Trustees Report 2023 – 2024

  1. The Charity is known as The Flying Horse Ward Community Forum.

  2. Charity Commission Number is 101730

  3. The Group Purpose is;

Purpose 1.) The Forum is established to: relieve poverty, sickness and the aged and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Flying Horse Ward and it’s environs ( hereinafter described as “the area of benefit”)without distinction of age, sex, race, political, religious or other opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advanced education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure- time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants;

Purpose2.) to establish or secure the establishment of a Community Centre (hereinafter Called “the centre”) and to maintain and manage or to co-operate with any local statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a Centre for activities promoted by the Forum and its constituent bodies in furtherance of the above objects.

  1. The Trustees – Management Committee – as at 31[st] March 2024.

Lisa Perry – Chairperson

Kathleen Mullan – Treasurer

Denise Kelly – Assistant Treasurer

Jennifer Laverty – Secretary

Volunteers

Michelle Kearney

  1. This report is for the financial year 1[st] April 2023 – 31[st] March 2024.

  2. This is the 5[th] report submitted to Charity Commission.

7. Activities carried out in 2023 – 2024

The direct benefits which flow from purpose 2.1 includes access to facilities and activities to improve education, health and wellbeing. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from participants and beneficiaries and by the level of uptake of services. The purposes of our charity will not lead to any harm.

The charity’s beneficiaries are people living in Ballymote and Cathedral Wards areas of Downpatrick.

A private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training programmes. Through this training trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.

The direct benefits which flow from purpose 2.2 includes giving people a meeting place i.e. Trojan Horse (The Centre) to maintain and manage with support from to get together with others to enjoy social interaction and to take part in activities of a social and recreational nature. The participants learn new skills and share their own knowledge and skills with each other. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from participants and beneficiaries and by the level of uptake of our activities. The purpose of our charity will not lead to any harm.

The Charity’s beneficiaries are people living in the Ballymote and Cathedral ward areas in Down District.

A private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training programmes. Through this training trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.

9. Assets

10. Liabilities

11. Finance