Gilford Community Club
Annual Trustee Report
2022/23
Reference and Administration Details
Registered Charity Name Gilford Community Centre Charity Registration Number 102223 Registered Charity Address 14 Castle Hill Gilford BT63 6HH Trustees Mr N Conlon Mr D Breen Mr B Fitzpatrick Mr K Doyle Miss N Conlon Miss B Fitzpatrick Committee Members Mr N Conlon (Chair) Mr D Breen (Treasurer) Miss N Conlon (Secretary) Miss B Fitzpatrick Mrs P Breen Miss P Fitzpatrick Miss SJ McCauley Mr Peter Crawford Independent Examiner Mrs N Black Bankers Danske Bank 45-48 High Street Portadown BT62 1LB
Public Benefit Statement
Gilford Community Club is a cross community organisation that provides members of the local community and the surrounding areas with a venue where they can meet for group activities, social provision and public events for those who are in need of such facilities without discrimination of age, sex, nationality, religious preference, disability, social economic circumstances and in the interests of community wellbeing and with the objective of improving the condition of life for the residents of the local and surrounding communities. Gilford Community Club provides the community with many recreational and sporting opportunities to keep the local and surrounding community socially and mentally active.
These benefits are demonstrated by the rising numbers of the local and surrounding community that participate in the groups which are actively running in Gilford Community Club..
The purpose of our charity is to provide the local and surrounding communities them with an outlet for them to come together.
The private benefits from this purpose is the benefit to local businesses which may see an increase of trade due to the rising numbers of people attending activities which are organised by the groups currently residing in Gilford Community Club. Also through these groups the participants are exposed to a wider audience which they would not have been before and may as a result gain a greater profile than they usually would. These are both incidental and necessary because it brings the local and surrounding communities together socially in a non-judgemental environment.
Structure, Management and Governance
Structure and Management
Gilford Community Club is a charity which is managed in accordance with its own constitution. The day to day running of Gilford Community Club is overseen by the Committee (listed on previous page) who meet monthly, this is managed by the Trustees of the Charity (listed on previous page) who meet on a half yearly basis.
Governing Document
Gilford Community Club is governed by its own Constitution
Objectives and Activities
Objectives
The objective of Gilford Community Club is to provide members of the local community and the surrounding areas with a venue where they can meet for group activities, social provision and public events for those who are in need of such facilities without discrimination of age, sex, nationality, religious preference, disability, social economic circumstances and in the interests of community wellbeing and with the objective of improving the condition of life for the residents of the local and surrounding communities. Gilford Community Club provides the community with many recreational and sporting opportunities to keep the local and surrounding community socially and mentally active.
Activities
This financial year there has been an increase in activities and bookings and the Committee and Trustees have been working with other centres and groups to put plans in place to provide more activities and entice bookings. Gilford Community Club through funding from The National Lottery and Local Council have been able to set up and establish a number of successful groups within the Club and hope to continue this for the financial year ahead.