Activities
Bloomfield Community Association is established to advance education, promote and advance community development, relieve poverty, hardship, sickness and the aged and to promote the benefit and wellbeing of the community resident in the Bloomfield area and its environs of Bangor , Co Down without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation, with the object of fostering a community spirit and improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants and in particular. a) to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre (hereinafter called 'the centre') and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the association in furtherance of the above objects; b) to support community development and wellbeing activities and to work with partners to support community cohesion, the promotion of adequate housing conditions and the development of a sustainable community. c) to promote community safety through the support and development of the appropriate programmes and projects which aim to address crime and anti-social behaviour. d) to promote or assist in promoting community capacity building programmes and projects for the benefit of the inhabitants within the area of benefit who have need of such assistance as a result of their youth, age, disability or infirmity, or social and economic circumstances, in an effort to increase the abilities, skills and self confidence of such inhabitants in the area of benefit; e) to relieve poverty by the promotion, facilitation and organisation of adequate, accessible and quality programmes of vocational and educational training, information and support in an effort yo acquire skills and retraining to assist beneficiaries in obtaining employment. f) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the committee, may from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.
The advancement of education,The advancement of citizenship or community development,The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage