Lenadoon Women's Group
Glen Community Complex
41c Suffolk Road
Belfast BT119PE
Charity Commission Nl Number: NIC02455
Lenadoon Women's Group
Trustees Annual Report 2023

Overview of Lenadoon Women's Grou
Lenadoon Women's Group was established in 1988. The group work towards trying to
create a stable, Secure, confident community in the wider neighbourhood. The women's
group promotes the benefits for local people by working in partnership with local
authorities, Health and Social Care Professionals, GP'S Counsellors, Housing Providers,
Women's Organisations, Community Groups/Services and Voluntary Organisations to
provide secure provision of services.
The vision of the women's group is'where women, Parent(s) and Families of the Lenadoon
Neighbourhood area and across West Belfast are safe, secure and have access to
inspirational, accessible and available services which fully meets their needs and issues,.
Charitable Pur
ose
The purpose of the women's group is to work to support the ever-growing needs and issues
of Women, Parentls) Grandparents and Families in the greater neighbourhood, and aims to
provide one to one support to those Women, Parentls) Grandparents and Families to help
relieve poverty, advance education, advancement of Health or the saving of lives. 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 and other
charitable purposes.
The group has achieved this through providing an extensive range of support/advocacy
services that directly meet complex and often multi-intervention needs of Women,
Parent(s) Grandparents and Families. The women's group has provided facilitie5 in the
interest of social welfare for beneficiaries who by reason of social or economic
circumstances have such a need.
Description of activities and achievements that specifically provide a Public
Benefit
The benefits for those engaging in the women's groups
support/services/programmes/activities include amongst others:
Improve life opportunities and enhancement of the quality of lives through early
interventions. Therefore Women, Parentls), Grandparents, Families were more skilled and
confident in responding to their children's needs,

They had greater resilience through the knowledge and skills learned and were more
empowered and felt more able and confident to ask for help.
Their health inequalities were reduced in some cases and they had support in gaining access
to Health Services to help them deal with the many issues that were impacting on their
Physical/ Mental Health and Well being
Chairpersons Report
The women's group provided a vital resource for Women, Individuals, Parentlsl
Grandparents and Families in the community. The range of services outlined below were
delivered over the past year for the benefit of over 1,050 Women, Parent{sl Grandparents,
individuals and Families. Covid Restrictions on the number of participants attending
Classes/courses/programmes/information workshops were removed.
One to One sUPPOrt for individuals/Families, which also included providing weekly
food parcels and utility vouchers to vulnerable families in need.
Holistic Family Support including home visitation
Advice and support to victims of Domestic Abuse
Support, Advise Advocacy on issues relating to Benefits, Housing, Debt,
homelessness
Assistance in accessing professional counselling, alternative therapies and other
support services.
Personal Development and Capacity Building
Parenting Support and Advice
Health and Well Being
Mindfulness
Attendance at Case Conferences and Looked After Children Reviews ILAC)
Provided signposting services to others support service5 provided in the area
including Education and Training.
Christmas Family Appeal provided Food Hampers, clothes, toys, toiletries and utility
vouchers to over 250 individuals and Families this year.
The women's group delivered an additional 200 utility vouchers on behalf of Belfast
City Council to families/individuals in greatest need. All relevant documentation was
completed and submitted for verification purpose5
Over the past year Staff and volunteers completed training in the following
Incredible Years Training
Domestic Violence
Family Support Training
Self-Harm Training

Debt Budget Training
Understanding Drug5
Child Protection
Neglect Awareness
Stress Management
Women and Alcohol
Suicide Prevention
Adult Safeguarding
Conversations on Maintaining Change
Vaping The Facts
As a result of the increasing numbers of local people losing their lives due to legal and illegal drug
misuse, the women's group organised a very successful Drug and alcohol information session and
signposted individuals requiring specific specialist support.
Due to the ongoing Cost of Living Crisis the women's group supported Families living in poverty and
supported them in accessing the Local Foodbank, school uniforms, food vouchers and also Welfare
Rights assistance. They facilitated a number of Cost-of-Living workshops at which local women
were able to explain first-hand the real difficulties in their daily lives to the researchers
Courses facllltated by the women's Group included:
Incredible Years Programme 6-12
Connecting with your Families,5-15'
Emotional Wellbeing Programmes
Mind Your Mind
Living Life to the Full
Drug and Alcohol Misuse
Personal Development and Capacity Building
Mindfulness
Yoga
Menopause Awareness
Financial Administration
Lenadoon Women's Group appointed Auditor for this year was Richard Mc Clay for and on behalf of
Mc Creery Turkington Stockman LTD.
Acknowledgement of Current Funders
Without the funding the women's group receive, it would be impossible to deliver the full range of
comprehensive Support Services that are been offered to Women, Parentls) Grandparents,
Individuals and Families
Our funders included:
Department for Communities under Neighbourhood Renewal

Belfast Hea Ith and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
List of Trustees
Chairperson:
Reneé Crawford
Secretary:
Bernadette Farrelly
Treasurer:
Sharon Mc Cullough
Committee Member:
Angela Mc Ilkenny
Committee Member:
Louise O Neill
Declaration
The Trustees Declare that they have approved this Report
Slgned on Behalf of the Trustees
Signature:
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