How our Charity Activities deliver public benefit
Who uses and benefits from our service:
Older People and People with Disabilities
We currently have 30 older people who participate in a variety of activities including art and crafts, fitness classes and pamper sessions. They also attend a weekly luncheon club. Our centre accommodates people with disabilities.
Young People
Local young people take part in our annual Summer Scheme which takes place in July. We usually have over 50 youth taking part in activities, trips and programmes. We are working hard putting together a summer programme for youth which will include arts and crafts, team building, sports and a trip.
Adults
This year we are running monthly classes to bring together the entire community. These have included nutrition classes, gardening workshops and fitness classes (Yoga, Boxercise and Zumba). We host a weekly craft class.
Families
Local families are benefiting from our childcare provision along with the Summer Scheme. Parents can take part in activities and programmes. We will be hosting a Family Fun Day with activities for all ages.
Children
Our Association provides pre-school activities daily. We currently have 14 pre-school children. We run classes specifically for children including our DJ classes and we hope to run more of these.
Volunteers
The charity is reliant on voluntary help, we have 20 core volunteers from the local community who assist with our classes, childcare provision, summer scheme, opening and closing the centre, cleaning and the committee. Without our volunteers we would be unable to run many of our services, therefore we are very grateful. We would like to thank them for their loyal service.
2. Achievements
Our charity recently received the Queen’s Award for voluntary services. We have provided the following courses & classes:
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Safeguarding Training
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Intro to Health & Safety Training
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Health & Safety/ Food Safety Courses
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Emergency First Aid
Our Playgroup operates daily 9.00 – 11.30am for 14 local children.
Our Summer Scheme runs every summer, for up to 50 children.
We have 20 older people regularly attending our centre.
The centre is active and busy and we cater for local residents in a rural area. Our beneficiaries pay a nominal fee to take part in activities. Our Playgroup charge an affordable fee along with the Summer Scheme. Fees are used to help sustain the activities and programmes. Our group actively sources funding and submits applications on a regular basis.
We continue to work in partnership with Gortnaghey Community Association.
Our charity has no private gain in relation to our activities and programmes, we are a charitable organisation. Additionally, there is no harm in terms of our provisions.