## **Causeway Borough of Sanctuary Group - Charity Number - 103454 - Trustees Report - 2022** 

## **About the Charity** 

Our group promotes the inclusion and welfare of all newcomers to the Causeway area. We work mainly through contacts with local communities, voluntary, community and faith organisations in welcoming and assisting all target beneficiaries regardless of their ethnicity, race, nationality, religious affiliation, gender or sexual orientation. We celebrate the contribution of target beneficiaries to the local community and challenge hostility and discrimination against them. We seek to work in partnership with a range of local, statutory, community and voluntary agencies in the Borough to respond to identified community need and concerns. 

## **How the Charity is funded** 

The charity has been funded this year from remaining monies raised by church donations/ fundraising events and a further donation from a local church. 

## **Administration** . 

There was a delay in meeting in the spring/summer 2021 due to a change of Chair. The group met via zoom meetings in November and March 2022 and kept in touch at other times via email/WhatsApp. Three new members were co-opted onto the Committee. The Trustees are as follows: Yvonne Boyle, Richard John, Ahmed Sharieff, Rev Bert Richie, Christine Turner, Lee Millen, 

We would like to thank our previous Treasurer, Edward Lane, for his support over several years. We look forward to continuing to work with our new Treasurer Cliodhna Rae. 

## **Activities undertaken and the furtherance of the Charities Purposes** 

To deliver our work we met via zoom two times. We also co-ordinated via email/ WhatsApp messages a drop of Christmas presents for local Syrians in December 2021 in partnership with the voluntary teacher group. At our March 2022 meeting, Gün Organ, the COS Co-ordinator for Northern Ireland and Scotland, attended and outlined current activities and regional strategy. 

## **Signed** 

## **Yvonne Boyle**