TRlJS'fEI [4 S REI PORT foR YLI AR ENDED 31 fiqARCH 2023 Cliai'ity Naiiie: Walkway Coiniiiiiiiity Associatioii Cliai'ity Reg No: 10.1713 Pul)lic Addi"ess: 1-9 Finvoy Sti'cet, Belfast, CoLinly Down, BT5 5DH Ti'iistces: Tlic following sei'ved as cliai'ity Ti-u%tee% dLlI'iiig Ilie yeai. <ind up to the date of this I'ei)oit,' Mi. Stephen McDonald Mi's Ti'acey Moffett Mi-s Violel Hudsoii Mi"s Mandy Lee Mi-s Jill McDet'iiioti Mi'.8 Cati'ioiia Mccabe Mi. Andi'ew Steed Mi's Ti"acy Davidson Mi's Ann Gi'iei"son Ms Whilnia Hai'vey Mi's Ai-Eene Llewellyn Mi's Janice CheL'I'y Objectives and Activities.. Walkway Comniunily Associalion is founded to pi-ovide a l'ange of aclivitics and sei'vices to t'esidents of tlie Raveiisci'ofilB loomfield ai'ea. Wallcway Coiiiniunity Association pi'ovides local coininunity developjiicnt SUPPOL't tlu-ough pi-ogt'ainnies and activities siich as youtli woi'k, young inothci-s aiid toddlei's, woiiien's gi'oups, seiiioi. woiiieii'.8 gi'oup. We also wol'lc witli local iiui'sei'ies and ci'eche pi-ovidei's to suppoi'l local faniilies. Tlie advaiiceiiieiil of education Tlie advanceiiient ot health oi. the savii)g of lives The advaiicement of cilizensliip and coininunity develoi)Iiieiit
WIID Walliivay Coininiiiiit}, AssociatÉoii lielps: Adult Ii'aiiiiiig Cai'ei-s Cl)ildi'eJ) (5-13 yeai's) Coinniuiiity safety/ci'iine pi'eveiilion Etlinic Illinoi'ilies Geiiei'al public Inlei'l<ice coinmunitics Men Meiital l-lcalili Olclei- peoi)le Pai'ents Pi'esGliool (0-5 yeai-%) Specific ai'eas (If depi'ivation Uiieinployedllow income Voluiitai-y and coiiimunity sectoi- Volunteei-s Woiiieii Youth (14-25 yeai's) Hoiv ive heEp: Advi¢e/advocacylinfoi'mation Coininuiiity develoi)iiient Ci'oss boi'dei'lci'oss coiiiniuiiily Education/li'aining Playgi'oup/aftei' schools Relief ofpovei-ly Volunteei. developineiil Youth Developinent Achievements and Pei'foL'inance: In iny 01)inion, 28 Chaii. of Walkway Coiniiiuiiity Association, the yeai. fi'oin Api'il 2022 to Api'il 2023 has been the niost difficult and challenging since tli¢ associ8tl0ll WÉIS loi'iiied in 1992. This is eveii consi(lei-iiig the cii'cuiiislances aIid tlie pi'essui-es i)I'esented lo tlie association due to tlie pan(leiiiic ovei. the pi'evioLlS two yeai-s. It is inciiinbent on me lo i'ecognisL the sheet. liai'cl wol'l<, lonLF Iioui's and Ilie detei'iniiialion of the statf and voluiiteei's who cojitiiiued to eai'ii tlie i'e.spect of oui- coiiiiiiunity and govet-ntiient bodies tlu'ougliout a difficult tiine of Ii'ansitioii fi'otii the old to tlie new coinniunÉty ceiiti'e, Tlie oi'igiiial Lenti-e closed in Decenibei. 2019 and Wallcway's Managenieiil Cotiiiiiittee look ownei'sl)ip of tlie new ceiili'e iii Mai'ch 2023. By I'elocating i-esoiii'ces to local cliui-ches aiid Ci'osssection, staff gind volunteei's wei'¢ still able to delivei. compi-eheiisive pi-ogi'aiiis foi. all age gi'oui)s witliin oui. coiiimunity.
Fuiidiiigy was ai)i)lied foi. Ind I'eceived diii'iiig 2022123 fi-oiii Belfa.%t City Coiiiicil, Educatioii ALIIIIoL'ity, Ui-baii VillllLycs, DFC, TNLCF and CI4NI lo alloiv supi)oi-I foi. Ilie iieeds of i)ai-eiils diid tots, cliildi'eii aiid yOUilL l)eoi)le, Inen, and woineii's, Lfi'oui)s, 8enioJ' clubs, education i)i'ogi-ain8, healtli and wellbciIiu, Luiiiiiiunity safety aiid eiivii'oiiiiieiit<il i)i-ojecls. A 'wai'in Iiiib" was sel LIP by Wallcway staff iii a local cliui-Lli to coinbat loneliness aiid fiiel i)ovci'ly ovei. Ilie coui'sc of winlei., TliJ'oiiLyli fuiidiiiLI fi'oin DFC, Ilie associalion wa,% ¢ible lo i-eci'uil ciiid li'ain a ijew Coiiiiniiiiity SLlI)l)oJ-I Officei. and Youth Woi-kei's cliie lo a slaff iiieiiibet. leaviiiLY foi. fklllii ly i-easons aii(l <inothei' Inoviiig oli to oiliei. eini)loytiieiit. l ain i)leased io I'ei)oi-l oiii. Iiew staff Ineiiil)ei's al'e iiow ali iiitcgi'al pai-t of tlie associ¢ltion. Tliey al'e actively eiigyaged in oiigoinLY Ii'ainiiig¥ I'elevaiit lo tlicii. i)o.%ilions. Tliei'e is no doiibt tlie Cuvi(I i)aiideniic Eiad a Iiuge iiiipact 011 oui. coimiiiuiiity. Desi)ite oui. concei'iis, Lt is S¢ilisfying lo see diffei-eIil LJi'oui)s I'efot'iiiin&r aiid I'eliii'iiii)LY to Ilie centi-e attel. a long absciice. Siiice Mai'cli, we have welcoined back Ti-iiiity Theati-c Ails, tlie Wgtlkw()y Woiiieii's Gi'oup and Pai'ents and Tots, to name a few. Walkway Manageinenl Cointniltee tliaiil<s out. fundei's foi. theii. contiiiiied siii)poit wiiliout which it would be ijiipossible to finaiice and delivei- oui. full i-angc of i)I'ogi'aiiis, Tlieii. continued financial suppoi-l is acl(nowledgement by tlie funding agencies of the iiiipoi'tanl coiiti'ibution Walkway's pi'ogi-ams Jiiake to impi'oving ihe quality of life of those i)eople liviiig wiihin oui. coinIiiuiiity. Tlie oi'ganisation is i'ei)i'eseiiled on many nelwoi-lcs, n]aking coiinections wiLhiii tlie coiniiiunity to sliai'e expei'ienLes ancl i)i'omole pai'liiei'sliip woi'lcing. We Iiave been fiiivolved iji siippoi'ting an<1 delivci'inL cojiiiiiuiiity cai)acity building pi-ogi'ainmes, cultui'al awai'eness, coiiiinunity safely and coiniiiunity engagyeinent activilies, In conclusion, my hope is we coiitiiiue to woi'k logeihei., witli othei- comniunity gi'oups, local agencies, aiid oui. local cl)Lll'ches to enhance tlie lives of Iliosc in our comniunily. Togetliei., we Iiave mucli to look foi'wai'd to in tlie coiniiig yeai.. I tivsl the slafl and volunteei-s will enjoy tlie new centi-e aiid tlie i'esoui'ces it offei's to woi-k togethei. to make Wallcway Cominunity Centi'e a welcome space foi- evei'yone i'egai'dless of l-ace, ci-eed, oi- L'eliElOn. I aiii i)leased to pt-esent this yeai s accounts foi. appi-oval. Stei)hen nald Cliaii-