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-