Activities
To promote the benefit of the people living within rural communities in the greater Cartnogher/Maghera and surrounding areas (hereinafter the ‘area of benefit’) without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity , or political, religious or other opinion by associating with voluntary and community organisations, statutory authorities and local people in a common effort to: • Advance community based education, health & wellbeing and programmes and initiatives which improve the quality of life of people within the area of benefit; • Advance community development, citizenship and social responsibility through the operation of the An Carn Centre, the activities offered and through providing volunteering opportunities for local people within the area of benefit; • Reinstate the national language, Irish, as a living language within the area of benefit. • Advance the arts, culture, and the protection and enhancement/revival of our heritage assets within the area of benefit (including built, archaeological, environmental, oral tradition, language and environmental heritage). • Advance environmental protection or improvement through the management and development of Drumnaph Nature Reserve. • Provide relief of those in need within the area of benefit, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; • Promote tolerance and understanding of ours and other cultural traditions and the principles of equality and human rights within the area of benefit.
The prevention or relief of poverty,The advancement of education,The advancement of citizenship or community development,The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science,The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity,The advancement of environmental protection or improvement,The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
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