How You Can Help

Making a Donation:

We are constantly in need of Donations, large and small for:
The promotion of our Good Community Relations programmes and their expansion to include the diversity of community groups, nationalities and races in Northern Ireland that are the result of the ongoing Peace process.
The development of exciting new programmes, with disadvantaged children, young people and adults.
Sponsorship of individual children or small community groups in particular need of respite activities.
The costs of board, accommodation and training for our volunteer team.
The ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the residential centre and land, including the care of our animals.
The development of the facilities available at Glebe House.
Publicity.

We welcome anything you feel you can give

£ 10.00 will sponsor a child for a day programme
£ 20.00 will provide food and care for our animals for a week
£ 30.00 will provide weeks volunteer expenses
£ 50.00 will sponsor a child for a weekend
£100.00 will sponsor a child for a 6 day residential
£250.00 will provide a year's programme for 1 child
£5,000 provides a full programme for 20 children

Please make cheques payable to:
Harmony Community Trust and send to the address below.

If you are a UK Taxpayer you can sign up to Gift Aid. For every £20.00, we can claim back £5.60. Please use the form provided to make your declaration for a Gift Aid Donation.

Contributing gifts in kind:
We also welcome donations of items for the centre, such as bed linen, curtains, arts and crafts materials, tea towels, garden tools, crockery and furniture.
We also rely on donations for Open Day stalls and prizes, plants, cakes, raffle and tombola prizes, books, CD's, DVD's etc and used goods for the White Elephant and Auction.

Our Financial Position

Glebe House operates on an annual revenue budget of about £280,000. This includes, staff, ongoing programme and administrative costs as well as the upkeep and maintenance of the property. Any capital development or major refurbishment or new programme initiatives are additional expenditure for which the funding has to be independently resourced.
For the current financial year we are receiving grants totalling £95,000 for core costs from the Department of Education, Community Relations Branch, and the DHSSPS Child Care Policy Directorate. Other statutory grants cover certain programme costs. We have a grant from The Children's Fund of around £65,000 for a special project, which will be finishing in March 2008. The BELB grant aids our cross-community children's and youth programmes and Health and Social Services Trusts provide funding for respite care for referred children. In addition, the Down District Strategy Partnership is part-funding the Active Citizenship programme, New Skills 4 All which runs until June 2008.

We also generate income from contributions from participants in the programmes, users of the facilities and fundraising events and donations.

We have at least £60,000 to raise in this way for the current financial year, and given that some of the statutory grants are ending in March 2008, a much larger sum will be required for 2008-2009, if we are to maintain our current level of activity, let alone develop our full potential.

Please help us to continue developing our work, in any way you can. All donations big and small will be gratefully received and acknowledged.