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An overview of service provision throughout Belfast
One of the fundamental requirements in making SNAP work is that we have a firm understanding of the neighbourhoods in which services are being delivered.Our SNAP team surveyed just under 700 organisations who deliver services to the public across the city.
This research is a first step in capturing information on service providers throughout Belfast and investigating particular strands of their services such as:
- resources that are available to them
- the nature and extent of services that they provide
- their relationship with us as a council.
Survey results
Through the survey, the following information has emerged:- Organisations that were located in Belfast were distributed equally throughout the city.
- Of those organisations that responded, the majority of them described themselves as either charity, community or voluntary.
- Under half of the organisations (44%) had no full-time employees.
- Organisations are more likely to source funding from central government departments, from donations and fundraising or their local authority.
- Just over half (52%) reported that they had a main building in Belfast and a further 16% had regional or local offices in the city.
- The main activities of those who took part in the survey are most likely to relate to services for children and young people (22%).
- For those organisations that specified the location of the delivery of their services (by wards), it was found that those wards with high levels of deprivation also received a significant amount of service.
- Two in five (40%) reported that they do not have an established relationship with the council.
