Goal: To let the children have a holiday and a break from theirday-to-day lives regardless of their community
Funding: The charity's annual budget is 2m and funds come fromsocial services departments and grant-giving organisations
Contact: 028 9024 1917 or visit www.belfastcentralmission.org
Belfast Central Mission, or BCM, has a long history of helpingchildren.
Formed in 1889 by the Methodist Church, the charity supports children,teenagers and elderly people in a variety of ways, including supportedhousing and a residential care home.
The charity's annual summer holiday programme is the centrepiece of itswork with children, featuring four summer holidays for eight- to10-year-olds.
The holidays began in the 1930s and give children in contact with socialservices a chance to get away from the pressures of daily life. Thecharity takes 22 children on each holiday, while the mission holdsevents at its Childhaven Centre in Millisle, County Down.
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