Farset Development Limited

Provides residential accommodation, restaurant and banqueting, training and conference facilities and other support services. (Food, Bedding etc). The benefits and purpose are to increase preservation of the local community and social inclusion; promotion of family life by provision of safe accommodation for vulnerable members of the community including those facing financial hardship or discrimination leading to less anti-social behaviour; reduce levels of stress, anxiety and feelings of alienation and possible hardship for future generations; promotion of employment opportunities to develop individual capabilities, competences, skills and understanding; and the effective use of charitable resources.

The accommodation is used for those in need, e.g. families who live outside Belfast who need somewhere to stay to visit loved one in hospital, local people who received threats and cannot return home. There is a commercial side which is deemed an important and necessary function to enable FDL to provide economic or free use of the premises. We work with numerous local authorities including NIHE, Social Services, PSNI, Local community representatives etc. We are recognised as a shared space by the community and organisation that use us.

We accommodated Belfast People Kitchen, soup kitchen, from September 2020 using out kitchen, conference rooms to free of charge until April 2021 when they then paid a peppercorn rental fee for 1 year until April 2022.

From 14 September 2020 we have been working with NIHE to accommodate the local homeless in the area and have an SLA with them for the next few years.