The Association:
* holds regular drop-in clinics, or the opportunity to meet a commitee member, at various locations across the TRNC offering advice and assistance on association membership and/or local issues at various locations for both members and non-members, details can be viewed on the association website.
* organises a social monthly breakfast, lunch or evening meal for both members and non-members most months of the year.
* organises at least 1 monthly activity of a cultural / fun nature for both members and non-members
* undertakes foreign trips of a cultural nature to Turkey or surrounding countries for both members and non-members.
The Association is currently, or has actively been, involved in:
* continuous fund raising to enable it to support local good causes, particularly those involving children or those who are disadvantaged or disabled.
* planted thousands of trees to help form a forest in the foothills of the five fingers mountain range, thereby helping the eco-system for future generations to come.
* protecting the environment through its recycling scheme, of collecting plastic bottle tops at numerous business establishments across the TRNC.
* regularly provides the Orthopaedic Disabled Association with new wheelchairs.
*major refurbishments of the Karakum Special Needs Children’s School, and the Operation Recovery Suites at Lefkoşa State Hospital.
* provided the Muscular Sclerosis Association with new office furniture and computers
* a women’s farming co-operative (4K-Koop) with new refrigeration and display units.
* supplied numerous Primary Schools with English Language books to help the children learn to read and write English
* supported many other local good including financially helping local charities in financial problems during the TRNC Government Coronavirus-19 lock-down
* contributing funds to a home at the SOS Children’s Village in Lefkoşa
* the excavation and reconstruction of the Neolithic Çiftlikdüzü “Archaeopark” project at Tatlısu
Information on some of the previous good causes that have been helped by the association,
can be viewed on the association website
Our previous main focus was on funding a Sensory Room at the Karakum Special Needs School. We fully committed to fund this work at a cost in excess of £7,000. We are currently compiling a list of 4 projects for the next 12 months (October 2026 to September 2027)
The Association provides its members with:
* social and cultural events
*a useful Discount Providers scheme
* a regularly updated informative Website, Facebook Group and Facebook Page
*access to discounted banking through Denizbank
*the ability to make donations to numerous local good causes
