[DRAFT PAGE] 'Remembering': Victims, Survivors and Commemoration
List of, and information about, groups providing support to
victims and survivors of the Conflict in Northern Ireland
Compiled by Dr John Nagle and Dr Martin Melaugh (2008) |
Sections within this page:
This section provides a list of groups and agencies providing services for
victims and survivors of 'the Troubles'. It lists groups who provide assistance directly to victims and survivors as well as 'support groups'
(mainly statutory) who provide a range of services to victims and survivors. The list also includes organisations, referred to as 'parallel providers', who provide
services for a range of groups, only some of whom are
victims and survivors.
Immediately below all the groups, agencies and organisations detailed in in this section have been listed alphabetically by name. The names provide links to separate tables of information.
The tables of information have been compiled in categories. The first category contains information on statutory agencies. Those groups which deal almost exclusively with victims and survivors have been listed in in three categories: those which are perceived as being mainly nationalist;
those which are perceived as being mainly unionist or British state security forces; and those which are perceived as cross-community. This classification is based on how the various groups would be viewed by most people within Northern Ireland. However, it should be noted that some groups perceived to be nationalist or unionist
also engage in cross-community 'bridging' work. The 'parallel providers' are listed in a separate section,
although some of these groups could be identified as nationalist,
unionist and cross-community. The information below also includes some groups which operate in the Republic of Ireland and in Britain.
| Alphabetical List of Groups/Agencies |
| Name |
The Commission for Victims and Survivors |
| Began |
2008 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Windsor House, 9-15 Bedford Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT2 7EG
|
| Telephone |
028 9031 1000 |
| Fax |
028 9031 1100 |
| Email |
commission@cvsni.org |
| Web site |
http://www.cvsni.org/ |
| Work |
Promote awareness of matters related to victims and survivors; review law and practice related to victims; review services provided for victims; advise the Secretary of State, the Executive of the Assembly and other groups and agencies; consult victims and survivors; establish a forum for consultation and discussion with victims; develop the office of the Commission. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
The Commission was initially comprised of four Commissioners. The announcement was made by the OFMDFM on 28 January 2008 and enacting legislation was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly on 27 May 2008.
On 3 September 2012 a single commissioner was appointed (Kathryn Stone). |
| Funding |
Funded by the OFMDFM |
| Name |
Eastern Health and Social Services Board Family Trauma Centre |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Arlene Healey |
| Address |
1 Wellington Park, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT9 6DJ |
| Telephone |
028 9022 4700 |
| Fax |
028 9022 4729 |
| Email |
arlene.healey@sebt.n-i.nhs.uk |
| Website |
|
| Work |
Family Therapy; Consultation; Training and Teaching |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Provides therapuetic services to those affected by troubles related trauma |
| Funding |
South and East Belfast HSS Trust. UK Gov: £704,0621 |
| Name |
Eastern Health and Social Services Board Trauma Advisory Panel |
| Began |
2000 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Martina Mullin-O'Hare, Trauma Panel Coordinator
|
| Address |
Social Services Directorate, Eastern Health and Social Services Board,
12-22 Linenhall Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT2 8BS
|
| Telephone |
028 9055 3958 |
| Fax |
028 9055 3620 |
| Email |
SCampbell@ehssb.n-i.nhs.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.royalhospitals.org/traumaticgrief/trauma_advisory_panel.php |
| Work |
Research; Raise Awareness; Service Delivery; |
| Publications |
Traumatic grief booklets; Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
To promote best practice regarding work with people affected by the troubles |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £158,5671 |
| Name |
Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
http://www.iclvr.ie/en/ICLVR/Pages/Home%20Page |
| Work |
|
| Publications |
Related Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
Cross-border commission set up by the governments of the UK and Irish Republic to locate the remains of persons killed before 10th April 1998 (the 'disappeared'). |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Institute for Counselling and Personal Development |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Dr Chris Conliffe |
| Address |
Pembroke Lodge, Pembroke Loop Road, Dunmurry, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT17 0PN.
|
| Telephone |
028 9061 0345 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@theicpd.com.
|
| Web site |
http://www.theicpd.com/ |
| Work |
Counselling, research, training |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £744,2251 |
| Name |
Northern Health and Social Services Board Trauma Advisory Panel |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Sheelagh Sheerin |
| Address |
Rockfield Medical Centre, 73-75 Doury Road, Ballymena. Northern Ireland. BT43 6JD |
| Telephone |
028 2565 4170 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
trauma@nhssb.n-i.nhs.uk |
| Web site |
http://trauma.nhssb.n-i.nhs.uk |
| Work |
Service Provision; Research; Training; |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
Facilitate the co-ordination of services for victims/survivors of the Northern Ireland conflict. |
| Funding |
Northern Health and Social Services. UK Gov: £155,1581 |
| Name |
Northern Ireland Memorial Fund |
| Began |
1997 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Unit 1, Massey Avenue, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT4 2JT |
| Telephone |
028 9076 1166 |
| Fax |
028 9076 1144 |
| Email |
nimfgao@belfast.org.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.nimf.org.uk/ |
| Work |
Provides grant assistance. |
| Publications |
Newsletter; Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
"The Northern Ireland Memorial Fund is an independent charitable fund that seeks to promote peace and reconciliation by ensuring that those individuals and families that have suffered as a result of the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland are remembered, by providing them with help and support in a practical and meaningful way." |
| Funding |
Reg. Charity. UK Gov: £8,367,2881 |
| Name |
Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation |
| Began |
2002 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
2 Retreat Close, Killyclogher Road, Omagh, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. BT79 0HW |
| Telephone |
028 8225 1500 |
| Fax |
028 8225 5899 |
| Email |
info@nictt.org |
| Web site |
http://www.nictt.org/ |
| Work |
Cognitive therapy treatment programme for people suffering from conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions |
| Publications |
'Responding to Trauma in Newry and Mourne'; Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
Provides cognitive therapy treatment for people suffering as a result of the conflict in Northern Ireland. |
| Funding |
OFMDFM; DHSSPSNI. UK Gov: £2,000,0001 |
| Name |
Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner (Sir Kenneth Bloomfield 1997-1998);
Interim Commissioner for Victims and Survivors (Mrs Bertha McDougall 2005-2007) |
| Began |
1997-1998; and 2005-2007 |
| Status |
now superceeded by: The Commission for Victims and Survivors |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
McDougall, Bertha. (2007). Support for Victims and Survivors: Addressing the human legacy, (Report of the Interim Commissioner for Victims Survivors), (25 January 2007), [PDF; 732KB]. Belfast: Interim Commissioner for Victims and Survivors.
McDougall, Bertha. (2007). 'Executive Summary' of Support for Victims and Survivors: Addressing the human legacy, (Report of the Interim Commissioner for Victims Survivors), (25 January 2007), [PDF; 61KB]. Belfast: Interim Commissioner for Victims and Survivors.
Bloomfield, Kenneth. (1998). 'We Will Remember Them': Report of the Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner, Sir Kenneth Bloomfield KCB, (April 1998), [PDF; 1165KB]. Belfast: The Stationery Office Northern Ireland. |
| About |
In 1997 Sir Kenneth Bloomfield was appointed as the first Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner by the Secretary of State to report on possible ways of recognising the victims of the Northern Ireland conflict. Bloomfield produced his report in 1998.
In October 2005 Mrs Bertha McDougal was appointed as Interim Commissioner for Victims and Survivors to carry out a review of the then support available to victims and survivors of 'the Troubles'. |
| Funding |
Northern Ireland Office (NIO) |
| Name |
Remembrance Commission Scheme |
| Began |
2003 ? |
| Status |
Ceased operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Address |
94 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. Republic of Ireland. |
| Telephone |
00 353 1 602 8335 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
remembrancecommission@justice.ie |
| Web site |
http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PB07000345 |
| Work |
To provide material assistance for victims of the Northern Ireland conflict. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
South Tyrone Area Partnership |
| Began |
|
| Status |
Ceased operation January 2009 [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Pauline Rice |
| Address |
Dungannon and South Tyrone Council, Council Offices, Dungannon. Northern Ireland. BT71 6DT |
| Telephone |
028 8772 0300 |
| Fax |
028 8772 0368 |
| Email |
info@dungannon.gov.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.dungannon.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/page/pagekey/546 |
| Work |
Training; education |
| Publications |
|
| About |
"To empower and enable the diverse strands which constitute the
community of the South Tyrone Area in working together through
participatory citizenship towards a more active and equitable society." |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Southern Health and Social Services Board Trauma Advisory Panel |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Iris Matthews |
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
028 3083 3074 |
| Fax |
028 3083 3075 |
| Email |
trauma.advisory@southerntrust.hscni.net |
| Web site |
http://www.shssb.org/partnerships/trauma-advisory-panel |
| Work |
Provision of support services for victims |
| Publications |
'In Their Own Words'; 'Evaluation of Trauma Counselling Services'; Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
Mission statement: "The Trauma Advisory Panel strives to enhance the quality of life for victims/survivors of the conflict in the Southern Health and Social Services Board's area, by recognising, acknowledging and respecting their varied needs and seeking to promote the provision of appropriate support services." |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £179,1491 |
| Name |
Victims Liaison Unit ... [Closed January 2005] |
| Began |
|
| Status |
Closed January 2005 |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Room 123, Stormont House Annexe, Stormont, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT4 3SH |
| Telephone |
028 9052 7900 |
| Fax |
028 9052 7901 |
| Email |
victims@mics.gov.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.nio.gov.uk/issues/victims.htm |
| Work |
|
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
A government based liaison unit within
the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), set up by the then Minister for
Victims Adam Ingram MP, to support the implementation of Sir Kenneth
Bloomfield's report, We Will Remember Them (published April 1998). The Victims Liaison Unit initially worked
alongside the Victims Unit (VU) however areas of responsibility were
gradually passed to the Victims Unit and the Victims Liaison Unit
closed at the end of January 2005. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Victims Unit |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Block 5, Knockview Buildings, Stormont, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT4 3SL |
| Telephone |
028 9052 3167; Freephone: 0808 127 3333; Text Tel: 028 9052 2343 |
| Fax |
028 9052 8354 |
| Email |
info@victimsni.gov.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/victims.htm |
| Work |
|
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
A dedicated Victims Unit with the Office of the First
Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM), its role to raise
awareness of, and co-ordinate activity on, issues affecting victims of
'the Troubles' across the devolved administration and throughout
Northern Ireland in general. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Victims and Survivors Service |
| Began |
2 April 2012 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2012] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Millennium House, Great Victoria Street, Belfast. BT2 7AQ |
| Telephone |
028 9027 9100 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
enquiries@vssni.org |
| Web site |
http://www.vssni.org/ |
| Work |
Assist victims and survivors in getting the best support; work to improve the standards of services for victims and survivors. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
A service which was intended to be a one-stop-shop for advice, assistance and guidance to victims of 'the Troubles'. This service is part of the wider infrastructure that deals with the issues related to victims and survivors. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Western Health and Social Care Trust Victim and Survivor Matters Programme |
| Began |
2000 (as Sperrin Lakelands Victims Programme) |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2010] |
| Contact |
Sean Coll (Community Victim Support Officer) |
| Address |
15 Elliott Place, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. BT74 7HQ |
| Telephone |
028 6634 4240 |
| Fax |
028 6634 4079 |
| Email |
victim.survivor@westerntrust.hscni.net or sean.coll@westerntrust.hscni.net |
| Web site |
Under Construction (July 2010) |
| Work |
Creating networks; liaise with victims and survivors' groups and parallel service providers; research; training; research; working with individual victims and survivors |
| Publications |
'Towards Healing: A Self-Help Directory' (2001, 2005);
'Casting Bread Upon the Water - A Cross Partnership Study of the Needs of Victims & Survivors of "The Troubles" living in the Fermanagh & West Tyrone Area' (2006);
'Contributing to Well-Being: Addressing the Human & Community Consequences of Civil Violence - Standards for Counselling, Befriending & Listening Ear Services' (2006) |
| About |
'To promote and facilitate a purposeful response to the needs of those in our communities who have been affected in any way by the conflict in Northern Ireland' |
| Funding |
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM); EU; Sperrin Lakeland Health & Social Care Trust. UK Gov: £10,0001 |
Nationalist Groups
Groups working mainly or exclusively with nationalist victims and survivors |
| Name |
The Bloody Sunday Trust |
| Began |
1997 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Patricia McBride |
| Address |
c/o Museum of Free Derry, 55 Glenfada Park, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT48 9DR |
| Telephone |
028 7136 0880 |
| Fax |
028 7136 0881 |
| Email |
admin@bloodysundaytrust.org |
| Web site |
http://www.bloodysundaytrust.org/ |
| Work |
Counselling and Support. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
Historical and educational project to commemorate victims of Bloody Sunday |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Border Relatives |
| Began |
October 1999 (launched in Dublin) |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
m.donegan@virgin.net |
| Web site |
http://freespace.virgin.net/m.donegan/border.htm |
| Work |
Campaigning group |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Campaigs on behalf of five familes of victims of Loyalist attacks along the border. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Coiste na n-larchimí |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
10 Beechmount Avenue, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT12 7NA |
| Telephone |
028 9020 0770 |
| Fax |
028 9043 5445 |
| Email |
info@coiste.com |
| Web site |
http://www.coiste.ie/ |
| Work |
Campaigns on issues of concern for former republican prisoners. (Coiste na n-larchimi Dublin branch conducted a small-scale storytelling project.) |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
Coiste na n-larchimi is an umbrella organisation acting on behalf of a range of groups and individuals who represent former republican prisoners and their families. Coiste estimate that these groups represent approximately 15,000 former prisoners. In 2007 the groups affiliated to Coiste included: Abhaile Aris; Ar Ais Aris, Dungannon; South Derry ex Prisoners; Cairde, Strabane; Castlerea Prison; Cumann na Meirleach; Failte Abhaille Dundalk; Failte Cluain Eois; Portlaoise Prison; Iar-Chimi Fhear Managh; La Nua; Marrowbone Ex-Prisoner Group; Tar Abhaile, Derry; Tar Anall, Belfast; Tar Isteach, Belfast; Video Tar Isteach, Dublin; and Tus Nua Sligo. |
| Funding |
Part financed by the EU's programme for Peace and Reconciliation |
| Name |
Fírinne / Truth |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Angela Cosgrove |
| Address |
87 Main Street, Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. |
| Telephone |
028 6772 3896 |
| Fax |
028 6772 3602 |
| Email |
firine@fsmail.net |
| Web site |
http://www.firinne.com/ ?? |
| Work |
Legal; training; education; commemoration; storytelling, |
| Publications |
'The Untold Truth' |
| About |
Support service for victims of 'state violence in Fermangah. |
| Funding |
EU; UK Gov: £347,7831 |
| Name |
Justice for the Forgotten |
| Began |
1996 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
64-66 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1. Republic of Ireland. |
| Telephone |
00 353 (0)1 855 4300 |
| Fax |
00 353 (0)1 819 3258 |
| Email |
1974bombings@esatlink.com |
| Web site |
http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/ |
| Work |
Counselling; Holistic Therapies; Healing by Remembering; Practical Support |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About |
Campaigning for truth for the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Loughgall Truth and Justice Campaign |
| Began |
1995 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Mairead Kelly |
| Address |
62 St. Johns Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Republic of Ireland. |
| Telephone |
00 353 (0)1 464 2190 |
| Fax |
00 353 (0)1 459 4340 |
| Email |
mpkelly1@eircom.net |
| Web site |
http://www.loughgall20.com/lmcw_loughgall_a_search_for_the_truth.html |
| Work |
Befriending; Advice; Information; Advocacy; Recording Stories. |
| Publications |
Hall, Michael. (ed.) (2001). The unequal victims: Discussion by members of Loughgall Truth and Justice Campaign, (Island Pamphlets No.40), [PDF; 65KB]. Newtownabbey: Island Publications. |
| About |
Support for families who lost relatives at Loughgall. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £7,2001 |
| Name |
Relatives for Justice |
| Began |
1990 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Mark Thompson |
| Address |
235a Falls Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT12 4PE |
| Telephone |
028 9022 0100 |
| Fax |
028 9022 0101 |
| Email |
info@relativesforjustice.com |
| Web site |
http://www.relativesforjustice.com/ |
| Work |
Support; Drop-in Service; Outreach; Befriending; Counselling Support; Therapy Work, Welfare; Legal Advocacy; storytelling. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography
DVDs??: Bridget's Daughters; John Wayne in Vienna; Visiting the Kesh; Collusion 1988 - 1994; Justice; Taeaiocht don Tuiras; |
| About | Support, advice and information for families beraved by state violence |
| Funding |
EU; UK Gov: £1,268,3411 |
| Name |
Survivors of Trauma |
| Began |
1995 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2023 (previously: 2009)] |
| Contact |
Gary Teer |
| Address |
151 Cliftonville Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT14 6JR |
| Telephone |
028 9074 9944 |
| Fax |
028 9075 1740 |
| Email |
survivorsoftrauma@live.co.uk (formerly:survivors95@btinternet.com) |
| Web site |
http://www.survivorsoftrauma.com/ |
| Work |
Advice; Information; Advocacy; Complementary Therapies; Respite Support; Annual Remembrance Event; Counselling; Social Support/Workshops and Classes; and Daytrips
(formerly also: Befriending, Youth Work, Recording Stories, and Training/Study) |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
Support, advice and information for victims of violence in North Belfast. |
| Funding |
EU; UK Gov: £902,1841 |
| Name |
Tar Anall |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2010] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
539 Falls Rd, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT11 9AB |
| Telephone |
028 9032 3631 |
| Fax |
028 9030 8014 |
| Email |
caitriona@taranall.ie |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Support; advice |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Drop-in centre for former republican prisoners and their families |
| Funding |
£115,300 ?? |
| Name |
Tar Isteach |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
133 Hillman Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT15 2FX |
| Telephone |
028 9074 6664 |
| Fax |
028 9074 6664 |
| Email |
Taristeach@btconnect.com |
| Web site |
http://www.taristeachnorthbelfast.org/ |
| Work |
Education; Support; Advocacy; Advice; Training; Youth Work |
| Publications |
Annual Report |
| About |
Group working on behalf of former republican prisoners and their families. |
| Funding |
See: http://www.taristeachnorthbelfast.org/; UK Gov: £190,9931 |
| Name |
Victims and Survivors Trust (VAST) |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Unit 12, Social Economy Village, Hannahstown Hill, Belfast.
Northern Ireland. BT17 0XS |
| Telephone |
028 9062 7501 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
contact@victimsandsurvivorstrust.com |
| Web site |
http://www.victimsandsurvivorstrust.com/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Youth Work; Training; Advice; Information;
Advocacy; Complementary Therapies; Holidays; Respite Support;
Recording Stories / storytelling; Film Making; Discussion Groups; Lectures. |
| Publications |
Victims and Survivors Trust (VAST). (2001-). Newsletter. Belfast: Victims and Survivors Trust (VAST).;
Various Films |
| About |
Support and advice for victims/survivors of the troubles in the West Belfast area. |
| Funding |
Reg. charity. UK: £514,1811 |
Unionist groups and groups representing British security forces
Groups working mainly or exclusively with unionist victims and survivors |
| Name |
Coleraine / Ballymoney UDR |
| Began |
|
| Status |
|
| Contact |
|
| Address |
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| Telephone |
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| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
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| Work |
Support; Information; Advice |
| Publications |
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| About |
Support, information and advice to families and ex-members of the UDR affected by the conflict |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £118,0601 |
| Name |
Disabled Police Officers Association (DPOA) |
| Began |
1983 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Sharon Johnstone |
| Address |
Seapark, 151 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus. Northern Ireland. BT38 8PL |
| Telephone |
0845 658 8025 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@dpoani.org |
| Web site |
http://www.dpoani.org/ |
| Work |
Trips; Art Therapy; IT training; Socialising |
| Publications |
'Members' Hanbook and Code of Conduct' |
| About |
Support, information, advice for disabled police officers and their families.' |
| Funding |
Reg charity; Northern Ireland Police Fund; EU; UK: £190,3951 |
| Name |
The Ely Centre [Previously: Fermanagh / South Tyrone Terrorist Victims Association] |
| Began |
2002 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Lee McDowell |
| Address |
60 Forthill Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. BT74 6AJ. |
| Telephone |
028 6632 0977 |
| Fax |
028 6632 0988 |
| Email |
info@elycentre.com |
| Web site |
http://victimsurvivor.com/sec08/ |
| Work |
Holistic therapies; Training; Art Classes; Youth Projects |
| Publications |
The Ely Centre. (2006). 'Terrorism and Agoraphobia'. Enniskillen: The Ely Centre. |
| About |
Promotes cognitive therapy between victims/survivors and society |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre (EPIC) |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2010] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
33a Woodvale Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT13 3BN. |
| Telephone |
028 9074 8922 |
| Fax |
028 9020 1509 |
| Email |
[none] |
| Web site |
[none] |
| Work |
Identify the needs of loyalist ex-prisoners and their families. Assist in the process of reintegration. Provide practical and emotional support using both formal and informal approaches. Improve public awareness on issues relating to ex-prisoners and their families. Drop-in centre. Welfare Rights officer. Youth Group. Mediation. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
An organisation establieshed to support former loyalist prisoners and their families. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Families Achieving Change Together (FACT)
Formerly: Families Against Crime by Terrorism (FACT) - name changed on 6 August 2003 |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Joan Hunter |
| Address |
74 Bachelors walk, Lisburn. Northern Ireland. BT28 1XM |
| Telephone |
028 9266 0077 |
| Fax |
028 9266 0076 |
| Email |
info@factni.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.factni.co.uk/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Training; Advice / Information / Advocacy;
Complementary Therapies; Drop in Centre; Social Activities; Community
Awareness |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Support, training, information and advice to families in the Lisburn areas, bereaved or injured. |
| Funding |
EU; UK Gov: £647,6341 |
| Name |
Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
18 Mowhan Road , Markethill, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. BT60 1RQ |
| Telephone |
028 3755 2619 |
| Fax |
028 3755 2719 |
| Email |
info@victims.org.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.fairvictims.co.uk/Sec2012/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Youth Work; Training; Advice; Information; Advocacy; Complementary Therapies; Recording Stories / storytelling. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography |
| About | Support for families in the South Armagh area, bereaved or injured.during the troubles |
| Funding |
Reg charity; EU; Community Foundation Northern Ireland. UK Gov: £1,358,1421 |
| Name |
FEAR (Fermanagh) Ltd (Fear Encouraged Abandoned Roots) |
| Began |
1994 |
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Derryloman, Brookeborough, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. BT94 4BA |
| Telephone |
028 8953 1425 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Befriending; Advice; Information; Advocacy; Recording Stories. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Support for families displaced from their homes as a result of the conflict. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Terrorist Victims Association (FASTVA) |
| Began |
1999 [now ELY Centre] |
| Status |
No Longer in Operation |
| Contact |
Jim Dickson |
| Address |
78 Rossory Church Road, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. BT47 7HQ |
| Telephone |
028 6632 4978 |
| Fax |
028 6634 23602 |
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Self-Help; Research |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £96,7381 |
| Name |
Give Innocent Victims Equality (GIVE) |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Irene Bell |
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
028 9181 7972 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Befriending; Advice; Information; Advocacy. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £5,2001 |
| Name |
HAVEN Victims Support Group (Help and Advice with Victims Every Needs) |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2013] |
| Contact |
Leanne Locke |
| Address |
Richview Regeneration Centre, 339-341 Donegall Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT12 6FQ |
| Telephone |
028 9031 4080 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
haven@btconnect.com |
| Web site |
[No website] - Facebook: havenvsg |
| Work |
Personal Development; Daytrips; Training; Advice; Information; Advocacy; Recording Stories; Outreach |
| Publications |
Help and Advice with Victims Every Needs (HAVEN). (n.d.). Flyer. Belfast: HAVEN.
Hall, Michael. (ed.) (2002). In search of a Haven: Discussion by members of HAVEN victims support group, (Island Pamphlets No.44), [PDF; 70KB]. Newtownabbey: Island Publications. |
| About |
To give help and advice to those who have suffered as
a result of the conflict. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £212,2421 |
| Name |
Homes United Against Ruthless Terror (Hurt) |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2010] |
| Contact |
Nev Gallagher |
| Address |
10 Windsor Avenue, Lurgan, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. |
| Telephone |
028 3831 7557 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
the_hurt_group@btinternet.com |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Information; Outreach; Social Events; Memorial Fund Applications; Lobbying |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Support for families in the Craigavon area bereaved or injured during the conflict |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £480,7291 |
| Name |
Mid Ulster Survivors Trust |
| Began |
|
| Status |
|
| Contact |
|
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £1,0001 |
| Name |
Mourne Action for Survivors of Terrorism (MAST) |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Florence Graham |
| Address |
Reivers House, 10 Newcastle Street, Kilkeel, County Down. Northern Ireland. BT34 4AF |
| Telephone |
028 41 6 3280 |
| Fax |
[None] |
| Email |
office@mastkilkeel.co.uk |
| Web site |
[None] |
| Work |
Counselling,
Befirending; Applications to Memorial Fund; Day Trips; Arts and Crafts;
Residentials; Women's and Youth Group; Aromatherapy;
Flower arranging |
| Publications |
Newsletter |
| About |
To 'provide support, offer practical help, share friendship and problems' |
| Funding |
EU; UK Gov: £229,1911 |
| Name |
North Ulster Victims Survivors Group |
| Began |
|
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
John Dickey |
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £15,0941 |
| Name |
Positive Action For Innocent Victims in North Down (PAIN) |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
117 Millisle Road, Donaghadee, County Down. Northern Ireland. BT20 0LA |
| Telephone |
028 9188 8804 |
| Fax |
028 9146 5037 |
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Befriending; Counselling; Training; Advice / Information / Advocacy; Recording Stories. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
RAFT (Restorative Action Following on the Troubles) |
| Began |
2004 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2010] |
| Contact |
Delores Consadine |
| Address |
2b Callan Crescent, Armagh. Northern Ireland. BT61 7RH |
| Telephone |
028 3752 5883 |
| Fax |
None |
| Email |
raftprojectni@btinternet.com |
| Web site |
None |
| Work |
Counselling; Self-help; Alternative Therapies, Out-Reach; Stress and Anger Management; ICT. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography
Flyers |
| About |
Provide Therapeutic Services, |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Shankill Stress and Trauma Centre |
| Began |
1987 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Alan Wardle / Mynah Wardle |
| Address |
5 Ballygomartin Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT13 2LA |
| Telephone |
028 9020 5305 / 5300 |
| Fax |
028 9020 5307 |
| Email |
inkycore@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
[None] |
| Work |
Cognitive/Behavioural
Therapy; Psycho-Dynamic Counselling; Transgenerational Therapy; Music
Therapy; Irish History Project; Writers' Group; Capacity Building.
BACP/IACP Accredited |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
Support, advice, research, information and counselling for victims of violence in the Shankill area |
| Funding |
EU; UK: £706,4221 |
| Name |
SOLAS NI Victim Support |
| Began |
2003 |
| Status |
In operation (2007) |
| Contact |
Stephen Marks |
| Address |
324a Upper Newtonards Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. |
| Telephone |
028 9065 9987 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@sloasni.com |
| Web site |
http://www.solasni.com/ |
| Work |
IT Training; Benefitd Surgery; Counselling; Arts work; Creative Writing |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography.
Newsletter; Peace and Reconcilliation Magazine. |
| About |
Victim support group set up to provide a variety of services and
activities for bereaved and injured victims of the conflict in Belfast |
| Funding |
TWM; Proteus; UK Gov: £111,4791 |
| Name |
South Armagh Overcoming Loss (SAOL) |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Alan Brecknell |
| Address |
c/o 39 Slatequarry Road, Cullyhanna. Northern Ireland. BT35 OPX |
| Telephone |
00 353 (0)8 6173 9722 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
apbrecknell@tiscali.co.uk |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Establishing a network of support to address the emotional, social and health needs of those in the region affected by the conflict. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
SAOL’s aim is to assess and address the needs of those affected by the Troubles in the border regions of South Armagh. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
South / North Armagh Victims Encouraging Recognition (SAVER / NAVER) |
| Began |
2000 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Mike Bambrick / Reatha Hassan OBE |
| Address |
Bingham House, 43 Main Street, Markethill, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. BT60 1PH |
| Telephone |
028 3755 2808 |
| Fax |
028 3755 2802 |
| Email |
savernaver@btconnect.com |
| Web site |
http://www.savernaver.com/ |
| Work |
Counselling; Alternative Therapies; Training and Education; Women's Group; Men's Group; Youth Group; Events; storytelling. |
| Publications |
Local Newsletter ('Horizon') |
| About | 'To provide care and support for innocent victims of the Conflict in Northern
Ireland. To train, reskill and educate victims on a pathway to
employment.
To encourage and assist return to full mental and physical health
plus reintegration with normal community life'. |
| Funding |
EU. |
| Name |
South Down Action for Healing Wounds (SDAHW) |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Dorothy Meenagh |
| Address |
16a Downpatrick Street, Rathfriland, County Down. Northern Ireland. BT34 5DG |
| Telephone |
028 4063 1259 |
| Fax |
028 4063 1269 |
| Email |
sdahw@btconnect.com |
| Web site |
http://www.sdahw.co.uk/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Counselling; Youth Work; Training; Advice;
Information; Advocacy; Complementary Therapies; Holidays; Respite
Support; Recording Stories; Womens and Mens Groups. |
| Publications |
Book of Special Poems (SDAHW) |
| About |
'SDAHW was established to provide help and support to victims of terrorism in the
South Down area. The activities are varied and wide ranging with the emphasis on
self-help and mutual support'. |
| Funding |
Community Foundation Northern Ireland; Children in Need; UK Gov: £341,3871 |
| Name |
Stewartstown and District Support Group |
| Began |
|
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Cookstown |
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Support |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Mostly works with partners of security foce members killed during the conflict |
| Funding |
National Lottery |
| Name |
Together Encouraging and Remembering Victims of the Troubles (TEAR) |
| Began |
April 2004 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Rita Ross |
| Address |
49 Dromore Street, Rathfriland, County Down. Northern Ireland. BT34 5LU |
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
ritaross1@btinternet.com |
| Web site |
http://www.tear.org.uk/ |
| Work |
Befriending house group with no paid workers; offers social and welfare advice; respite breaks; family events; storytelling |
| Publications |
|
| About |
TEAR Mission Statement
"TEAR was established to provide help and support to the direct victims of terrorist violence in the Rathfriland area. These activities are varied, with the emphasis on self-help and mutual support by and for the immediate victims of terrorist violence. The Group’s strategy is to provide a database of direct victims in the Rathfriland area, and thus establish and maintain a means of contact and mutual support between those who have suffered at the hands of terrorist violence." |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
West Tyrone Voice |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Hazlett Lynch |
| Address |
Grange Court, 21 Moyle Road Newtownstewart, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. BT78 4AP |
| Telephone |
028 8166 1324 |
| Fax |
028 8166 2848 |
| Email |
westtyronevoice@yahoo.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.westtyronevoice.bravehost.com/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Peer Group Support; Social Events; Training; Education and Research; |
| Publications |
West Tyrone Voice. (n.d.). Speaking and Acting for the Victims of Paramilitary Terrorism in West Tyrone. Newtonstewart: West Tyrone Voice.
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
'Supporting families of those bereaved or injured during the troubles. |
| Funding |
see: http://westtyronevoice.bravehost.com/service.html. UK: £820,0851 |
Cross-Community Groups
Groups who mainly work with all sections of the community |
| Name |
An Crann / The Tree ... [No longer exists] |
| Began |
1994 |
| Status |
Project ended in 2004? |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
10 Arthur Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT1 4GD |
| Telephone |
028 9024 0209 |
| Fax |
028 9024 0219 |
| Email |
ancrann1@compuserve.com |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Recording and Exhibiting Stories; storytelling. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Conflict Trauma Resource Centre |
| Began |
2000 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Martin Snodden |
| Address |
Unit 9, Clanmill Arts and Small Business Centre, Northern Whig House, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT 11 LU |
| Telephone |
028 90 92606 |
| Fax |
028 90 296050 |
| Email |
snodden-martin@utvinternet.com |
| Web site |
[In Construction 2008] |
| Work |
Research, Therapeutic Support; Training; Healing with Memories; Storytelling |
| Publications |
'Perceptions of Victimhood'; 'Healing the Memories'
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
To help allevaiate trauma and pain experienced as a result of the conflict |
| Funding |
Rowntree Foundation; UK Govt: £265,7871 |
| Name |
Cross Group |
| Began |
1975 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Maura Kiely |
| Address |
c/o 6A Cumberland Park, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT16 2AY |
| Telephone |
028 9048 3952 |
| Fax |
[None] |
| Email |
kielymaura@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
[None] |
| Work |
Befriending; Advice/Information; Complementary Therapies; Holidays/Respite Support. |
| Publications |
[None] A BBC documentary, 'Price of Peace', was made about the group. |
| About |
Provides a befriending service and pays for counselling for group members |
| Funding |
UK Govt: £22,7451 |
| Name |
Cúnamh |
| Began |
1997 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Cathy Nelis |
| Address |
171 Sunbeam Terrace, Bishop Street, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT48 6UJ |
| Telephone |
028 7128 8868 |
| Fax |
028 7128 8869 |
| Email |
cunamh@freederry.org |
| Web site |
http://www.cunamh.org/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Counselling; support; advocacy; storytelling. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
'The rationale underpinning the development of the project was that the peace
building process needed to cater for the emotional and psychological impact,
which the conflict had upon people's health and well-being'. (their website) |
| Funding |
EU; National Lottery; Dept. Foreign Affiairs; WHSSB; UK Gov: £751,0841 |
| Name |
Enniskillen Together |
| Began |
1987 |
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Joseph Peake |
| Address |
38A Darling Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. BT74 7EW |
| Telephone |
028 6632 7158 |
| Fax |
028 6634 2807 |
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Education; self-development; interchurch contact. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Set up in the aftermath of the Enniskillen bombing to further reconciliation |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Glencree Centre for Reconciliation |
| Began |
1974 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Jacintah DePaor |
| Address |
Glencree, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. |
| Telephone |
+353 (0)1 282 9711 |
| Fax |
+353 (0)1 276 6085 |
| Email |
info@glencree.ie |
| Web site |
http://www.glencree.ie/ |
| Work |
Peace and reconciliation; LIVE programme / storytelling. |
| Publications |
Murphy, Colin., and Adair, Lynne. (2004). Place for Peace: Glencree Centre for Reconciliation. Dublin: Liffey Press. |
| About |
To promote peace-building and reconciliation |
| Funding |
see: http://www.glencree.ie/site/funding.htm. UK Gov: £7501 |
| Name |
Healing through Remembering |
| Began |
2001 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Cate Turner |
| Address |
Alexander House, 17a Ormeau Avenue, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT2 8HD |
| Telephone |
028 9023 8844 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@healingthroughremembering.org |
| Web site |
http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ |
| Work |
|
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
An extensive cross-community project which looks at the issue of how to deal with the past relating to the conflict in, and about, Northern Ireland. (While HTR does not provide support and services directly to victims, it is included in this list because much of its discussions, debates and recommendations are victims focused.) |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £10,0001 |
| Name |
KAIROS |
| Began |
1997 |
| Status |
no longer in operation [merged into Conflict Resource Trauam Resource Centre] [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Martie Rafferty |
| Address |
45-47 Donegal Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT1 2FG |
| Telephone |
028 9096 1108 |
| Fax |
028 9096 1109 |
| Email |
martie.kairos@dnet.co.uk |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Befriending; Counselling; Training; Advice/Information / Advocacy; Community Development; Networking (agencies/communities). |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
Training and counselling for victims of the troubles |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Lifeline |
| Began |
1978 |
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
113 Strandtown Drive, Sydenham, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT4 1NB |
| Telephone |
028 9065 8328 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Befriending, Family Therapy, Advice / Information /
Advocacy; Holidays / Respite. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
A group first set up in response to the
'La Mon House Restaurant'
bombing. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £26,5001 |
| Name |
Omagh Community Trauma and Recovery Team |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
[No Longer in Operation] 2001 |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
The Bridge Centre, 5A Holmview Avenue, Omagh, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. BT79 0AQ |
| Telephone |
028 8225 2599 |
| Fax |
028 8224 5569 |
| Email |
trauma@westcare.n-i.nhs.uk |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Training; Advice / Information / Advocacy; Counselling;
Family Therapy; Group, Art and Play Therapies; Cognitive Therapies;
Psychotherapies. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Omagh Support and Self Help Group |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
53 Market Street, Omagh, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. BT78 1EL |
| Telephone |
028 8225 9877 |
| Fax |
028 8225 9877 |
| Email |
osshg@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
http://www.omaghbomb.co.uk/ [new site launched in January 2006] |
| Work |
Befriending; Training; Advice / Information; Advocacy; Complementary Therapies; Holidays / Respite; Support. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
"Our mission is to promote, advocate, and address where possible, the needs of
victims of the conflict in Ireland in order to achieve health, peace of mind,
security and the foundations for personal growth. We are committed to addressing
the real and practical needs of those bereaved and injured as a result of
terrorist activity, and ensuring that victims are afforded the respect and
consideration they deserve." [http://www.omaghbomb.co.uk/index.html] |
| Funding |
EU; Uk Gov: £217,7471 |
| Name |
Rainbow's End Project |
| Began |
1994 |
| Status |
[No Longer in Operation] 2004 |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
67a Ballinran Road, Kilkeel, County Down. Northern Ireland. BT34 4JA |
| Telephone |
028 4176 5452 |
| Fax |
028 9022 0101 |
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Support; Befriending programmes; Activities. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Families of the Disappeared |
| Began |
1996 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Margaret McKinney |
| Address |
c/o WAVE, 5 Chichester Park South, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT15 5DW |
| Telephone |
028 9077 9922 |
| Fax |
028 9078 1165 |
| Email |
admin@wavebelfast.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.wavetraumacentre.org.uk/ |
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
Campaign for information on the location and return of the bodies of the disapeared to their families for proper burial. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
South East Fermanagh Foundation |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Manderwood Park, Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. BT92 0FS |
| Telephone |
028 6772 3884 |
| Fax |
02867723884 |
| Email |
seff.ni@btconnect.com |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Therapeutic; Welfare Advice; Education; Personal Development |
| Publications |
|
| About |
The group exists to support, assist and advise people who have been victims of paramilitary terrorism. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Sub-Committee for Victims / Survivors on Behalf of South Tyrone Area Partnership |
| Began |
|
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Pauline Rice |
| Address |
Peace Factory, Sunnysides House, 32a Coalisland Road, Dungannon, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland.
BT71 6LA |
| Telephone |
028 8775 0009 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
Pauline.rice@dungannon.gov.uk |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Support; Training; Education |
| Publications |
|
| About |
The Sub-committee aims to support individuals and
groups address the legacy of the Troubles by means of flexible and
individually tailored programmes. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Tara Counselling and Personal Development Centre |
| Began |
1996 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
11 Holmview Terrace, Omagh, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. BT79 0AH |
| Telephone |
028 8225 0024 |
| Fax |
028 8225 0023 |
| Email |
info@taraomagh.com |
| Web site |
http://www.taraomagh.com/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Social and Welfare Advice; Respite; Events. |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Counselling and support programmes for victims of violence in Omagh |
| Funding |
See: http://www.taraomagh.com/funders.htm. UK Gov: £923,5971 |
| Name |
The Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Foundation for Peace |
| Began |
1995 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Jo Dover |
| Address |
The Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Young Peoples Centre, Peace Drive, Warrington, England. WA5 1HQ |
| Telephone |
019 2558 1231 |
| Fax |
019 2558 1233 |
| Email |
info@childrenforpeace.org |
| Web site |
http://www.foundation4peace.org/ |
| Work |
Training; Advice / Information / Advocacy; Residential &
Short course Programmes on conflict avoidance/resolution, peace and
reconciliation; storytelling. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography.
'Legacy Report' |
| About |
Charity which provided educational programmes.to enhance conflict resolution |
| Funding |
Reg charity. |
| Name |
Towards Understanding and Healing |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
c/o The Junction, 8 Bishop Street Within, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT48 6PW |
| Telephone |
028 7136 1942 |
| Fax |
028 7126 4641 |
| Email |
mhetherington@thejunction-ni.org |
| Web site |
http://www.thejunction-ni.org/towardsunderstandingandhealing.htm |
| Work |
Storytelling; out-reach |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography.
'Story-telling Process' |
| About |
'An organisation that recognizes individual experience in the context of the
larger story of conflict in Northern Ireland'. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £5,5001 |
| Name |
Trauma Recovery Network (TRN) (NICVA) |
| Began |
2004 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Paula Beattie |
| Address |
61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT15 2GB |
| Telephone |
028 9087 5016 / 028 9087 5012 |
| Fax |
028 9087 5017 |
| Email |
info@traumanetwork.org |
| Web site |
http://www.traumanetwork.org/ |
| Work |
|
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography.
'Dealing with the Past'; 'Bringing Healing to Victims and Survivors'. |
| About |
A regional network offering cross sector adviocacy and support to groups working
with victims and survivors of the conflict and those working to address the
impact of trauma |
| Funding |
UK Gov:£1,2351 |
| Name |
Victims / Survivors Rural Network |
| Began |
|
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Jeff Barr / David Davis |
| Address |
The Koram Centre, 3 Mourne Villas, Lower Main Street, Strabane, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. |
| Telephone |
028 7188 6181 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
The network aims to provide a forum for groups in rural areas to represent a common view to policy makers and funders. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
WAVE Trauma Centre |
| Began |
1991 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Sandra Peake |
| Address |
5 Chichester Park South, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT15 5DW [and other locations] |
| Telephone |
028 9077 9922 |
| Fax |
028 9078 1165 |
| Email |
admin@wavebelfast.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.wavetraumacentre.org.uk/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Counselling; Youth Work; Training; Advice /
Information / Advocacy; Complementary Therapies; Holidays / Respite;
Support; Recording Stories / storytelling; Peer Group Support. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography.
Annual Report 1995/96, 1996/97, WAVE Leaflets and Booklets, Monthly WAVE Newsletter circulated to all members. |
| About |
Voluntary organisation was formed in 1991 to support people bereaved of a spouse as a result of violence in Northern Ireland. |
| Funding |
see: http://www.wavetraumacentre.org.uk/about/funders.php. £5,399,5691 |
| Name |
The Wider Circle |
| Began |
1998 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Martina Mullin-O'Hare |
| Address |
76-78 Hamill Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT12 4AA |
| Telephone |
028 9024 5595 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@widercircle.org |
| Web site |
http://www.widercircle.org/ |
| Work |
To deliver developmental group based, structured, therapeutic educational programmes that deal with the centrality of trauma; storytelling. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
To deliver developmental group based, structured, therapeutic educational programmes that deal with the centrality of trauma accessible to and targeting individuals from communities most affected by the impact of trauma. |
| Funding |
NIVT; reg. charity. UK Gov: £265,5271 |
'Parallel' Providers
Organisations which do not provide support exclusively to victims |
| Name |
123 House |
| Began |
|
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
123 Cliftonville Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT14 6JR
|
| Telephone |
028 9074 7301 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
youth-123@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
The project provides early years day care, after schools / youth group,
Easter and summer schemes, outreach and family support and adult
education |
| Publications |
|
| About |
. |
| Funding |
£158,746 ?? |
| Name |
The Aisling Centre |
| Began |
1981 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Carmel Rooney |
| Address |
37 Darling Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland. BT74 7DP |
| Telephone |
028 6632 5811 |
| Fax |
028 6632 5184 |
| Email |
aisling@btopenworld.com |
| Web site |
http://www.aislingcentre.com/ |
| Work |
Support, counselling, advice, and information to people suffering bereavement, stress, alienation, or abuse. |
| Publications |
Flyer |
| About |
To provide counselling and advocacy on a range of issues |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £225,9821 |
| Name |
Alanna Consultancy |
| Began |
|
| Status |
|
| Contact |
|
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
Therapy training personal development and change |
| Funding |
UK Govt: £1,7901 |
| Name |
Breaking the Silence |
| Began |
|
| Status |
|
| Contact |
|
| Address |
|
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £4,9981 |
| Name |
The Bridge of Hope |
| Began |
2001 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2012] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Duncairn Gardens, 164 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast. BT15 2GN |
| Telephone |
028 9074 6737 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
http://www.thebridgeofhope.org/ |
| Work |
"Complementary therapies, legacy and conflict analysis, as well as accredited training and personal development courses geared at managing and reducing stress, learning how to relax and ways in which to boost confidence levels." (from Web site) |
| Publications |
|
| About |
"Bridge of Hope is a community based victims and survivors service that works with individuals, families and communities affected by the political conflict in North Belfast and beyond." (from Web site) |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Care In Crisis |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Stephen Coulter |
| Address |
39 Union Street, Lurgan, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. BT66 8DY |
| Telephone |
028 3832 9900 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
office@careincrisis.org.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.careincrisis.org.uk/ |
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
Counselling service (not exclusively victims of the troubles) |
| Name |
Community Action for Locally Managed Stress (Calms) |
| Began |
1994 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
3rd Floor, 44-46 Waterloo Street, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT48 6HF |
| Telephone |
028 7126 8698 |
| Fax |
028 7127 1717 |
| Email |
info@calms.totalserve.co.uk |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Befriending; Training; Advice; Information; Advocacy; Complementary Therapies; Work with perpetrators and victims of violence. |
| Publications |
Community Action for Locally Managing Stress (CALMS). (2002). Annual General Meeting. Derry: CALMS. |
| About |
Community based stress management centre |
| Funding |
EU; UK Govt: £878,5201 |
| Name |
Centre for Creative Energy |
| Began |
1994 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Francesca |
| Address |
46b Racecourse Road, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT48 8DS |
| Telephone |
028 7135 0407 |
| Fax |
028 7135 0419 |
| Email |
centreofcreaiveenergy@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
http://www.creativeenergy.org.uk/index.htm |
| Work |
psychotherapy/counselling; reflexology; Tai Chi. |
| Publications |
Flyer |
| About |
To provide counselling. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £11,5201 |
| Name |
Combat Stress [British Ex-services Mental Welfare Society] |
| Began |
1919 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Tyrwhitt House, Oaklawn Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, England. KT22 0BX |
| Telephone |
01372 841600 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
contactus@combatstress.org.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.combatstress.org.uk/ |
| Work |
Home visists; Welfare; Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy |
| Publications |
Newsletter |
| About |
To provide 'rehabilitative treatement which aims to help the victim cope with his or her disabilities and to enjoy a
better quality of life'. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £6,5001 |
| Name |
Contact Youth Counselling Service |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Norma Patterson |
| Address |
Ravenhill Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT6 8DR |
| Telephone |
028 9045 7848 |
| Fax |
028 9045 5656 |
| Email |
info@contactyouth.org |
| Web site |
http://www.contactyouth.org/ |
| Work |
Counselling; workshops; help-line |
| About |
Confidential counselling service for people aged 11-25. |
| Publications |
|
| Name |
Corpus Christi Services |
| Began |
1988 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
2b Springhill Drive, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT12 7SH |
| Telephone |
028 9024 0653 |
| Fax |
028 9023 5236 |
| Email |
joe@corpuschristiservices.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.corpuschristiservices.co.uk/home.htm |
| Work |
Counselling, community care; training and employment |
| Publications |
'Mental Health Report' |
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £566,4391 |
| About |
Counselling and group work for victims in West Belfast |
| Name |
Corrymeela Community |
| Began |
1965 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
David Stevens |
| Address |
Corrymeela House, 8 Upper Crescent, Belfast. Northern Ireland. |
| Telephone |
028 9050 8080 |
| Fax |
028 9050 8070 |
| Email |
belfast@corrymeela.org |
| Web site |
http://www.corrymeela.org/ |
| Work |
Counselling; support group; cross-community relations |
| Publications |
Corrymela News |
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £7,5001 |
| Name |
Crossfire Trust |
| Began |
1984 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Ian Bothwell |
| Address |
Darkley House, 95 Darkley Road, Keady, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. BT60 3AY |
| Telephone |
028 3753 1636 |
| Fax |
028 3753 8817 |
| Email |
admin@crossfiretrust.net |
| Web site |
http://www.crossfiretrust.net/ |
| Work |
Visitation, family support; summer schemes; youth work |
| Publications |
Newsletter |
| About |
'A registered charity which cares for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs
of the people, primarily in South Armagh, Northern Ireland'. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £17,2141 |
| Name |
Cruse Bereavement Care |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
UK Wide |
| Telephone |
028 9023 2695 (Belfast office) |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
helpline@cruse.org.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk/index.html |
| Work |
Counselling; holidays; information |
| Publications |
Bereavement Care Journal |
| About |
Regional training of support volunteers to provide counselling throughout Northern Ireland |
| Funding |
UK Gov fund various branches: £35,000; £74,915; £37,587; £2,5001 |
| Name |
Koram Centre |
| Began |
1995 |
| Status |
In opertation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Jeff Barr |
| Address |
3 Mourne Villas, Lower Main Street, Strabane, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. BT82 8BG |
| Telephone |
028 7188 6181 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@koramcentre.com |
| Web site |
http://www.koramcentre.com/home/ |
| Work |
counselling; therapy; listening ear |
| Publications |
Hall, Michael. (ed.) (2004). A Safe Place: An exploration of the work of the Koram Centre, Strabane, (Island Pamphlets No.60). Newtownabbey: Island Publications. |
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £254,9381 |
| Name |
Lenadoon Community Counselling Project |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Michael Doherty/Patricia McQuillan |
| Address |
Glen Community Project, 41a Suffolk Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT11 9PE |
| Telephone |
028 9058 5544 / 9060 0641 |
| Fax |
028 9061 5319 |
| Email |
patriciamcquillan@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Support groups; Counselling; Training Courses; Seminars |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
£300,238 ?? |
| Name |
The Maranatha Community |
| Began |
1981 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
UK Office, 102 Irlam Road, Flixton, Manchester, England. M41 6JT |
| Telephone |
0161 748 4858 |
| Fax |
0161 747 7379 |
| Email |
Office@maranathacommunity.freeserve.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.maranathacommunity.org.uk/ |
| Work |
Befriending; Counselling; Family Therapy; Training; Advice /
Information / Advocacy; Help to those expelled from Northern Ireland. |
| Publications |
'The Maranatha Vision'; 'Battle Cry: Where Do You Stand'; 'Newsletter'. |
| About |
Training for groups to become befrienders to vulnerable people, individual counselling and research. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
New Life Counselling Service |
| Began |
1993 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Claire Rogan |
| Address |
Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
| Telephone |
028 9039 1630 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
newlifeservice@btconnect.com [email currently not working] |
| Web site |
http://www.youthcounsellingbelfast.com/ (youth counselling service) |
| Work |
Child, adult, family therapy |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £464,6791 |
| Name |
North-West Community Network |
| Began |
1994 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
23 Bishop Street, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT48 6PR |
| Telephone |
(028) 7127 9090 |
| Fax |
(028) 7127 9357 |
| Email |
info@nwcn.org |
| Web site |
http://www.nwcn.org/index.html/ |
| Work |
Provides an alliance of 190 organisations |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Northern Ireland Group for Art Therapy |
| Began |
1976 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
c/o Centre for Psychotherapy, Shimna House, Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT8 8BH |
| Telephone |
|
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@nigat.org |
| Web site |
http://www.nigat.org/index.php |
| Work |
art as therapy; art psychotherapy; research; training |
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust |
| Began |
1990 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Unit 4, McKibbin House, East Bank Road, Carryduff, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT8 8BD |
| Telephone |
028 90814417 |
| Fax |
028 9081459 |
| Email |
info@nimtt.org |
| Web site |
http://www.nimtt.org/ |
| Work |
Music therapy; Educational Programmes |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Music therapy for children traumatised by the conflict |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £94,9691 |
| Name |
Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation |
| Began |
1978 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
29 University Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT7 1HP |
| Telephone |
028 9024 9041 |
| Fax |
028 9023 9296 |
| Email |
niwaf@dnet.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.niwaf.org/ |
| Work |
Refuge, aftercare, outreach, training, support and advice for
women and children who are experiencing or have experienced domestic
violence. |
| Publications |
Newsletters; Annual Report; Poetry |
| About |
To create a safe and supportive society for women, children and young people affected by domestic violence. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
NOVA (Bernardo's) |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
10 Bridge Street, Banbridge, County Down. Northern Ireland. BT32 4AA |
| Telephone |
028 4062 8758 |
| Fax |
028 4062 5118 |
| Email |
ni.nova@barnardos.org.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/nova.htm |
| Work |
Counselling; Training; Advice / Information / Advocacy;
Family Therapy; Support & Group work for Community & Local
Groups. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
Support for groups in the mid-Ulster area working with victims. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £584,1751 |
| Name |
Omagh Women's Area Network |
| Began |
1997 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
2nd Floor, Community House, 2 Drumragh Avenue,
Omagh. Northern Ireland. BT78 1DP |
| Telephone |
028 8224 0990 |
| Fax |
028 8224 0496 |
| Email |
owan@btinternet.com |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
The Pat Finucane Centre |
| Began |
1993 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
1 West End Park, Derry City. Northern Ireland. BT48 9JF |
| Telephone |
028 7126 8846 |
| Fax |
028 7126 6453 |
| Email |
info@patfinucanecentre.org |
| Web site |
http://www.serve.com/pfc/ |
| Work |
Human Rights Advocacy; commemoration; storytelling. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
The Pat Finucane Centre's Mission statement
"The PFC is a non-party political, anti-sectarian human rights group advocating a non-violent resolution of the conflict on the island of Ireland. We believe that all participants to the conflict have violated human rights. The PFC asserts that the failure by the State to uphold Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law”, is the single most important explanation for the initiation and perpetuation of violent conflict. It is therefore implicit to conflict resolution that Article 7 be implemented in full. The PFC campaigns towards that goal." |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £21,1181 |
| Name |
PCN (Psychotherapy and Counselling Network) |
| Began |
1993 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
39 Malone Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT9 6RX |
| Telephone |
028 9066 5570 |
| Fax |
028 9066 5570 |
| Email |
admin@cpcab.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.cpcab.co.uk/ |
| Work |
Counsel and train marginalized people who have undergone trauma |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Provide training to counsellors |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Peace and Reconciliation Group |
| Began |
1976 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
18/20 Bishop Street, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT48 6PW |
| Telephone |
028 7136 9206 |
| Fax |
028 7137 7009 |
| Email |
info@peaceprg.co.uk |
| Web site |
http://www.peaceprg.co.uk/ |
| Work |
Education; mediation; counselling; |
| Publications |
Peace and Reconciliation Group. (1999). Foyle Directory of Community Groups and Associations. Derry: Peace and Reconciliation Group. |
| About |
|
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust |
| Began |
1999 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Maryfield Complex, 100 Belfast Road, Holywood. Northern Ireland. BT18 9QY |
| Telephone |
028 9042 7788 |
| Fax |
028 9042 3566 |
| Email |
info@prrt.org |
| Web site |
http://www.prrt.org/index.asp |
| Work |
Personal development guidance; psychological therapies; training |
| Publications |
Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust. (2008). ‘Newsletter’. Belfast: Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust. |
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £20,0001 |
| Name |
South Tyrone Empowerment Programme |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Unit T7, 2 Coalisland Rd, Dungannon, County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. BT71 6JT |
| Telephone |
028 8772 9002 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
info@stepni.org |
| Web site |
http://www.stepni.org/ |
| Work |
Mentoring; Communtiy Development; Advice |
| Publications |
Annual Report |
| About |
Provides community dvelopment and training services to individuals in Tyrone. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £15,7401; also, see: http://www.stepni.org/ |
| Name |
Stepping Stone Craigavon |
| Began |
1990 |
| Status |
In operation [2007]; Ceased Operation [2009?] |
| Contact |
Emer de Baroid |
| Address |
333 Westacres, Craigavon, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. BT65 5BD |
| Telephone |
028 3834 3287 |
| Fax |
|
| Email |
|
| Web site |
|
| Work |
Counselling, support and self-help groups, complementary therapy |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Supporting victims of trauma in Brownlow and addressing local mental health needs |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £55,0001 |
| Name |
Streetbeat Youth Project |
| Began |
|
| Status |
[last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
Sara Jane Waithe |
| Address |
193 West Circular Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT13 3QF |
| Telephone |
028 9072 1700 |
| Fax |
028 9071 8245
|
| Email |
streetbyp@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
|
| Work |
|
| Publications |
|
| About |
|
| Funding |
UK Gov: £215,5321 |
| Name |
Threshold |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
McBrien House, 432 Antrim Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT15 5GB |
| Telephone |
028 9087 1312 / 1313 / 1414 |
| Fax |
028 9087 1188 |
| Email |
info@thresholdservices.com |
| Web site |
http://www.thresholdservices.com/ |
| Work |
Residential; Psychotherapy; Training |
| Publications |
|
| About |
Mental health agency providing services to people of all ages. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Top of the Hill 2010 |
| Began |
1994 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
122 Old Strabane Road, Gobnascale, Waterside, Derry. Northern Ireland. BT47 2EH |
| Telephone |
028 7134 5200 |
| Fax |
028 7134 9333 |
| Email |
www.toth2010@hotmail.com |
| Web site |
http://www.toth2010.org/ |
| Work |
[ref in Communiy Healing as Victims' group; no mention of this on website] |
| Publications |
[none] |
| About |
Community redevelopment project |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Ulster Quaker Service Committee |
| Began |
1969 |
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
541 Lisburn Road, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT9 7GQ |
| Telephone |
028 9020 1444 |
| Fax |
028 9020 1881 |
| Email |
info@ulsterquakerservice.com |
| Web site |
http://www.ulsterquakerservice.com/ |
| Work |
assist displaced families; recreational activities; counselling; social skills training |
| Publications |
Newsletter |
| About |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| Funding |
|
| Name |
Victim Support Northern Ireland |
| Began |
|
| Status |
In operation [last checked 2009] |
| Contact |
|
| Address |
Annsgate House, 70/74 Ann Street, Belfast. Northern Ireland. BT1 4EH |
| Telephone |
028 9024 4039 |
| Fax |
028 9031 3838 |
| Email |
vsni@btinternet.com |
| Web site |
http://www.victimsupport.org.uk/vs_ni/vs_ni_home.html |
| Work |
Befriending; Information; Practical Help; Referral to other Agencies. |
| Publications |
Publications listed in the CAIN bibliography. |
| About |
Training programme for volunteers to deak with victims of violence. |
| Funding |
UK Gov: £52,0001 |
A number of sources were used in the compilation of the above
list all of which are in the public domain. The prominent sources were the agencies repsonsible for either
funding or for evlaluating groups. These sources include: The
Community Relations Council List (2007); Hansard (2007); the CLIO
Evalaution Consortium (2002). Problematically, the information for some
of the groups is, at present, sketchy and incomplete. Although some
groups receive statutory funding, they do not appear to have a contact
address. This may be due to the groups wishing to remain anonymous.
Also, some of the names for the groups differ depending on the various
sources. In these cases we include all the names until provenance is
confirmed. We have tried to include some information about the purpose
and work of these groups. Where possible, we have referred to the
groups' own literature for description. The figure for UK government
funding derives from Hansard; however, this source does not clarify
which specific statutory agencies allocate the funding. If a groups'
website specifies their funders, we provide a link to that page. Some
groups are UK and/or Ireland wide and therefore may have multiple
branches. In this case we have only referenced one branch, whether it
is the main headquarters or their branch in Northern Ireland.
1. The figures for UK government funding were taken from a written answer in the House of Lords Daily Hansard for 16 April 2007. The figures show the amounts allocated to organisations involved in providing funding for victims between 10 April 1998 and 31 March 2007. (These figures do not include other sources of funding, such as the District Council Community Relations Programme or EU funding, which victims' groups are eligible to apply for.)
Source:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070416/text/70416w0046.htm
PDF version of the source web page [PDF; 290KB]
See also:
There are also figures for the period 10 April 1998 to 31 March 2005.
Source:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldhansrd/vo051110/text/51110w05.htm
PDF version of the source web page [PDF; 177KB]
Responses to letters (2006 and 2007) and phonecalls (2007-2008);
Various web sites;
Victims Liaison Unit Newsletter, Issue No. 3, May 2000 {external_link};
Community Relations Council;
Hansard;
CLIO;
Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust; and
Community Healing: Community Development Approaches to Political Trauma in Northern Ireland (2001)
Web Page Information
http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/victims/groups/victimsgroups.html
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| Compiled by : |
Dr John Nagle and Dr Martin Melaugh |
| Date of first draft: |
29 Aug 2007 |
| Dates of modifications: |
24 Jul 2008; 16 Jun 2009; 24 Nov 2009; 26 Jul 2010 |
| Edited: |
Dr Martin Melaugh |
| PDF version: |
victimsgroups_2023-05.pdf [PDF; 462KB] |
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