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This charity was removed from the register on 22 Aug 2018
Public benefits
Our primary purpose is the saving of lives and advances of public health. We also contribute to the relief of those in ill health and the disadvantaged. We directly benefit the public through our crisis intervention suicide prevention programme. We directly save people's lives and offer those in distress a listening ear. We indirectly help the
families of those we directly help by preventing their loved one from completing suicide. We provide a wider benefit to the community by making our city a safer place, reducing the suicide figures and therefore making our City a more pleasant and attractive place. These benefits are measured by our statistics, showing the amount of lives we save and the amount of people we help. We help all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, religion, race or status. Our organisation does not create any harm at all and we do not charge for our service. We provide in excess of 20 educational talks per year about our suicide prevention work and water safety to schools, workplaces and community groups. We provide these educational talks at our base and also at groups own premises. Our Educational presentations are adapted accordingly to the audience and we feel that this prevention area of our work is invaluable in making both young and older people aware of the issues of suicide within our city and how to stay safe along waterways. There is no actual or potential private benefit to people connected with organisation.
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Foyle Search and Rescue is a volunteer run suicide prevention charity who operate in the North West of Ireland. Our aim is to reduce the number of people who die through drowning in the River Foyle - one of the coldest and fastest flowing rivers in Europe. -We patrol the River at identified peak times of need in jeeps, boats and on foot. Our teams
of volunteers provide a listening ear to those who are distressed and actively rescue people from the railings surrounding the river, the 3 bridges and directly from the water. -We have an Emergency Response Pager Team, made up of 8 dedicated volunteers who are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for incidents and emergencies outside of patrol times. -We train local people to become volunteers to carry out the above work and engage with suicidal people and their families. -We promote water safety to local schools and community groups. -We provide support to families who have lost a loved one by maintaining close contact throughout searches, offering the families a listening ear and by facilitating the North West Bereaved by Suicide Support Group.
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- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Mental health
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Search and rescue
- Volunteer development
Charitable purposes
The project is established to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the district of the County and City of Londonderry and it's environs (hereinafter described as "the area of benefit") without distinction of age, sex, race, political, religious or other opinion, by associating the statutory authorities. voluntary organizations and inhabitants in a common effort to: To promote the preservation of life in and around the River Foyle Advance education on their work.