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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£343.5K
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Spending
£338.8K
Public benefits
The beneficiaries are those living in the area of benefit which is the inhabitants of Derry City Council area, the environs of Northern Ireland and throughout Ireland. We provide a direct public benefit to the families we work with across Ireland who are pursuing an effective remedy following human rights abuses through support, advice and
advocating on their behalf when engaging with the state. The benefits that flow from this purpose include a reduction of the questions passed from generation to generation following a violent death and thereby lessen the impact of transgenerational trauma. 2. By promoting education in human rights whether by teaching, producing materials or by conducting or commissioning research (and publishing the results of such research) (Purpose A) we advance the knowledge and understanding of human rights to the “area of benefit”. 3. Through raising public awareness and cultivating sentiment in favour of human rights by use of publications, lectures, human rights awards, the media, public advocacy and other means of communication (Purpose B) we are helping to promote a respectful rights-based society. The public benefit is to the individuals and communities within the “area of benefit”. 4. By promoting the sound administration of domestic human rights law by conducting research in domestic human rights and publishing the same to public (Purpose C ) we benefit the families who are pursuing an effective remedy for human rights abuses, and those who seek to enforce their human rights in the future. This purpose has benefits individuals directly and has a wider benefit to society generally as administration of human rights is improved. 5. By promoting the enforcement of domestic human rights law by the state and its institutions (Purpose D), the public benefit is towards those who have been the victim of human rights abuses across Ireland through the realisation of effective remedies including truth, justice and acknowledgement that the abuse took place. 6. These benefits will be evidenced through feedback from the families we support and through regular independent evaluation of our services.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
- We provide support, advice and advocacy to families who have been bereaved as a result of the conflict in Ireland. - Networking with human rights NGOs and parliamentarians in Ireland and abroad. - Long-term involvement on a wide range of issues surrounding policing and the criminal justice system. Facilitating dialogue between the two
communities in the North through private contacts, workshops and public meetings on potential truth processes etc. - The PFC is involved in a ‘critical engagement’ with the PSNI Legacy Investigations Branch and the Police Ombudsman. We strongly believe that the families who do decide to engage should not do so on their own and without support. The PFC also provides advocacy support to bereaved families engaging with the coronial service north and south of the border. - Conduct research & seek information through state agencies to inform casework and themes of the conflict. - Provide safe environment/location for families to meet with statutory agencies. - We have been involved in the Truth Recovery and Acknowledgement sub-group of the Healing Through Remembering Project, which is a creative initiative aimed at dealing the human rights abuses associated with the conflict. - Part of the Healing Through Remembering Stories Network to develop best practice guidelines in story-gathering -The PFC has been involved in regular round table meetings with other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to discuss models for truth recovery and a mechanism to deal with the past.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
Who the charity helps
- Victim support
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
