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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£36.0K
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Spending
£58.1K
Public benefits
Purpose: To improve the education of people in Ireland to have a better knowledge and understanding of their different cultures, traditions, and beliefs and of the political social and economic developments in Ireland. Public Benefit Statement The Directors of the Board of Gaslight Media Trust believe they satisfy both the Public and Benefit
elements of the requirement. The direct benefits which flow from their purpose includes the improvement of knowledge and understanding of different cultures, traditions, beliefs and political social and economic developments within the island of Ireland. These benefits are demonstrated through the development and delivery of multimedia workshop education programmes to organisations and institutions across the north of Ireland and in the border counties; and also through baseline questionnaires and participant assessment forms which we keep on file. These programmes give people both an overview of, and an insight into, the underlying causes of the conflict in and about ‘Northern Ireland’ and enable them to play an active role in peace building and so help to foster a culture of Justice and Human Rights for all. The charity’s beneficiaries are community organisations and educational institutions across the north of Ireland and in the border counties. A private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training in good governance, finance etc. Through this training the Board of Directors of Gaslight Media Trust gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary because of good governance practices required to manage the organisation.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Between 2003 and 2006 Gaslight Media Trust developed a multimedia Workshop Education Programme called Epilogues, which explores the underlying causes of the conflict in and about ‘Northern Ireland’. Since that time and continuing today the programme is delivered to adults in educational institutions and community based organisations. Its
overall aim is to give citizens both an overview of, and an insight into, the underlying causes of the conflict, better equipping them to play an active role in peace building and so helping to foster a culture of Justice and Human Rights for all. The project has seven objectives within the Open College Network national system of accreditation. These are: 1. To promote an understanding of participative democracy to better able victims and survivors to deal with the past in their own terms 2. To develop a sense of active citizenship based on human rights and justice for all 3. To underscore the view of democracy as a conflict resolving process 4. To build awareness and understanding of the differences within and between the various perspectives that have been in conflict 5. To underscore the contested nature of History and its role in shaping perception 6. To explore the circumstances that fractured civil society to the point where citizens adopted a ‘war’ as opposed to a ‘peace’ orientation to resolving conflict 7. To manage and facilitate collective processes that enable public acknowledgment in the furtherance of broadening and deepening societal understanding of conflict and transforming fractured relationships Drawing on the experience of their programme Epilogues, Gaslight Media Trust have, since 2012, been in the process of developing a new multimedia workshop based education programme called JustUs. The estimated completion date for the development of the programme will be late 2015. This programme, JustUs, is a workshop based citizenship educational programme designed for young people, aged 14 to 18.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Ethnic minorities
- Interface communities
- Sexual orientation
- Voluntary and community sector
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
- Research/evaluation
- Youth development
