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Mediation Northern Ireland

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £157.3K

  • Spending

    £207.8K

Charity no. 100935 Date registered. 05/02/2015

Public benefits

What benefit flows from the purpose? Resolving conflict through mediation results in a less violent society. As individuals work to find their own resolutions through mediation the resolutions achieved are more sustainable. How can the organisation demonstrate this benefit? We can demonstrate our benefit by reporting the number of cases we bring

to peaceful settlement. We can indicate from our case assessments what participants predicted would happen if our interventions did not work. We can calculate the costs of the ‘worst case scenario’ and contrast this with the cost of the intervention to show value for money. Who are the intended beneficiaries? As we work across NI and across all institutions and communities our beneficiaries can be any person who is experiencing conflict. Is there any harm or potential for harm as a result of the purpose being carried out? We work under the do no harm principle and that is why we assess all cases before beginning an mediation process. Unfortunately however, in the exploration of behaviours, feelings, issues and relationship there is always the potential to develop a process that results in unintended hurt. We try to mitigate against this and we work with any hurt that is caused because we also acknowledge the potential for this to occur. Does anyone gain a private benefit as a result of the purpose being carried out? No

What your organisation does

We work with individuals, communities and organisations in the public, private and third sector to support them to deal with difference and to find non violent resolutions to disputes. Our core activities include: 1. Delivery of Mediation and Conflict Counselling 2. Delivery of accredited Mediation Training 3. Mediation supervision and

continuous professional development seminars 4. Building of strategic mediative capacity in organisations and sectors. 5. Providing opportunities for reflective and relational leadership in transitional contexts. Our services are based in Belfast but we work across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and internationally. If you are experiencing a dispute within any of the following areas, you should talk to us about the suitability of mediation. Workplace Neighbourhood Boundary Elderly / Vulnerable Adult Care Inheritance Church Consumer Contract Early intervention is highly recommended in any dispute.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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

  • Adult training
  • Asylum seekers/refugees
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Interface communities
  • Older people

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • Criminal justice
  • Education/training

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

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Charitable purposes

The objects of the Company are: (A) to advance education in Northern Ireland and worldwide (hereinafter called "the area of benefit") by, in particular, promoting: (a) the understanding of conflict and strike between people, groups and communities; (b) awareness, understanding and training in the use of third party interventions in situations of conflict; (c) the use of mediation and encouraging high standards of mediation practice in the area of benefit (B) To promote, for the public benefit and for the better preservation of public order, the provision of services directed to the mediation and conciliation in disputes and conflicts between persons, organisations or groups arising from criminal activity or inter-personal conflict particularly where such disputes or conflicts may lead to violence, the breakdown of public order or the breakdown of marriage and family life.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

MNI
  • 6 Trustees
  • 4 Employees
  • 1 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Robert Colwell, Mediation Northern Ireland, 83 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1HP

Trustee board

Trustee
Ms Anne-Marie Blaney
Mr Nikita Narendra Brijpaul
Professor Colin Murray
Dr Esther Mcguinness
Mrs Nicola Johnston
Mr Julian John Midgley Mcgrath

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
  • In The Uk
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