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Status
Received: 3 days late
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Income
£90.8K
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Spending
£82.8K
Public benefits
Our activities are of public benefit as we provide welfare support and financial support to individuals who are suffering loss and who are suffering psychologically and financially. We strive to work with an under-represented group and have developed a range of initiatives which support such affected individuals which leads to increased social
inclusion and increased involvement in the community. We promote and hold activities such as counseling, stress management, etc., to encourage individuals to improve their general health and wellbeing which facilitates victims or survivors to become happier, healthier and more fulfilled citizens. We also operate a befriending service which will encourage individuals who are house-bound, ill and who are isolated to still be active within the community and to remain an integral part of the community. We actively seek to improve the lives of individuals who have been injured or bereaved through no fault of their own. We help to rebuild self worth and self esteem among victims and survivors. Further benefits are that financial and economic deprivation is reduced for the beneficiaries through access to advice services and other interventions. Victims can be empowered through increased education and increased awareness of the active role they can play within mainstream society. This in turn leads to a strong community spirit and the empowerment of the victims/survivors to lead active and healthy lives. A core aspect of the work of the organisation is the furtherance of human rights of the innocent victims and survivors of terrorism and other ‘Trouble related violence’. The organisation pursues opportunities to have issues raised through various strata ensuring that policy is developed in accordance with the needs of those to which it primarily effects promoting more equality and reconciliation and ensuring that a historically marginalised group of victims/survivors are supported in having their rights represented and furthered, thus reducing social inequalities. This also has benefits to the wider community in the furtherance of a more peaceful and more cohesive society. These benefits are demonstrated through obtaining evaluation forms for all activities and also asking some participants to feedback to committee meetings orally on both the positive and negative aspects of any activity so that we can use the feedback to plan future events and ensure they meet the needs of the beneficiaries. There is no harm flowing from our purposes and we mitigate the possibility of harm by ensuring that appropriate signposting takes place to professionally trained counsellors and advisors on specific areas such as welfare to ensure that the advice and guidance received is appropriate and beneficial. The charity’s beneficiaries are primarily ex servicemen, who were affected as a result of terrorism and the troubles in Northern Ireland, and member organisations representing the interests of these individuals but are also the wider public by creating more public awareness of the issues facing such individuals. The only potential private benefit flowing from this purpose is that the trustees can benefit as a beneficiary but would benefit in the same way as any other beneficiary would not get any preferential treatment. This is incidental in furthering the overall purpose and only applicable if they fall within the class of beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
SETWS promotes and empowers victims affected as a result of terrorism. SETWS provides help in order to build capacity, support and friendship in meeting their individuals and organisation’s aims. SETWS are voluntary and promote the passage of important information throughout the member groups on issues such as opportunities, benefits, training
and will look to provide events and activities in the interests of the member groups. We further seek to identify the needs of the local area and where possible respond with positive action to address these needs. We provides social welfare services and the provision of welfare rights advice and information and refer to those in need of professional assistance to the relevant agencies; Promote and carry out, or assist in promoting and carrying out research, surveys and investigations and publish the useful results thereof; Organise or assist in organising meetings, lectures, classes and exhibitions, and publish or assist in publishing reports, periodicals, recordings, books or other documents or information; facilitate the recruitment and training of volunteers for member organisations with relevant skills to carry out the objectives of SETWS; Employ, and pay any person or persons, not being a member of the Committee, to supervise, organise and carry out the work of SETWS and make all reasonable and necessary provision for the payment of remuneration to employees; We promote and organise cooperation in the achievements of the above objects and to that end To work in association with local authorities and voluntary organisations engaged in the furtherance of the above objects in the area of benefit; We establish or support any charitable trusts, associations or institutions formed for all or any of the above objects;
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Carers
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Victim support
- Volunteers
- Women
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Cultural
- General charitable purposes
- Grant making
- Human rights/equality
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
