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Foundations for Peace Network

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £0.0K

  • Spending

    £60.3K

Charity no. 102971 Date registered. 16/09/2015

Public benefits

The public benefits which flow from these purposes are: increased learning and sharing of good practice between independent indigenous funders, groups and individuals working in the field of human rights, equality and diversity leading to an improved situation for people experiencing conflict, fear of conflict, or abuse of human rights, in conflict

affected regions of the world; shared knowledge and experience to enhance peacebuilding work for the benefit of communities affected by conflict/fear of conflict; shared good practice and collaborative work on peacebuilding initiatives to benefit those affected by conflict and injustice; new opportunities created for local indigenous funders and communities to work to build peace and reduce conflict through training, research and increasing their access to resources to enable peacebuilding work to be enhanced; improved access to funding and support for peacebuilding work in areas of persistent or potential conflict to enhance the life opportunities of affected people; increased awareness and knowledge of peacebuilding work that can be shared across the globe. The benefits will be evidenced through documenting reports of enhanced access to Human Rights, published research and case studies of progress in affected regions and funds raised to enable peacebuilding work to be undertaken. The purposes of our charity may lead to harm if opposition to the advancement of human rights arises but this will be outweighed by the benefits to member regions and participants who successfully advance rights and equality. Regular risk assessments will be carried out to mitigate potential harm. The charity’s intended beneficiaries are people affected by conflict, communal violence and denial of rights, equality and justice. Is there private benefit? There may be some private benefit to individual project participants in terms of education, training or psycho-social support, or for researchers or consultants commissioned to collect data but this is incidental and necessary to further the purpose.

What your organisation does

The participants work together to promote peacebuilding and equality in regions of conflict by sharing good practice, developing joint peacebuilding initiatives, researching and writing case studies and influencing philanthropic organisations, aid agencies and human rights organisations, academic institutions, and governments to support indigenous

peacebuilding efforts. We raise funds for our work through applications to philanthropic bodies or other peacebuilding initiatives, including international aid departments. We support the work in the various affected regions through sharing knowledge and resources. We organise workshops, conferences, trainings, research, gatherings and produce publications. We network with others working in the field of peacebuilding and human rights to enhance our learning and to influence them to work with indigenous community foundations and groups to build peace and stability.

The charity’s classifications

  • 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

  • Overseas/developing countries
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • General charitable purposes
  • Human rights/equality
  • Research/evaluation

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 (‘Objects’) are to advance equality, diversity and peacebuilding in areas of communal conflict with a history or a potential of violence by: a) promoting solidarity and providing individual and organisational support to enhance knowledge and experience of peacebuilding; b) enabling collaborative work to make a distinctive contribution to the peacebuilding practice; c) building individual and organisational capacity through sharing learning, ideas and experience and creating opportunities for collaboration; d) gathering, analysing and disseminating the collective learning for the public benefit from conflict affected regions across the globe; e) enabling such other charitable purposes for the benefit of peacebuilding and social justice work as the Committee members may from time to time decide.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

FFP
  • 5 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Dawn Shackels, C/O Community Foundation For Northe, Community House, Citylink Business Park, Albert Street, Belfast, BT12 4HQ

Trustee board

Trustee
Ms Ambika Satkunanathan
Avila Kilmurray
Ms Esther Hughes
Mr Christopher Harris
Miss Galina Maksimovic

Areas of operation

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Internationally
  • Bangladesh
  • Georgia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Nepal
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Serbia
  • Sri Lanka