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North Belfast Alternatives

  • Status

    Received: 3 days late

  • Income

    £15.1K

  • Spending

    £36.8K

Charity no. 103370 Date registered. 03/08/2015

Public benefits

The organisations charitable purposes are to promote for the public benefit and for the better preservation of public order, the provision of services directed to mediation, arbitration, conciliation or reparation in disputes and conflicts between persons, organisations or groups arising from criminal activity or interpersonal conflict. The direct

benefit that flows from this purpose is the promotion of peaceful, non-violent and innovative approaches to the issue of criminal justice in the community through restorative practice. Benefits can be demonstrated by: - The benefit can be demonstrated by increased number of victims feeling safer within their community. - Increased engagement between the local community and the statutory justice sector. - Reduced numbers of young people involved in anti-social behaviour and low level crime. - More local people involved in making their communities safer through volunteering. - Increased numbers of local people prepared to engage in mediation and other non-violent ways of resolving local disputes. - There are no private benefits arising from the work of North Belfast Alternatives - No potential harm arising from its objects.

What your organisation does

North Belfast Alternatives is a local community safety and restorative that aims to promote and develop non-violent community responses to issues of low-level crime and anti-social behaviour and community conflict. It will achieve this by addressing four inter-related problems: the failure of the formal justice system, the breakdown of

relationships between the community and the statutory sector, anti-social behaviour in local communities and punishment beatings and attacks. In practice this means that the agency delivers a wide range of interventions that include intensive youth support, victim support, family support, restorative conferencing, mediation services, detached street work, preventative group work, anti-hate crime initiatives, personal development programmes and other community safety programmes.

The charity’s classifications

  • 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
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • Parents
  • Victim support
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • Criminal justice
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

To promote for the public benefit and for the better preservation of public order, the provision of services directed to mediation, arbitration, conciliation or reparation and disputes and complex between persons, organisations or groups arising from criminal activity or interpersonal contact.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 3 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Joan Totten, 254-256 Ballysillan Road, Belfast, BT14 6RB

Trustee board

Trustee
Lorraine Beard
Moyra Wylie
Mr Tom Winstone

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Belfast City Council