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Status
Received: 4 days late
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Income
£222.8K
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Spending
£223.1K
Public benefits
CRJ Newry / Armagh have been established since 1999 for the rehabilitation of offenders and the relief of victims of crime by using and providing for the use and understanding of the concept of Restorative Justice within Ireland. Restorative Justice is defined as a range of mediation processes involving offenders, victims and the community. The
direct benefits which flow from this purpose include: • Building people’s confidence/self-esteem and their social and personal development therefore empowering them to make better life choices • Building community cohesion • Reduces worry/nervousness/feeling of the lack security • Reduces dependency on drugs/alcohol/prescribed medication • Supports offenders to repair the hurt they have caused and divert them to life changing choices • Reduces the feeling of fear of crime • Reduces crime and anti-social behaviour • Addresses the needs of victims of crime CRJ Newry / Armagh demonstrate its capability through internal and external remits. This is well recorded and evident through: Internally: CRJ Newry / Armagh collect Client Survey/Evaluation Forms CRJ Newry / Armagh collect Client Testimonials CRJ Newry / Armagh write up Case Studies/Interviews CRJ Newry / Armagh produce an Annual Report, Annual Stats Report on Case Work CRJ Newry / Armagh produces an Annual Report and has an AGM each year CRJ Newry / Armagh provides monitoring reports to funders quarterly CRJ Newry / Armagh provide annual stats reports on: Casework, Mediation and Community Support, our work with young people, Social Environment Programme report on Community Safety CRJ Newry / Armagh - PBNI Evaluation – to evaluate our PBNI project and working relationship with other agencies in support of clients. Externally: CRJ Newry / Armagh collect stakeholder testimonials CRJ Newry / Armagh are an accredited organisation – accredited by the Criminal Justice Inspectorate for NI. CRJ Newry / Armagh have won the Department of Justice - Justice in the Community Awards – ‘Rewarding Justice Champions’ – we secured 2013 Award. CRJ Newry / Armagh completed a Stakeholder’s Audit – the response to this showed great support for CRJ Newry / Armagh, the working partnerships within the Statutory, Community and Voluntary world. CRJ Newry / Armagh have the Investors In People standard to 2018, secured through Community Restorative Justice Ireland. This purpose does not lead to harm. Beneficiaires are anyone who can benefit from the services CRJ Newry / Armagh provide. There is no private benefit arising from our purposes - any clients that are related to a member of the CRJ Newry / Armagh committee or a member of staff and require the services of CRJ Newry / Armagh are treated in the same way as any other clients. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to out beneficiaries.
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CRJ Newry / Armagh in its short term objectives feels it is vital that we demonstrate that we have a short and long term vision for the organisation that goes beyond our day to day work. Our Strategies: Education, Research, PSNI Engagement, Housing , Probation & Youth engagements, provides: a safe and confidential community service, available to
all; Brings people together to enable them to resolve issues affecting their quality of life; To achieve a positive outcome for all parties involved; Committed to using restorative principles to help transform communities. Involves mediation, indirection mediation, negotiation and advocacy with/between statutory agencies and communities. Providing community leadership, building relationships and sharing key information on issues of crime. This involves taking risks both personally and professionally on issues such as drug dealing; dissident activity; criminality within communities; punishment attacks etc, being responsible for all strands of the Protocol – passing on cases to PSNI; receiving and referring cases to the PSNI; sharing relevant information to help ensure community safety; delivery of cases; oversight of restorative plans. We are responsible for the development of strategic partnerships with key government departments and statutory agencies to help identify areas where the work of CRJ Newry / Armagh can help deliver on key objectives or influence change to ensure the needs of communities are better served. CRJ Newry / Armagh deliver programmes and outcomes that meet our organisational objectives and community needs. We are routinely involved in promoting the wider principles and practices of restorative justice at a local, national and international level. Promoting the Criminal Justice System and encouraging confidence in the same. We are involved in training internally and externally.
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- 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
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Victim support
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Criminal justice
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
- Rural development
- Volunteer development
