Overdue: 506 days
Public benefits
It has been established at the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIAI) that large numbers of children were abused and / or neglected at the former children's homes named above; Many of the former residents of these homes have been seriously damaged by their childhood experiences leaving them ill-equipped for life thereafter. As a consequence
many are now living in poverty and hardship. The Rosetta Trust will address poverty and hardship among this population. The recipients of the Trust's aid will benefit by being granted additional resources to meet their needs. These will be predominantly financial needs but the Trust will address other aspects of their poverty by organising occasional social events and by the contact Trustees have with individuals in need. The Trust will keep a record of all the grants it makes: who they were made to and for what purpose. The Trustees will receive feedback from the grantees as to the benefits of the grant. The Trust will produce an annual report which will detail the grants made and summarise the comments of the grantees. The Trust will also record any comments on the benefits or otherwise of its work from professionals or government agencies. Feedback will also be noted in relation to any sociall events that are organised. In the making grants of a financial nature there is the risk of harm. The grantees may not use the grants for the purpose that they have been awarded and may indeed use them in ways that damage themselves or others. The Rosetta Trust is aware of these risks and will seek to guard against this by not making grants in cash except in the direst emergencies and by taking all reasonable measures to ensure that the grants are used for the purposes they are awarded. There is very considerable poverty and hardship among the former residenbts of children's homes and we believe that the benefits of targeted grants to relieve harship for individuals will be considerable. This is particulalry so when the grant is accompanied by contact with a person who, because they have been through some of the same experiences, has a real understanding of the grantee's past. The Trust expects any abuse of the grants to be minimal because of the personal contact which will accompany their awarding and the safeguards detailed above. The former residents of the children's homes listed above. Catholic children's homes in Ireland were organised separately for boys and girls for the greater part of the 20th century. The Rosetta Trust has been established by former residents of two of he boys' childrens homes that served the Belfast region. As a consequence the Trustees have extensive knowledge of former residents of these institutions and the Trust will therefore concentrate on the relief of poverty among this population. They will however consider referrals that are made in relation to the 'sister' girls' home Nazareth House. This approach has been endorsed by officials ar OFMDFM who the Trust is applying to for its central funding. There is no private benefit flowing from the Trust's purposes.
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Our Trust will seek to access funds from resources made available by OFMDFM* to assist the former residents of homes which are the subject of the HIAI. We will also seek funds from other sources sympathetic to the needs of former residents of the said children's homes. We will use these funds to alleviate hardship and poverty among this population,
principally on a case by case basis. We will consider referrals and notifications of hardship and poverty, seek to verify the circumstances of the individuals and make awards accordingly. Decisions as to awards will be made by the Board of Trustees. The Trust may also use the funds available to it to organise social events for those it is committed to help. *Historical Institutional Abuse Grant Scheme for Social Support
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- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Homelessness
- Men
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
How the charity works
- Grant making
- Relief of poverty
- Welfare/benevolent
