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Northern Ireland Union of Supported Employment

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £51.1K

  • Spending

    £64.2K

Charity no. 103821 Company no. 58440 Date registered. 07/06/2016

Public benefits

NIUSE provides a range of direct services to beneficiaries to promote the relieve of unemployment for people with disabilities and people from other disadvantaged situations (i.e. young people not in education, employment or training, offenders and ex-prisoners etc) through the Supported Employment model across Northern Ireland. The direct

benefit which flows from this purpose includes real employment opportunities, social and economic inclusion, increased independence, increased health and wellbeing, improved quality of life and greater community participation. This benefit is demonstrated through feedback (evaluation tools and focus groups) from beneficiaries and increased number of people accessing and staying in employment. There is no harm from our purpose. The private benefit flowing from our purpose relates to Trustees (Director) whose organisation may benefit from hiring their accessible buildings/venues for delivering training courses or hosting meetings for NIUSE. The private benefit is necessary to achieve the purposes and is therefore incidental.

What your organisation does

NIUSE provides a range of demand led services to beneficiaries (member organisations, mainly community and voluntary organisations) to assist them to deliver employment services to people with disabilities and people from other disadvantaged situations to access and stay in employment. These services include information and advice, training and

staff development, networking and capacity building and promoting quality assurance and good practice in Supported Employment. NIUSE also works with government departments/agencies and key policy makers to develop and influence relevant policies and issues regarding vocational training and employment for people with disabilities and people from disadvantaged situations.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • 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

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • Learning disabilities
  • Physical disabilities
  • Sensory disabilities
  • Travellers
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Disability
  • Economic development
  • Education/training
  • Human rights/equality
  • Relief of poverty

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

The Company is established to promote best practice in Supported Employment for people with disabilities and people from other disadvantaged groups and organisations providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities and people from other disadvantaged groups (hereinafter called the “beneficiaries”) in Northern Ireland (the “area of benefit”) without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, disability/ability, race, political, religious or other opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the beneficiaries and in particular; (a) to promote the model of supported employment to the beneficiaries and other relevant organisations (eg Community/voluntary, statutory, private, trade unions etc) in order to relieve unemployment of people with disabilities and people from other disadvantaged groups; (b) to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities and people from other disadvantaged groups in work or in training; (c) to provide information, advice, support, encouragement and training to organisations which, and to those organisations which potentially could, provide supported employment for people with disabilities and people from other disadvantaged groups; (d) to promote the principles of Supported Employment as set out in Appendix 1 attached to the Articles of Association.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

NIUSE
  • 7 Trustees
  • 2 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Ms Edyth Dunlop, Niuse, Gortfoyle House, 104 - 108 Spencer Road, Waterside, Londonderry, BT47 6AG

Trustee board

Trustee
Kieran Molloy
Liam Burns
Peter Shields
Norman N Sterritt
Tony O'reilly
Karen Smith
Lydia Lynas

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
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