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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£426.7K
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Spending
£445.6K
Public benefits
The Preservation of Life in and around the River Foyle. Death by drowning is minimised; People in crisis are signposted immediately to appropriate services; Body recoveries of missing people who have entered the River; Other agencies are supported to ensure that lifesaving equipment is well maintained; Public awareness of water safety around the
river is improved through delivery of educational programmes and the issues of suicide and attempted suicides are highlighted to the appropriate statutory bodies. Our statics identify how the benefits have been demonstrated. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes. We are a unique Charity in what we do and we are not restricted to helping one group of people – we help everyone who needs us regardless of age, gender, religion, race or background. There are no private benefits flowing from any of the purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Foyle Search and Rescue is a registered, voluntary based charity, operating in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland, but cover search and rescue operations UK and Ireland wide when required. Our volunteers are from the local community and selflessly give up hours of their personal time every week to help those in need. We patrol the river on
Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights, identified peak times of need, from 9.30pm to 3.00am, engaging with people in distress, maintaining lifebelts and saving lives. We have an Emergency Response Pager Team, made up of 15 dedicated volunteers who are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for incidents and emergencies outside of patrol times. This team are paged by the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) to respond to potential suicide attempts and incidents in and around the river. This team also acts as a body recovery team who search for any person missing in the river and recover the body with the greatest dignity. We facilitate the North West Bereaved by Suicide Support Group for families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide and are also involved in education on water safety and suicide awareness within our local community. We are a unique Charity in what we do and we are not restricted to helping one group of people – we help everyone who needs us regardless of age, gender, religion, race or background.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Mental health
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Medical/health/sickness
- Search and rescue
- Volunteer development
