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The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
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Resolution NW

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £68.6K

  • Spending

    £74.5K

Charity no. 108437 Date registered. 07/04/2022

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include improved personal and organisational capacity; Improved and increased understanding of single identity culture; Increased appreciation of diversity and respect for other traditions; Improved capacity for positive inter-community; inter-cultural engagement; cooperative relationships and

sharing of space within and across communities; Improved and increased civic competences; sense of belonging and interest in civic engagement; Improved social capital through increased social networks. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from surveys completed by service users; through evaluations completed by participants at activities or events; from mediation case records; through verbal feedback from participants; from independent feedback from our funders. There is no harm anticipated from this purpose. The organisations beneficiaries are those living in the wider Waterside area of Londonderry, Loyalist communities throughout Northern Ireland and the participants of cross border activities delivered in partnership with our organisation. A private benefit to Trustees may arise from our on going programme of training. Through this they will gain new skills and experience which are transferable to other settings.

What your organisation does

The organisation is working towards the up-skilling and empowerment of Loyalist communities through workshops, training and educational programmes including: single-identity training; PUL & CNR culture; history; power analysis; capacity building; mediation; peace building; and intergenerational work. The organisation provides a range of activities

within the community to challenge paramilitary control, offer mediation and negotiation when necessary, explore critical aspects of culture and identity and build greater community integration and inclusivity. Resolution NW has a track record of making sensitive community interventions to challenge paramilitary control and using mediation techniques to resolve critical issues. The organisation also creates volunteering and cross community opportunities and increases opportunities for people to engage more positively with their own community structures.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Adult training
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • General public
  • Homelessness
  • Interface communities
  • Learning disabilities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Tenants
  • Travellers
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Victim support
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • Criminal justice
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Disability
  • Education/training
  • Environment/sustainable development/conservation
  • General charitable purposes
  • Human rights/equality
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

To recruit individuals from the target groups/communities to participate in training and educational programmes organised by Resolution North West. To resource sustainable activity programmes. To network widely with community organisations and service providers to build new relationships and new opportunities. Build cohesion with the Waterside area through the fair resolution of disputes within Restorative Practice guidelines. To promote inclusive expressions of culture and greater understanding of identity.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 7 Trustees
  • 2 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Don Mcclay, 55 Lincoln Court, Londonderry, BT47 5NT

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Don Herbert Mcclay
Mr David Ramsey
Mr Chris Smyth
Mr Kyle Thompson
Mr Adam Taylor
Ms Esther Magee
Mr Robin Young

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