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Dr Éamon Phoenix Foundation

Registered

Charity no. 109942 Date registered. 04/09/2024

Public benefits

[What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes?] • By fostering a deeper understanding of the past, particularly the divisive and traumatic history of Northern Ireland it contributes to reconciliation by encouraging dialogue and understanding among communities. • By providing public access to the complete body of work of Dr

Éamon Phoenix it contributes to the preservation of historical knowledge. Making these resources available online ensures accessibility to a wide audience. • By engaging in community-based initiatives related to local history and history education it strengthens community identity and pride. • By granting scholarships and bursaries for the study of history it opens opportunities for individuals to delve into the complexities of the past, fostering a new generation of historians. • By encouraging candid and open dialogues on challenging historical topics it contributes to a more informed public discourse and leads to a more nuanced understanding of historical events and their impact on contemporary issues. • By supporting emerging historians who demonstrate creative use of Dr Éamon Phoenix's legacy it encourages innovation in historical research and interpretation and nurtures talent and diverse perspectives in the field. • By facilitating connections between diverse historical community groups it promotes collaboration and understanding and builds bridges between communities fostering a sense of shared history. • By promoting connections between history, music, drama, art, and literature it celebrates the interplay of these disciplines making history more engaging and accessible to a broader audience. • By advancing the enduring legacy of Dr Éamon Phoenix by promoting history as a philosophy that promotes mutual understanding it contributes to the continuation of his work and ideals. • By seeking funding from the public and institutions that share similar goals it demonstrates a commitment to transparency and inclusivity, ensuring that its initiatives have broad support. [How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated?] Document community dialogues, collaborations, and enhanced historical understanding. Track online historical resources' website analytics. Monitor citation and usage of Dr Éamon Phoenix's work in academic publications. Collect testimonials from local history initiative participants. Document history project impacts on schools, events, and public spaces. Track scholarship recipients' achievements; conduct surveys to gauge impact, using qualitative methods like focus groups. Showcase emerging historians' achievements. Document instances of historical research influence. Maintain records of collaborative projects. Use surveys/interviews to measure collaborative initiative impact on community relations. Share successful interdisciplinary history projects. Measure interdisciplinary initiative success with audience feedback. Regularly assess charity alignment with Dr Éamon Phoenix's principles and impact on mutual understanding. Publish reports on funding, budgets, and expenditures. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes. [Who are the charity's beneficiaries?] The charity's objectives have a wide-reaching impact, benefiting the general public, educational institutions, local communities, emerging historians, artistic communities, philanthropic organisations, media, and government bodies—all of whom play roles in shaping and preserving historical understanding and reconciliation. There are no private benefits flowing from any of the purposes.

What your organisation does

* Ensuring the legacy of Dr Éamon Phoenix by providing public access to his complete body of work online including not only published books and articles but also radio and television interviews, recorded talks, and unpublished papers and materials. • Engaging in community-based initiatives related to local history and history education across all

educational levels involving diverse educational projects and the provision of various scholarship and reward opportunities. • Encouraging candid and open dialogues on challenging historical topics, memories, and anniversaries to be achieved through publications, archives, lectures, and support for emerging historians displaying a demonstrable or potential creative use of Dr Éamon Phoenix's legacy. • Facilitating the establishment of connections between diverse historical community groups to foster collaboration and understanding. • Actively promoting innovative connections between history, music, drama, art, and literature to celebrate and encourage the interplay of these disciplines.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
  • 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

  • General public
  • General public

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Arts
  • Community development
  • Research/evaluation

Charitable purposes

The purposes of the charity (the purposes) are: to benefit the public in Northern Ireland by promoting the study of history as a way of fostering a deeper understanding of the past and thereby promoting reconciliation. to facilitate the study of history through activities such as seminars grants and bursaries to examine how a divisive and traumatic past has shaped and continues to influence relationships among communities and individuals in Ireland and Great Britain. to advance its objects as a way of upholding and advancing the enduring legacy of Dr Éamon Phoenix, who advocated for history as a philosophy that promotes mutual understanding. to fulfil the above objectives by seeking funding from the public and institutions who share our goals. In particular but not exclusively the charity will actively pursue its objects through the following strategies: • Preserving the Éamon Phoenix legacy: Ensuring the legacy of Dr Éamon Phoenix by providing public access to his complete body of work online including not only published books and articles but also radio and television interviews, recorded talks, and unpublished papers and materials. • Community-Based Initiatives: Engaging in community-based initiatives related to local history and history education across all educational levels involving diverse educational projects and the provision of various scholarship and reward opportunities. • Open Dialogues on Historical Topics: Encouraging candid and open dialogues on challenging historical topics, memories, and anniversaries to be achieved through publications, archives, lectures, and support for emerging historians displaying a demonstrable or potential creative use of Dr Éamon Phoenix's legacy. • Bridges Between Historical Community Groups: Facilitating the establishment of connections between diverse historical community groups to foster collaboration and understanding. • Innovative Interdisciplinary Connections: Actively promoting innovative connections between history, music, drama, art, and literature to celebrate and encourage the interplay of these disciplines. Nothing in the articles will authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes, which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable", or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom and/or Republic of Ireland and/or the European Union or elsewhere. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the trust deed of the charity is the law of Northern Ireland.

Governing document

Trust Deed or Declaration of Trust

Other name


  • 11 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Alice Phoenix, 10 Malone Court, Belfast, BT9 6PA

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Alice Mary Phoenix
Miss Nicole Colligan
Mrs Roisin Radcliffe
Ms Muriel Florence Moore
Brian Lambkin
Paul Gerard Shevlin
Patrick Greer
Ms Mary- Alice Phoenix
Deirdre Macbride
Noel Purdy
Mr Jim Mcdermott

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
  • In The Uk