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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 11 Apr 2025
- Charity no. 104104
- Date registered. 03/03/2016
Public benefits
In relation to a) to f) in Purposes above, a) HSO will benefit victims of disaster across Nepal by saving lives, reducing suffering and minimizing adverse consequences. Our disaster response and search and rescue teams specialise in remote mountainous regions, and in doing so will directly benefit these remote communities. b) HSO will benefit
individuals, groups and communities who may require and are entitled to the provision of highly skilled, qualified, well equipped and well-coordinated emergency services. This will also benefit the standards and qualifications of those people who work in the search and rescue industry as trainers or trainees in Nepal and elsewhere, particularly Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. To benefit the victims of disaster, HSO will liaise with all other emergency response agencies and organisations to co-ordinate roles and responsibilities and to maximise efficiency and effectiveness in disaster response situations. HSO will share expertise and provide training with quality assurance and technical programmes. c) HSO will benefit the lifestyles and security of people and communities in neighbouring countries. d) Victims of disaster and associated organisations worldwide will benefit from HSO’s research and input into the international knowledge base for disaster response. e) HSO will benefit those at risk, assist in the prevention of loss of life and promote the preservation of life for the general public in Nepal. f) HSO will benefit people and communities in Nepal as well as those in other places, particularly Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK in their understanding and achievement of sustainable and secure lifestyles. (Please contact the Charity Commission should you wish to view the remainder of this statement).
What your organisation does
Tier One–Disaster Response & Search and Rescue Deployment and insertion of teams including HSO First Responders with specialist technical expertise and resources to scenes of disaster National disasters with the view to developing the capacity for international deployment throughout the greater Himalayas •Disaster Emergency Needs
Assessment •Disaster and Emergency Management •Search and Rescue/ Technical Rescue & Evacuation •First Aid/ Medical Needs (primary / emergency aid) •Emergency Communications •Information Management & Sharing Tier Two-Education, training and continuing professional development For experts, trainees and volunteers on •Disaster Management Cycle -PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS:Contingency Planning, Hazard&Risk Assessments and Early Warning Systems -MITIGATION:Disaster Risk Reduction & Sustainability -RESPONSE:Tier one specialist technical knowledge, skill sets, understanding and competencies •Skills to implement HSO led or supported programmes within their own communities, communities in remote mountainous regions and/ or communities at risk of natural hazards •Other transferrable skills •Fostering, maintaining and developing a network of national and international governmental, NGO’s, groups and agencies •Informing and contributing to the international knowledge base and best practice in disaster response, search and rescue, community based Disaster Risk Reduction and community response to disaster Tier Three–Community based programmes For communities in remote mountainous regions and/or communities at risk of natural hazards, through support programmes for community response to disasters, disaster risk reduction and sustainable processes and practices, to mitigate the impact of natural hazards and make communities resilient (Please contact the Charity Commission should you wish to view the remainder of this statement).
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- 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
- Adult training
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Homelessness
- Overseas/developing countries
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Victim support
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Disability
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- Gender
- Human rights/equality
- Medical/health/sickness
- Overseas aid/famine relief
- Relief of poverty
- Research/evaluation
- Rural development
- Search and rescue
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
Charitable purposes
Himalayan Safety Organisation’s (HSO) purpose is to provide disaster response and search and rescue for victims of disaster across the Himalayan regions especially in remote mountainous regions, without regard to race, religion, caste, gender, economic circumstance or political persuasion. HSO will, a) maintain and resource the continuous professional development of a pool of highly skilled and qualified inter-agency and organisation safety experts who will be equipped to be the first responders and search and rescue specialists to disasters across Nepal. b) foster, develop and maintain a network of relationships and protocols with emergency response agencies in Nepal, in order to optimise the national emergency and disaster response capacity. c) develop the capacity for international deployment for disaster response throughout the greater Himalayas. d) contribute to the international knowledge base about best practice in disaster risk reduction and disaster response. e) foster, educate and improve the knowledge, skills and understanding of families and communities in remote mountainous regions and/ or communities at risk of natural hazards, through support programmes for community response to disasters, disaster risk reduction and sustainable processes and practices, to mitigate the impact of natural hazards and make communities resilient. f) foster, develop and support programmes that enable communities to achieve fulfilling, sustainable and secure lifestyles, in harmony and understanding with their neighbours and environment locally and further afield.