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Northern Ireland Newpin

  • Status

    Received: 9 days late

  • Income

    £138.6K

  • Spending

    £161.5K

  • Charity no. 105131
  • Company no. 49451
  • Date registered. 18/05/2016

Public benefits

The public benefits that flow from each of our purposes are (1.) to encourage within each individual an awareness of their own value as a person, a parent and a fulfilled member of the community. (2.) To help provide the opportunity for the children of those parents to develop emotionally and psychologically at their own pace. (3.) To raise the

self-esteem of parents who are suffering from depression or isolation. Our service involves one to one and group counselling, child psychotherapy, Family Play Programme and a Therapeutic Support Group. These benefits can be evidenced through quarterly returns to our grant funders, regular General health Questionnaires and Evaluation Reports to external agencies that make referrals to us. This information is also collated and contained in our Annual Report.

What your organisation does

The purpose of Newpin is to help families under stress. Newpin offers parents and children opportunities to achieve positive and lasting change in their lives and relationships. Newpin provides - Training in parenting skills, Family Play Programmes, Attachment and be-friending skills and learning for life, Individual counselling, Therapeutic

Support Group, Child psychotherapy.

The charity’s classifications

  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Mental health
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Women

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Counselling/support
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Education/training
  • Playgroup/after schools

Charitable purposes

The Charity's objects are (a) To promote the protection and preservation of mental health amongst parents and children and the prevention of child abuse. (b) To assist in relieving and supporting families suffering from mental distress or emotional difficulties and in educating professional workers on appropriate forms of advice, treatment and support through the Charity's network of parent/child support centres and projects. (c) To work for and promote the study of and the research into family mental health to obtain and make records of and disseminate information concerning the same.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • Newpin N.I.
  • 5 Trustees
  • 4 Employees
  • 3 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mrs Janine Mc Cready
  • Mrs Jennifer Taylor
  • Mr Aidan Loughery
  • Mrs Lisa Tracey
  • Mrs Alicia Devine

Contact details

Public Address

Ms Kaye Coyle, Newpin, 18-19 Jasmine Court, Londonderry, BT47 2DZ

List of regions

  • Derry City And Strabane District Council

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