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Dialogue for Diversity

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £66.7K

  • Spending

    £48.6K

  • Charity no. 107577
  • Date registered. 23/11/2020

Public benefits

The direct benefits flowing: include the development of awareness of the point of view of the other; a recognition of the actual, as opposed to perceived, stances and values of opposing sides; education about the history of the troubles; a reduction of conflict; increased ability to live together as citizens without violence; increased mutual

respect; progress in inter-church understanding; increase in synodality; reduction of corruption in the Catholic church; development of respectful diversity among people of strong religious conviction; increase in child protection measures. good neighbourhood relations; decrease in violent and criminal incidences; support of people experiencing difficulties. include support and encouragement; improved self-image, self-esteem, respect for others; improved confidence; increase in hope; increased use of talents; identification and mitigation of the causes of criminal actions; reduction in the rate of reoffending; help in dealing with probation; improved links to existing statutory and voluntary resources; progress in responsible citizenship; more effective dealing with issues in the criminal justice system which enables resettlement; reduction of crime in the community; forestalling of further criminal activity; improved links with family; cooperation with others engaged in prisoner support. include an increase in mutual understanding and respect between people from diverse backgrounds, reduction in incidences of discrimination and race violations; experiences of welcome, inclusion and respect; increased confidence in dealing with statutory agencies; increased ability to access the equal opportunities inherent in statutory entitlements; reduction in social isolation; increased connections between different ethnic groups. 1: through feedback questions at the end of residential workshops on the benefits experienced; the number of politicians who participate; written evaluations by participants; evaluation by facilitators; willingness of funders with limited funds to give grants based on their judgment of the impact; survival as an accepted presence in the neighbourhood; verbal feedback; by the number of articles written, books sold 2. by seeking feedback; by counting numbers of criminal incidences, participants in events; 3: by counting the number of times mentees turn up for meetings; numbers of participants who are new; number who return to other processes; the numbers who pass one year without reoffending; self- reporting by mentees of decrease in social isolation; number of mentees who terminate relationship to become independent. 4. by the numbers who attend for services or events; by asking in interview if we have made a difference; by use of focus groups. No 1: Loyalists and nationalists from divided working class areas in Armagh, Portadown and Antrim; members and clergy of Catholic and Protestant Churches. 2. Neighbours in marginalised estates in Portadown and Armagh. 3: Prisoners in Maghaberry; ex-prisoners from different jails in Northern Ireland; people on probation. People who are spared the trauma of crime through ex-prisoners changing their lives. 4. Migrants living in Portadown and Craigavon. Private benefit flows to private service providers who let premises for rent, or individuals who claim mileage. Paying for such services are necessary for the accomplishment of the project.

What your organisation does

1. By fostering an increase in tolerance and respect through inter-communal dialogue and conflict resolution, and through inter-faith dialogue and church reform; 2. By fostering mutual understanding and appreciation through local community activities; 3. By encouraging self-development and self-respect among prisoners and ex-prisoners; 4. By

cultivating a sentiment in favour of diversity and equality through inter-cultural dialogue; 5. and by coordinating projects to achieve these goals.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of religion
  • 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

  • Adult training
  • Asylum seekers/refugees
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • Interface communities
  • Language community
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development
  • Education/training
  • Environment/sustainable development/conservation
  • Human rights/equality
  • Research/evaluation

Charitable purposes

4 The charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following: The promotion of diversity, equality, good race and community relations, intercultural understanding, reconciliation and social harmony through activities that foster and increase mutual understanding and respect between people from diverse backgrounds, cultivate a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity and encourage self -development and self-respect among prisoners, ex-prisoners and migrants, and in particular by – (a)creating opportunities for inter-cultural, inter-faith and inter-communal dialogue, understanding and appreciation and conflict resolution; (b)raising awareness of the needs of prisoners, ex-prisoners and migrants and providing such persons with advisory, information, training, chaplaincy and other spiritual services; (c)supporting groups in developing services in their local neighbourhood, provided these services are defined as charitable (d)carrying out and providing access to research; (e)supporting charitable bodies undertaking similar objectives; (f) acting with fairness, tolerance and respect for the inherent value of all human individuals and with an awareness of different cultural beliefs. (g) coordinating and developing projects of the Society of Jesus in Northern Ireland which are intended to achieve the above objects (a) to (f).

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  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland

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