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Foreword<br />
This last year of 2011 has seen many changes within NSPCC Northern<br />
Ireland. New projects are being rolled out successfully in our service<br />
centres in Foyle, Craigavon and Belfast, while our new Schools Service<br />
has already delivered to 3975 children in 73 primary schools across<br />
Northern Ireland.<br />
The new regional centre in Belfast opened its doors to children and<br />
families in July 2011 and has given the opportunity for our services, our<br />
ChildLine centre, our Policy, Training, Fundraising, Finance and all<br />
support services to be housed under the same roof all with the aim of<br />
protecting local children. It is a wonderful facility, providing inspirational<br />
support for local children and provides for an efficient, coherent and cooperative<br />
organisation.<br />
There is never a day passes now without the media reporting cases of<br />
child abuse. Better understanding from the general public of the size and<br />
scale of child abuse helps to increase the awareness of the essential<br />
need for our services. We need much more support from the public to<br />
enable us to reach many more vulnerable children.<br />
My mission for 2012 and beyond is to have an informed society in which<br />
all children are loved, respected and afforded the opportunity to grow up<br />
safe from harm.<br />
I wish you all a very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2012.<br />
Ann Shaw CBE<br />
Northern Ireland Trustee<br />
NSPCC<br />
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Catherine Nuttall<br />
Katherine Keenan<br />
NSPCC<br />
Patron<br />
Her Majesty The Queen<br />
NSPCC Northern Ireland<br />
Lanyon Building, Jennymount Business Park,<br />
North Derby Street, BELFAST BT15 3HN<br />
Tel: 028 9035 1135 Fax: 020 3222 4201<br />
Email: northernirelandappeals@<strong>nspcc</strong>.org.uk<br />
www.<strong>nspcc</strong>.org.uk<br />
www.facebook.com/<strong>nspcc</strong>northernireland<br />
www.facebook.com/<strong>nspcc</strong><br />
Local Fundraising Contacts<br />
Head of Local Fundraising, Northern Ireland<br />
020 3222 4276<br />
Fundraising Coordinator<br />
020 3222 4285<br />
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Northern Ireland<br />
Branch and District Committees<br />
Northern Ireland Trustee<br />
Mrs Ann Shaw CBE<br />
Divisional Vice Presidents<br />
Lady Moyra Campbell CVO<br />
Mrs Margaret Mitchell<br />
County Antrim<br />
County Antrim Branch<br />
President: Carol Cunningham 028 9446 2217<br />
Ballymoney DC<br />
Chairman: Elizabeth Leslie 028 2766 6803<br />
Templepatrick DC<br />
Chairman: Carol Cunningham 028 9446 2217<br />
County Armagh<br />
County Armagh Branch<br />
President: Kim Kincade 028 3889 1356<br />
Chairman: Phyllis McDonagh 028 3884 1457<br />
Armagh DC<br />
Chairman: Carol Hanna 028 3752 7729<br />
Portadown DC<br />
Chairman: Mary Collen 028 3884 0415<br />
Richhill DC<br />
Chairman: Noleen Fearon 028 3833 1997<br />
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Belfast<br />
Belfast Branch<br />
Chairman: Carole Stewart 028 9754 2582<br />
Belfast Central DC<br />
Joint Chair: Penny Johnston 028 9041 0268<br />
County Down<br />
County Down Branch<br />
President: Vikki Methven 028 4372 2354<br />
Banbridge DC<br />
Chairman: Amanda Evans 028 4066 9354<br />
Newcastle DC<br />
Chairman: Vikki Methven 028 4372 2354<br />
North Down DC<br />
Chairman: Barbara Walker 028 9145 0855<br />
County Fermanagh<br />
County Fermanagh Branch<br />
Enniskillen DC<br />
President:<br />
Countess of Erne<br />
Chairman: Linda Moore 028 6632 3583<br />
County Londonderry<br />
County Londonderry Branch<br />
President:<br />
Desmond Hill<br />
Chairman: Kathleen McBride 028 7035 3095<br />
Coleraine DC<br />
Chairman: Marion Fulton 028 7035 7757<br />
Eglinton DC<br />
Chairman: Sheelagh Hunter 028 7130 1755<br />
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County Tyrone<br />
County Tyrone Branch<br />
President:<br />
The Lady Moyra Campbell CVO<br />
Chairman: Jennifer Hobson 028 8778 4787<br />
Dungannon DC<br />
Chairman: Jennifer Hobson 028 8778 4787<br />
Fivemiletown DC<br />
President: Fiona Hamilton-Stubber 028 8952 1650<br />
Omagh DC<br />
Chairman: Katharine Wilson 028 8224 5819<br />
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Even if it’s just a nagging doubt, you can<br />
contact us 24/7. It’s free and you don’t<br />
have to say who you are.<br />
Call 0808 800 5000, text 88858,<br />
email help@<strong>nspcc</strong>.org.uk or<br />
visit <strong>nspcc</strong>.org.uk/helpline
NSPCC Northern Ireland<br />
unfortunately not a day goes by without a story in the local newspapers or on<br />
television about cruelty to children. The abuse of children in Northern Ireland is a very<br />
serious problem.<br />
Facts about abuse in Northern Ireland<br />
At 31 March 2011, there were 2401 children on the child protection register.<br />
During the quarter ending 30 June 2011, there were 1186 Child Protection Referrals<br />
to Social Services in Northern Ireland, 7% (85) lower than the previous quarter (1271),<br />
and 2% below the count for the same quarter in 2010.<br />
Over 5400 offences against children and young people were recorded by the Police<br />
Service of Northern Ireland in the year 2010/11.<br />
NSPCC Services in Northern Ireland<br />
We have service centres in Foyle, Craigavon and Belfast which provide direct services<br />
to children and families across the region. The centres are designed to be places<br />
where children can feel safe and supported and better able to overcome the trauma<br />
they have experienced. We also provide a service to support young prosecution<br />
witnesses, and an Independent Visiting Service.<br />
The work we do in our service centres concentrates on the most important issues<br />
affecting children and groups of children who are most at risk.<br />
Belfast service centre<br />
Our Belfast service centre was opened in July 2011. The team will deliver the following<br />
programmes:<br />
• Caring Dads: Safer Children - works with fathers who have been violent to their<br />
partners. The programme aims to stop further abuse, recognise the impact their<br />
behaviour has on their children, and improve their parenting.<br />
• Family SMILES - works with children who have at least one parent with a mental<br />
health problem. The programme reduces the risk of abuse and neglect and helps<br />
the family compile a safety plan.<br />
• Improving parenting, improving practice - tackles child neglect by supporting<br />
and challenging parents who are struggling to care for their children.<br />
• Assessing the risk, protecting the child - a good practice guide for the assessment<br />
of adults to protect children from sexual abuse.<br />
• Preventing non-accidental head injuries in babies - educates parents about<br />
the risks of shaking and gives practical coping strategies for the pressures of<br />
new parenthood.<br />
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Craigavon service centre<br />
Our Craigavon Service Centre was opened in August 2011. The team in Craigavon will<br />
deliver the following programmes:<br />
• Letting the future in - provides therapeutic services to help children move on with<br />
their lives after sexual abuse.<br />
• Change for good - prevents sexual abuse by working with children who show<br />
harmful sexual behaviour.<br />
• Assessing the risk, protecting the child - a good practice guide for the<br />
assessment of adults to protect children from sexual abuse.<br />
The centre also provides the following service:<br />
• Craigavon treatment team - a therapeutic service for children who have been<br />
abused within the Southern Trust area.<br />
Foyle service centre<br />
Our Foyle service centre was opened in August 2011 and will deliver the following<br />
programmes:<br />
• Change for good - prevents sexual abuse by working with children who show<br />
harmful sexual behaviour.<br />
• FEDuP - protects children living with adult substance.<br />
• Supporting children in care - provides a new way to give children in care the help<br />
they need through ChildLine and face-to-face counseling.<br />
• Letting the future in - provides therapeutic services to help children move on with<br />
their lives after sexual abuse.<br />
The centre also provides the following services:<br />
• Children's resource team - a therapeutic service for children and young people<br />
who have suffered sexual abuse.<br />
• Insight programme - a treatment and assessment service for young people who<br />
display sexually harmful behaviour.<br />
Services across Northern Ireland<br />
The NSPCC also delivers the following services across Northern Ireland:<br />
• Young witness service - This service provides support for young prosecution<br />
witnesses (under 18 years old), and their parents/carers, in criminal cases before,<br />
during and after any trial. Thanks to further funding from the Department of Justice,<br />
this service now supports all children who have to give evidence in a criminal trial<br />
in Northern Ireland. It is anticipated that teams will offer support to over 1,400<br />
children annually.<br />
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• Independent visiting service - The NSPCC has two independent visiting projects<br />
in Northern Ireland, which support looked after children in the Western Health and<br />
Social Care Trust (HSCT) Sperrin Lakeland area, and in the HSCT Northern area.<br />
• Schools service - working with primary aged children across Northern Ireland.<br />
• ChildLine - the uK's free, 24-hour confidential helpline for children and young<br />
people. Trained volunteers are on hand to provide advice and support by phone<br />
and online. 0800 1111<br />
• NSPCC Helpline - the uK’s free, confidential 24-hour helpline for anyone worried<br />
about the safety of a child. Trained advisors are on hand to provide help, advice<br />
and support if you have concerns for a child. 0808 800 5000<br />
• Child Protection in Sport unit - working in partnership with Sport Northern<br />
Ireland promoting safeguarding policies and training within sporting organisations.<br />
• Training and Consultancy - facilitating the development and implementation of<br />
policies, procedures and training needs around safeguarding and child protection<br />
to key agencies and organisations in order to protect children.<br />
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From children and young people:<br />
What the NSPCC means to me…<br />
quotes from Northern Ireland<br />
“The NSPCC understood me and listened and did not judge me. It really helps.”<br />
“It has helped my mum and dad to stop fighting. That helped us too because we didn’t<br />
have to see it.”<br />
“The wonderful counsellors helped me to realise what I have and what I can still live<br />
for - after everything I've been through, ChildLine has been my lifeline.”<br />
“I would not be here today if it was not for ChildLine. They have saved my life, not<br />
once, but many times and I do not know who I could have turned to if ChildLine were<br />
not here.”<br />
From parents:<br />
“His confidence really improved, the school were going to hold him back a year but<br />
said they saw such a difference… they didn’t need to any more.”<br />
“Going on this programme was the best thing I ever did. I had 11 years of keeping the<br />
abuse a secret. This programme changed my life.”<br />
“We would just like to thank the worker and the team for their help, without them my<br />
daughter might not be here.”<br />
“We were at our wits end, didn’t know where to turn and then the NSPCC stepped up<br />
to the mark.”<br />
"I feel better, just having<br />
talked to you. I don't feel<br />
so alone now. Thank you<br />
for listening to me…you<br />
helped me to work out<br />
what I had to do.”<br />
A ChildLine caller.<br />
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where does the money come from<br />
for NSPCC Northern Ireland<br />
As a voluntary organisation the NSPCC is dependent on public donations and volunteer<br />
fundraising for over 80 per cent of its income. These vital funds are raised through:<br />
• Local supporters<br />
Over 200 supporters are involved in NSPCC fundraising groups throughout<br />
Northern Ireland. They raise vital funds for children and young people by<br />
organising a wide variety of events including coffee mornings, golf tournaments,<br />
family fun days, concerts, cookery demonstrations and Christmas craft fairs.<br />
Support also comes from many other individuals and organisations getting<br />
involved in large events such as the Belfast City Marathon, NSPCC Polo Classic<br />
and the Letter from Santa appeal.<br />
Corporate support<br />
Our corporate partners play a vital role in supporting our work with vulnerable<br />
children. We work in partnership with companies to raise funds in a variety of<br />
ways, such as employee fundraising, payroll giving, sponsorship, corporate<br />
giving, cause-related marketing schemes and gifts in-kind.<br />
Individual donations<br />
The NSPCC receives many generous donations from individuals who want to play<br />
their part in helping to end cruelty to children.<br />
Legacies<br />
Leaving a gift to the NSPCC through your will is an incredible way to make a<br />
difference to the lives of children and young people.<br />
Celebrate and give<br />
In lieu of gifts many people make donations to the NSPCC on special occasions<br />
such as birthdays, weddings and anniversaries.<br />
Tribute Fund<br />
This fund is named after someone who has died – a tribute to a life that has been<br />
lost. Family and friends can contribute to the fund in any way they choose from<br />
donations on special occasions to taking part in fundraising activities. By helping<br />
more children to grow up safely, a Tribute Fund is a truly inspiring and enduring<br />
way to honour the life of someone special.<br />
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How the money raised will help<br />
Your support really can make a difference for children in Northern Ireland. It could be<br />
the difference between a life of pain and rejection, and one of hope and feeling loved.<br />
It could even mean the difference between life and death.<br />
Below are some of the ways in which your donations can help abused and neglected<br />
children.<br />
£4 answers a child’s call for help to ChildLine.<br />
• £42 provides confidential online one to one counselling for a child.<br />
£50 pays for an hour of direct one to one support for a vulnerable child and<br />
their family.<br />
• £180 enables a trained practitioner to deliver one day of support through the<br />
NSPCC Helpline, to protect vulnerable children such as babies and toddlers who<br />
cannot call for themselves.<br />
£420 pays a years freephone call costs for a volunteer counsellor so that children<br />
can access ChildLine for free.<br />
£1,600 recruits and trains a ChildLine counsellor who in their first year will be able<br />
to help up to 200 children through their worries and distress.<br />
£300,000 funds a Domestic Violence team to provide a service for one year. At<br />
present there is no Government support for children who suffer from domestic<br />
violence, therefore, the NSPCC services help to bring this to the attention of the<br />
authorities and one day will ensure that all child victims of domestic violence will<br />
have the help they need.<br />
“Money can’t buy happiness for a sad child.<br />
But it can buy change.”<br />
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February<br />
March<br />
May<br />
June<br />
September<br />
October<br />
November<br />
December<br />
Calendar of events<br />
Stop For Tea, Foyle<br />
ChildLine 25th Birthday Ladies who Lunch event<br />
Belfast City Marathon<br />
Viking Boat Races, Cutters Wharf<br />
NSPCC Polo Classic, Rhone Hill, Dungannon<br />
Let’s Dance, Banbridge<br />
ChildLine Gala Ball<br />
HACK – 10 and 20 mile challenge walks, Mournes<br />
Bring £1 to work day<br />
ChildLine Fine Wine Challenge, with James Nicholson Wine Merchant<br />
Will Aid month<br />
County Armagh Snow Ball<br />
Letter from Santa<br />
Correct at time of print. Please keep in touch with the fundraising team for more<br />
details. Tel: 028 9035 1135.<br />
Whoever you are, however you help us, thank you.<br />
We know you’re with us.<br />
That’s why we want to thank you. It is your work and your support that drives us<br />
forward. Your dedication enabled us to reach more children than ever before last year.<br />
And your continued efforts will help protect even more vulnerable children in the years<br />
ahead.<br />
Put simply, the NSPCC couldn’t exist without you.<br />
“Thanks to the NSPCC’s<br />
help, I’m still standing.”<br />
Katie received counselling from<br />
us after she was sexually abused<br />
by her stepfather for more than<br />
10 years. She now wants to find<br />
work helping children.<br />
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NorTHErN IrELAND IN PICTurES<br />
Belfast City Hall.<br />
Mourne Mountains.<br />
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Stormont.<br />
Enniskillen Castle.<br />
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Marble Arch Caves.<br />
Canon on Derry City Walls.<br />
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Donegall Place, Belfast.<br />
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