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Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Who was awarded funding from the Northern Ireland Office Victims Liaison Unit core funding for victims and survivor groups administered by the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council as announced on 19 March; and how much was each award. [HL2298]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Table 1 below provides details of the groups which were awarded funding under the core funding scheme 2003–05.

Groups were notified of their awards by the Community Relations Council on 19 March and have 28 days within which to seek a review if they feel they have grounds for doing so. The figures provided may be subject to change as a result of any such review.

Victims' Groups' Core Funding 2003–05: Table 1
Successful Applications
No Group Name Award £
1 Aisling Centre 50,407
2 Ashton Centre 52,797
3 Ballymurphy Women's Centre 41,239
4 C.A.L.M.S. 79,237
5 Contact Youth 55,065
6 Corpus Christi Services 77,844
7 Cunamh 99,705
8 Derry Well Women 50,960
9 DPOA 1,000
10 F.A.C.T. 48,536
11 F.A.I.R. 93,255
12 F.O.D.D. 46,531
13 Firinne 75,602
14 H.A.V.E.N. 49,838
15 ICPD 41,934
16 Koram Centre 86,246
17 Lenadoon Community Counselling Project 51,409
18 Lifeline 12,500
19 Lifeways Psychotherapy/Counselling Centre 63,025
20 M.A.S.T. 26,438
21 Make Your Mark 51,836
22 New Life Counselling Service 33,930
23 Nexus Institute 22,392
24 NI Music Therapy Trust 29,284
25 NOVA Project 160,417
26 Regimental Association of UDR 55,552
27 Relatives For Justice 155,758
28 S.A.V.E.R./N.A.V.E.R. 79,968
29 S.E. Fermanagh Foundation 81,000
30 Shankill Stress and Trauma Group 115,154
31 South Down Action for Healing Wounds 78,100
32 Springhill Community House 61,576
33 Streetbeat Youth Project 58,040

Victims' Groups' Core Funding 2003–05: Table 1
Successful Applications
No Group Name Award £
34 Survivors of Trauma 86,714
35 Tara Centre 84,137
36 The Cross Group 8,345
37 The ELY Centre 79,253
38 The Wider Circle 51,054
39 United Services Club Victims Survivors Gp 45,951
40 VAST 79,778
41 WAVE Trauma Centre, Armagh 85,684
42 WAVE Trauma Centre, Ballymoney 58,780
43 WAVE Trauma Centre, Belfast 81,594
44 WAVE Trauma Centre, Omagh 76,122
45 WAVE Trauma Centre, Londonderry/Derry 72,936
46 West Tyrone Voice 104,505
47 & 48 Decisions deferred

Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much was paid to the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council by the Northern Ireland Office Victims Liaison Unit for administrating the core funding for victims and survivors groups' scheme for each year since formation. [HL2299]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

In October 2002, following an open tendering process, the Community Relations Council (CRC) was appointed to administer the core funding scheme 2003–05. To date, the CRC has been paid £32,850 administration costs.