AQW 17161/22-27


Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 22/10/2024
Answered On Date: 11/11/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the organisations that were part of the co-design process for the Strategy for Victims and Survivors of the Troubles/Conflict 2024-2034.


Answer:
We are delighted to have agreed the new Victims and Survivors Strategy.
The Strategy was developed in three phases, managed by an overarching Collaborative Co-Design planning group. The Executive Office (TEO), Victims and Survivors Service (VSS) and the Commission for Victims and Survivors (CVS) worked together as a Collaborative Co-Design team, holding regular meetings to share information and cross reference findings.
Throughout the development of the Strategy there has been extensive engagement with a range of stakeholders. VSS funded groups, members of the Victims and Survivors Forum and individuals with lived experience were invited to attend co-design events and get involved in working groups to inform the drafting of the new Strategy. The outputs from these events and working groups helped co-design the outcomes and actions which reflect the many complex, varied and changing needs of victims and survivors.
The following VSS funded Organisations were invited to Co-design Sessions:
Action Mental Health (New Life Counselling Service)
Aisling Centre
Antrim Voluntary Welfare Group
Ashton Community Trust
Aurora Counselling
Barnardo’s (NOVA Project)
CALMS
Centre for Health and Wellbeing
County Armagh Phoenix
Cunamh
Decorum NI
Derry Well Woman
Ely Centre
FAIR
Families Beyond Conflict
Families Moving On
Holy Trinity Centre
Koram Centre
Larne Voluntary Welfare Group
Lenadoon Counselling Services
MAST
Military and Police Support of West Tyrone (MAPS)
MUVE Project
Newry and Mourne Local Voluntary Welfare Group
Omagh Police Wives
Out of the Shadows
Paper Trail
Pat Finucane Centre
REACT
Relatives for Justice
South and East Tyrone Welfare Support (SETWS)
South Armagh Rural Women’s Network
South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF)
South Tyrone Voluntary Welfare Group
Springhill Community House
Strule Association
Survivors of Trauma
Tara Centre
Tullyvallen Family Support
UDR Coleraine
UDR Castlederg
UDR Enniskillen
UDR Lisnaskea
Ulster Human Rights Watch
VAST
WAVE Trauma Centre