Responsibilities

Action Mental Health works to improve the health and well-being of people with mental health needs or learning disabilities, by creating opportunities for progression towards independence and employment

Age Concern Northern Ireland is committed to reducing poverty and fighting disadvantage, defeating ageism and recognising diversity, addressing social exclusion and promoting more effective and responsive public services for older people.

The BTEDG is now part of An Munia Tober, the new Travellers support program for Belfast. An Munia Tober provides a variety of services to the Traveller community.

Citizens Advice is the largest advice charity in Northern Ireland, working against poverty and meeting the information and advice needs of some 250,000 people each year across a wide range of advice categories.

Community Safety is about delivering local solutions to local problems that have been identified by local people. The CSU is the central co-ordinating body for community safety in Northern Ireland.

The CHNI was founded in 1983 to represent organisations working with homeless people throughout Northern Ireland by providing training, information, research and collective representation.

The  Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Extern works directly with children, adults and communities affected by social exclusion throughout Ireland.

There are currently 4 Area Boards in Northern Ireland. They are responsible for assessing the needs of their respective populations and commissioning services to meet those needs.

The HPA works with policy makers at government level, those in statutory, voluntary, commercial and community sectors and individuals themselves.

Help the Aged is an international charity fighting to free disadvantaged older people from poverty, isolation and neglect.

Links to contact details for your local council

Mediation NI delivers mediation and negotiation services across Northern Ireland.

NIACRO is a voluntary organisation which has been working for 35 years to reduce crime and its impact on people and communities.

Supporting Communities NI's role is to help communities become more involved in all areas of Community Development by providing support to residents to enhance their skills, knowledge and expertise.

The NIO has responsibility for Northern Ireland’s constitutional and security issues, in particular, law and order, political affairs, policing and criminal justice.

NUS-USI Student Movement represents the interests of over 200,000 students in Northern Ireland and campaigns on their behalf in many different fields such as student hardship, health, prejudice and accommodation.

The Police Service for Northern Ireland

The Probation Board protects the public by working with the Courts, other Agencies and Partners to reduce re-offending and integrate offenders successfully back into the Community.

Simon Community Northern Ireland believes that everyone has a fundamental right to a home and actively responds to the needs of homeless people.

The USPCA works closely with all agencies (PSNI, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Heritage Service, Customs and Excise, Local Councils) to ensure charges are brought against offenders and to monitor situations where breaches of the law threaten.

Victim Support Northern Ireland is the charity which helps people affected by crime. Each year Victim Support Northern Ireland offers help to almost 50,000 people who have been affected by crime.

Women's Aid provides a wide range of services to women and children affected by domestic violence throughout Northern Ireland.

The Youth Council supports the development of effective youth policies and quality youth work practice and facilitates meaningful collaboration between youth organisations and all sectors with responsibility for young people.

The Youth Justice Agency of NI aims to prevent offending by children. In doing so, it delivers a range of services, often in partnership with others, to help children address their offending behaviour, divert them from crime, assist their integration into the community, and to meet the needs of victims of crime.