THE JUNCTION: COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND PEACE BUILDING
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT {INCORPORATING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT)
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Iwstees, who are also the directors for the purposes ol company law, presenl their report and the
unaudiled financial stalemenls ol the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Releren¢e and administrative details
Registered char5ty name
The Junction-. Community Relalions and Peace Building
Chaflty reglstrallon number
101602
Company registraiion number N1632475
Principal off ice and registered 10-12 Bishop Street
off ice
Londonderry
BT48 6PW
Northern Ireland
The Irustees
Ms C Moffett
Mr J O'Neill
Ms R MeLaughlin
Ms A Nicholl
Mr B Dougherty
Ms A Murray Cavanagh
Ms C Jones
Independenl examiner
Mr K Mccauley
Claremount
Chartered Accountanls
43 Clarendon Street
Derry
BT48 7ER
Struclure. governance and management
The Junctlon.. Community Relations and Peace Building is a charitable company limited by guarantee,
incorporated on 1510712015.

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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
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Obhectlvos and acllvlll•s
The Junction was founded in March 2000 by a group of community relations and peace building
activists in partnership wilh Derry City Council, to support community relations and peace building.
The organisation was named The Junction because of its ambition to be a comprehensive service
provider for peace building work. Formerly a Peace Building Centre with a Resource Library, The
Junction created a safe and mulually respecting space for groups and organisations to discuss highly
sensitive and conlenlious issues. The Junction continues to build upon its sound foundational work
and rack record in peace building and community cohesion, with an outreach across Ireland, North
and South and further alield.
Our Strateglc Alms
The Junction has five core slralegic aims, which are informed by an integrative peace-building model.
To provide accessible and inclusive community relations education and training with high
quality resources and Iraining materials for wide dissemination.
2. To promote and support civic engagement and dialogue around Ihe themes of peace building
through local, nalional and internalional outreach.
3. To share critical analysis pertaining to community relations and peace building with policy and
decision makers.
4. To develop and deliver community relalions and peace building 'producls' that generate
unrestricted income.
5. To build a strong, relevant, and sustainable organisation.
Achlevements and Perfornmnce
The financial year 2023-2024 has been a year of consolidation for The Junclion, as
recently appointed core staff members, Kerona McDowell as Financial Administrator and Ruth
Gonsalves Moore as CEO settled into their new roles. The small staff team has brought all
reporting up io dale and are actively leading Out on programme delivery and forward planning. The
Junction continues to contract and engage a number of Associate Consultants and Affiliate
Facilitators for programme delivery. both as part of our core activities and additional contractual
lender opportunilies.

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Achlevemeni$ and pertorman¢• (¢onllnu•d?
A cornerstone ol The Junction's work is building the knowledge and skills base ol key stakeholders in
civic society Ihrough the development and delivery ol a wide range of training programmes,
workshops, and seminars. The Junction continued to work hard to respond to the good relations and
peace-building needs ol the community and across the community and public sector Ihrough
202312024,
Through the year we reached out to community groups across Northern Ireland, engaging almost
1000 individuals through our core peace building education and learning work, events and research
supported by Strategic Partner lunding from DFA, Core and Project funding from CRC and Projecls
lunded and contracled by The Ideas Fund. CCGBC including a wider reach Ihrough a number ol
Shared Learning forums and networks.
Informed by our inclusive and ethical slorylelling approaches, and with awaren8ss ol the far-reaching
impact ol person-centred peer approaches, The Junction commenced a dedicated peer enquiry
project, supported by The Ideas Fund, around mental well-being support needs in a post conflict
society.
The Junction contributed lo support stalutory policy development through a contract awarded by
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council to develop their Good Relations Strategy for 2023-2026.
The Junctlon continues to engage associate consullanls, trainers and educalois, and as a result Ihere
continues to be an ongoing demand lor our highly inlormative, Community EducationlLearning
programmes, and in particular learning around 'partition', and 'lmperialism' and 'Palriarchy' as
intersecting themes underlying conlemporary peace needs.
It remains important lo The Junction that every individual who engages with The Junction is valued,
whether embarking on a personal lourney ol sell.discovery and learning. delivering, or receiving
training, or indeed wishing io challenge us in any aspect of our work.
Communlty Relatlons and Tralning
Our Community Learning￿raIning "Re-lmagining Relationship" programme continues lo be a key
focus ol OLJr work, and the community learning work has been 'coupled' with a peer-support approach
to Facililalive leaders. As a resull, we commenced a new 'Train the Trainers, course informed by Ihe
'Liberalion from Patriarchy for Gender Justice. resource (developed Ihrough Peace IVI, and this initial
Training programme was delivered lo 14 Facililative Leaders drawn Irorn across Derry ancl Slrabane,
Causeway Coasl and Glens and Co. Donegal. 11 was an important opportunity lo engage a number of
'next generalion, facilitators and it is informing our work around engagement methodologies and
approaches, 11 also has aff orded us lime to explore and share peace-building eihi¢s underpinning The
Junction Training programmes. Facilitator feedback has affirmed the value ol an approach which
recognises the role of Facililative Leaders and enabled peer learning and support, which can go some
way to address Ihe ongoing need lor updaling Training materials as policy and societal context
evolves. Facililalor feedback also highlighls new learning needs around intersectionaliiy and the need
lo engage all genders in Ihis work, and especially more men in Ihe conversalions around gender
justice, and therefore ongoing needs lo work collaboratively and cross-sectorally,
In the year 2023 to 2024 three six week courses on Living with Imperial Legacies were delivered in
Limavady, Slrabane, and DerrylLondonderry. A further three courses on gender justice and patriarchy
were delivered under the title "Re-lmagining Human Relationships" in Coleraine, rural North Antrim
and DerrylLondonderry. We will be permanently grateful for Ihe research and development carried out
by Dr Johnston Mcmaster on Living with Imperial Legacies and Dr Cathy Higgins on palriarchy and
Gender Justice which has informed our training and learning programme.
The Junction made a number of strategic conneclions through the delivery of this work. connecting
with a number of Local Growlh Partnerships, and key CIV sector organisations including Droichead
project Icullurlann Ui Chanainl, Wesl Bann Development Associalion, Radius Housing, Aontas
Lifestart and Council-based GROS

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Civic engagementldialoguelposilive encounter work around Peace-building
Informed by principles core to The Junction's programmes such as Ethical and Shared Remembering
and with an understanding of the value of 'slorytelling' In alleviating the medium and longer-term
impacts on mental well-being ol individuals and communities emerging from conflict,. the Junction
spearheaded a projecl entitled Changing The Story I tell Myself. This work was carried out in
parlnership with Ulster University and supported by The Ideas Fund. The programme commenced
with a series of residenlials and Ihematic workshops leading on to the design of community-led
research and enquiry informing the developmenl ol a resource for mental well-being. The project
engaged a core cohort 0114 individuals and professionals priorilising mental well-b8ing and led to the
publication and the in-year launch ol the new Toolkit Changing the Slory i fell Mysell and Creative
Film resource (Éimear Mccartney's First Day Out in Months, by Damian Gorman) lowards the end of
2023.
Pollcy Development for Peace
Building on previous policy development work The Junction submitted and were awarded a contract to
undertake the Good Relations Strategy 2023-2026, supporting the Causeway Coast and Glens
Borough Councill in lullilling their statutory remit. This programrne of work involved an intense period
ol consultation using a variety of methods (focus groups, one to one interviews, an online survey and
a literature review of the policy conlexll, the results of which were analysed and formed a sel of
recommendations for existing and new projects addressing good relallons across the CCGBC Olstricl.
Flnanclal revlew
The nel outgoing resources for the year were £39,899 (2023 £1701. The company reserves al the
year end were £72,605 (2023 £112,504) of which £67,242 relates to unreslricted funds and £5.363
relates to reslricled funds. The trustees aim lo have a reserve covering at least three months
expenditure at any given time.
Plans for luluro perlod8
The Junction is in ils twenty-third year and its work on Ethical and Shared Remembering has been
widely regarded as making a significant impact on shaping peace work in Northern Ireland and the
border counlies. Recent publications addressing perlinent Ihemes will continue to be central to The
Junction's work next year and into the future, as we seek to broaden and deepen our engagement,
developing the curriculum and the methodologies through which we engage individuals and groups, as
well as developing our associale and affiliate facililalor team. The Junction continues to be cognisant
of evolving needs in Northern Ireland and the intersecting issues of sectarianism sexism and racism,
as well as inlersecting equalily and human righls issues. We will continue our focus on Ethical and
Shared Remembering as we seek lo find inclusive ways to remember the Troubles, both here and in
other conflicled socielies, and equip and support civic sociely lo build inclusive and sustainable peace
for future generations.
The Junclion is looking forward to working through existing and new partnerships at local and regional
levels, in the development of tailored learning programmes around integrative peace-themes {enabling
cultural diversity, addressing the recovery of wornen's voices) through new opportunities including new
opportunities afforded by European Peace Plus funding.

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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT (INCORPORATING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT)
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YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
We look forward to the dissemination of our new loolkil addressing mental well-being and exploring ils
roll out across communiiy and educational spaces for Ihe betterment of mental well.b8ing on a posi
conflict society and to an extension of the Changing the Slory I tell Myself project.
The Board has formally recognised the work of Maureen Hetheringion for her many years of
dedication to The Junclion and support in shaping our exisling and planned programmes and we are
fortunate to be able to continue lo engage Maureen Hetherington as an Associate Consultant through
2023-2024 and inlo the luture- alongside other Associale Consultants and Aff iliate Facilitators whose
significant knowledge and insights have enriched our impacl. Going forward we hope lo develop our
AssociatelAffiliale Facilitator relationship and team, so that il also includes 'nexl generation,
Facilitators. The Board is delighted to have a new team at the helm ol The Junclion who are actively
continuing to build upon and add to previous work and Ihemes, and we look forward lo new initiatives
and new opportunities Ihey are currenlly developing,
The Junction is gralelul for the ongoing strategic support ol our experienced and committed Board
members, as we continue to deliver challenging and important work in a professional and elhical
manner locally, nationally and internalionally.
Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance wlth the provisions applicable lo companies enlitled lo
the small companles exemptlon.
The trustees, annual report was approved on l Oth December 2024 and signed on behalf of the board
of trustees by:
Roisin McLaughlln
Trustee
Carolyn Anne Moffett
Trustee