Bangor Altematives Limited
Year Ended 31 March 2024
Report of the Trustees
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the financial
statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Structure, Governance & Management
Governing Document
The organisation is a wmpany limited by guarantee, incorporated on 18th of May 2010. The company was
established under a Memorandum of Association and is governed under its Articles of Association.
Recruitment and Appointment of Management Committee
The direGtors of the company are part of the wider management committee. Notall members ofthe management
committee are directors ofthe company. Underthe requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association
the office bearers of the Management Committee are elected to serve for a period of one year, afterwhich they
must be re-elected atthe nextAnnual General Meeting.
Risk Management
The Management Committee has conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed. A risk
register has been established and is updated at least annually. Where appropriate, systems or Pro￿dureS have
been established to mttigate the risks the charity faces. Significant extemal risks to funding have led to the
development of a strategic plan which will allow for the diversification of funding and activities. Internal control
risks are minimised by the implernentation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects. These
procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure thal they continue to meet the needs of the charity-
Organisational Structure
Nl Altematives Ltd has a Board of up to six members who meet qLtarterly and are responsible for the strategic
direction and policy of the charity. At present the Board has stx members from a variety of professional
backgrounds relevant to the work of the charity. The Secretary also sits on the Board but has no voting rights.
A scheme of delegation is in place and day to day responsibility for the provision of the services rest with the
Chief Executive, along with the Services, Operations and Finance and Administration Managers. The Chief
ExeGutive is responsible for ènsuring that the charity delivers the services specrfied and that key performance
indicators are met.
Related Parties
The company acts as an umbrella body for eight local-based restorative justice organisations, and these
organisations are represented on the Board.

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Objectives and Activities
The company's objects and principal activities are to promote a non-violent restorative community response to
justice issues. Bangor Alternatives will identify needs. often in partnership with local communtties and other
voluntary and statutory bodies, relating to safety and conflict within communities, and will attempt to heal
relationships in a restorative way. At the same time, it hopes to raise community awareness on the issues
affecting young people and adults who are deemed to be at risk.
The main objectives and activities of the company are:
To organise within the community to devise non-violent alternatives to issues of communityjustice.
To help and work with young people in order to resolve the problems affecting their lives.
To direct young people away from destructive and dangerous practices towards healthy and
constructive activities.
To enable young people to personally reflect on the potentially damaging consequen￿$ of
risky and criminal behaviour.
To address areas of weakness and failure within thè formal criminal justicè system
To heal relationships within the community and to promote better relationships he￿een the
community and statutory agencies.
To work towards a sustainable model of delivery for as much ofthe company's services as possible.
Principal Funding Sources
The principal funding sources for the company are the Department for Communities (DFC), the Ireland Housing
Executive, The Communities in Transition Programme, and the British Shared Prosperty Fund. As a result of
increasing constraints on govemment èxpenditure, as well as expansion of its base. the charity has to seek
funding from a much broader group of agencies. The involvement of the charity with a government-sanctioned
'Round Table, grouping of statutory agencies interested in issues of community justice is proving particulariy
useful in identifying possible opportunities for a much wider and strategically orientated range of ftjnding for the
future. There is a government-approved Protocol in place that promotes betterworking be￿een the charity as
community-based restorative justice scheme and stalutory organisations within the formal justice sector.
Services
Mediation, Advocacy and Community Support:
The MACS programme offers mediation, support, Advocacy and positive interventions to local tenants involved in
neighbourhood or community disputes.

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Report of the Trustees (continued)
Neighbourhood Renewallcommunity Development:
Altematives is strategically pla￿d to address issues of community safety and renewing communities through
Ihe following strands of work:
Intensive Youth and Family supportwith young people inVo￿ed in anti-social behaviour.
Prevention work with groups of young people involved in anti-social behaviour.
Delivery of cultural awareness programmes.
Sessions delivered in local schools
Parent Support
Victim Support
Development and delivery of crime prevention sessions
Conflict transfomation work- bonfire; interface and rernoval of paramilitary murals.
Development ofvolunteer programme within community
Promotion and facilitation of mediation.
Start Programme:
Start Programme is an employabiltty and personal development programme for young people aged 16 to 24
years old who need employment, training or education in partnership with Include Youth and funded by British
Shared Prosperity Fund.
SAFE Programme:
SAFE is an initiative facilitated by Bangor Altematives (lead partner) alongside Rathgill Community Association,
as a key delivery and engagement partner. This programme is funded by the Executive Office as part of the
Communtty Safety strand of the Communities in Transition Project.
The SAFE programme will invO￿e bringing residents together to discuss community safety issues and identify
community lead resolutions. This programmewill include the establishmentof a'community Engagement Forum,
who will consist of residents from Kilcooley, Rathgill and neighbouring areas. The Forum will be involved with
co-designing educationlawareness raising events, information and learning visits and local relationship building.
The aim of the project is to create safer communities for everyone.
STARS Programme:
Community Restorative Justice Ireland and Northern Ireland Alternatives are delivering the STARS - Striving To
Achieving a Restorattve Society programrne. CRJI has taken the lead in this with NIA being a partner. NIA will
work with 4 of the designated key areas - Shankill, East Belfast, Bangor and CarrickferguslLarne, with CRJI
working with the other 4.
CRJI and Alternatives provide an opportunity to establish a presence throughout the eight areas, training and
nurturing a new cohort of community leaders to support the work provided through restorative justice practices.

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The foGus of the programme is to identify key individuals across the designated areas (30 in each) who are
interested in receiving restorative training and support to ultimately help embed restorattve approaches in each
community.
This will hopefully lead to the outcomes detailed below..
Increased understanding of the difference be￿&en restorative justice and restorative practice-
Increased understanding of the benefits of restorative methodologies and knowledge of how restorative
practices have been used to improve outcomes for individuals, families and communities both in Nl and
more widely.,
Increased interest in using and adopting restorative approaches to service delivery in CIT areas., and
Increased advocacy for the adoption of restorative approaches in each CIT area.
DARE Pro
ramme:
DARE is an initiative facilitated by Northern Ireland Alternatives and 'Bangor Yes, (Extern). This programme is
funded by the Executive offi￿ as part of the Children and Young People strand of the Communities in Transttion
Project.
The programme engages with Primary School aged children from the Rathgill and Kilcooley area around their
personal and social development and supports the children and their families to improve educational attainment.
This programme also engages with Post Primary School aged children from the CIT area. The programme aims
to raise aspirations for participants and support them to achieve goals bespoke to each young person.
DARE Programme has implemented a Youth Key Stakeholders ForuTn, as well as facilitating several events and
campaigns designed to help young people and parents access services and support.
Financial Review
This year Bangor Alternatives continued to work through our programmes including Neighbourhood Renewal,
MACS, Communities in Transition, and the Start Programme.

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Directors. Responsibilities
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true
and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company and of its financial position at the end of that
period. In preparing these financial ststements, the directors are required to..
select suttable accounting policies and apply them consistently-
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent-
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed subject to any departures disclosed
and explained in the financial statements., and
prepare the financial ststements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that
the company will continue in business.
The Directors have overall responsibilty for ensuring that the charity has an appropriate system of controls,
financial and Othe￿iSe. They are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the
assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other
irregularities.
Statement of Disclosure of Infomiation to Examiner
So far as each of the Dirertors in office at the date of approval of these financial statements are aware=
There is no relevant information of which the examiner are unaware; and
They have taken all the steps they ought to have taken as Directors in order to make themselves
aware of any relevant information and to establish that the examiner are aware of that infomiation.
Examiner
In 8¢¢ordance with Article 382 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that HMCI Limited be
appointed as independent examiner of the company will be put to the Annual General Meeting.
Registered office
2 Kilcooley Square
Bangor
Down
BT19 1SH
Signed by order of the trustees
Tom Winstone
Secretary
Date= 1211212024