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The IARS
International
Institute
WELCOME BY FOUNDER & DIRECTOR ------------------------------------------------THANK YOU FROM THE BOARD -------------------------------------------------------OUR MISSION - VALUES - VISION ------------------------------------------------------RESEARCH PROGRAMMES: YOUNG PEOPLE - JUSTICE - EQUALITIES -----------EDUCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES -------------------------------------------EVALUATION CHARITABLE SERVICE--------------------------------------------------A PUBLISHING HOUSE WITH A CHARITABLE MISSION ----------------------------OUR USER-LED WAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------WHERE DOES OUR MONEY COME FROM AND GO TO------------------------------MEET THE IARS TEAM -------------------------------------------------------------------OUR SPONSORS----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The IARS I nternational Institute i s user-led a nd u ser-focused charity with a m ission to g ive everyone a
chance t o forge a safer, f airer and more i nclusive s ociety. O ver the last 1 0 years, t he I nstitute h as b een
providing world-class and cutting-edge e ducational, r esearch, policy and networking s ervices of l ocal,
national and international significance. We are focused on empowering the most marginalised communities
through direct service delivery, while enabling organisations to achieve, measure and improve their social
impact.
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s a young person (then), I felt that my voice did not matter while
being asked to join and support a society that often rejected my
choices and values. A number of my peers felt the same, so very
quickly we gathered momentum by spreading our passion for youth-led
change internationally. The Internet was a novelty at the time, so those who
had access to it also had great power. With the support of the European
Commission, a number of national and local funders and organisations, we
soon got into a position to register ourselves as a community-born, nonprofit company and then in 2008 as a charity. The demand for our services
and the evidence that we were collecting led us to conclude that it is not only
young people who feel that they want to be listened to in decision making
processes, policy, legislation and the service delivery. This was particularly
true for groups who tend to be disenfranchised by the system or who are
marginalised due to their membership in a minority group. We responded
to this call and expanded our remit from being youth-led to being user-led
and user-focused. In fact, this year, we were approved as an International
Institute meaning that all the educational programmes that we provide to
our users are not only free, but also accredited and recognised worldwide.
I have always said: IARS will close its doors when society
is a more equal place where voices that want to be heard are
organically empowered to do so. We are not there yet, and thus
I use our 10th year anniversary to humbly say a big thank you to
all those who supported us.
Special thanks to the few individuals who did not believe in us
as they made us collectively better and stronger. I am proud to
be leading a team that can only be characterized as passionate,
dedicated, expert in what they chose to do and extremely loyal.
We are all united by our belief that the best solutions to our
societys failure are not found in high ivory towers, but in the
sufferings of our communities. We are also united by our founding values of: User & Civic Participation | Restorative Justice &
Dialogue | Individual Empowerment & Responsibility. Join us
if you also share the same beliefs. Heres to another 10 years!
Mandela said: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can
use to change the world. We use this weapon to armour our users with the
skills, knowledge and confidence to produce Community-led solutions
for a fairer society.
Over the years, we have established training courses for young people,
women with refugee and asylum seeking background, but also for those
servicing these groups such as youth workers, employers, legal and justice
professionals, criminal justice agents and activists. But the journey of our
users doesnt end with education. It continues until they change the world
by putting their new weapons in use for the benefit of others. We have
seen improvements in the drafting and implementation of a number of
national and international laws while countless practices are now more in
line with the needs and wishes of those they aim to serve.
n this our tenth year, The IARS International Institute has truly established
Of course, none of this would have been possible without all of those who support
IARS: the brilliant staff team, the interns, our Patrons, donors and sponsors. And
of course our Founder and Director, Dr Theo Gavrielides, who has guided IARS so
skilfully over the last decade. On behalf of my fellow Non-Executive Directors, I
would like to record our thanks to everyone who has supported IARS on this journey.
We have come a long way but there remains much to do. It is a sad truth that the
world is becoming more divided and unequal, not less, and so the work of IARS is
needed now more than ever. We have the tools and the expertise; please continue to
support us as we look ahead to the next ten years.
Richard Harries
IARS Trustee
October 2015
OUR VISION
OUR MISSION
Restorative
justice and
dialogue
Individual
empowerment
and responsability
Research Programmes
Research Pro
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Part-time
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Policy
Consultations
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E-Policy and
Research
Bulletins
Published
600
Part-time
inter nship s
180
P olicy
Consultations
Submite d
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Books
Published
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Peer-reviewed
articles and
papers published
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Issues of the
Youth Voice
Journal published
hosting 44
peer-reviewed
articles
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Training &
Events
attendees
Book
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Roland Mortimer,
Rebecca Harrison,
99% Campaign
Magazineyoung writer
Sarah Champion,
Labour MP
Annika Small
JUSTICE
n 2015, IARS took the lead on numerous justice projects with a particular
emphasis on the European Union Victims Directive. Placing at the centre
of our work those who are effected by existing practice and policies, we ensure
that the rights, needs and wishes of victims and other parties, including offenders
and professionals, are reflected in policy and practice at both national and
international levels. Through our work, we have developed protocols and
guidelines for restorative justice services in the best interest of all parties
involved, raised awareness of victims rights, and trained professionals and
practitioners in safe practices of restorative justice across the UK and Europe
Mike Penning MP
UK Justice Minister
Rosalyn Hollidge
EQUALITIES
services to develop their own bottom up models for user involvement in the
planning and delivery of the services.
In 2015 alone we
Developed the accredited training programme
Gender Sensitivity in the Asylum Process .
Held 4 face to face training sessions led by
refugee women, addressing health and legal
practitioners.
Trained over 80 organisations on improving
their services to refugee and asylum seeking
women.
Trained 24 refugee and asylum seeking,
abused women.
Developed online training on Gender
Sensitivity in the Asylum Process that reached
2,100 people.
Reached over 2,132 professionals providing
them with cutting-edge research and practical
recommendations on treating women who
experienced gender-based violence.
Educational Training
Educational
Programmes
Training Pro
VICTIMS RIGHTS IN RESTORATIVE
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
TRAINING PROGRAMME
77%
of
theorganisations
that were involved
in our projects reported that they
would consider changing the way
they deliver services to young
people
96%
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33%
96%
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Abused No More
training participant
Abused No More
training participant
Robert Posner
Jerome Phelps
Simon Fulford
The
Anne
Frank
Trusts
partnership with IARS is under
the Big Lottery Realising Ambition
funded programme. IARS has been
an integral part of this programme
in helping to understand the impact
of the work, and whether we are
achieving our objectives to reduce
prejudice and discrimination, to
increase young peoples respect
for others who may come from
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A Publishing House
with a Charitable Mission
and individuals
and 22 countries
across Europe
were represented
at our annual
Conference
120
young people,
representatives
of youth
organisations
and policy
Leadership
Awards 2014
500
members
joined our
Restorative
Justice
Research
Network
100
people attended
our Restorative
Justice and
Domestic
Violence
Conference
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receive our
monthly
newsletters
70
attended our
people
1st Spring
Lecture on
Hate Crime
Over 100
registered
members
WHICH INCLUDES:
a) project design and development;
b) project delivery;
c) project monitoring and evaluation.
aware of the problems facing young people in todays society, and who
are interested in an opportunity to do something positive about these issues.
They meet on a regular basis to inspect IARS services and policies, monitor
and quality control its youth projects, carry out research and respond to youth
consultations, apply the REACH evaluation framework, advise on specific
youth project, review and update the volunteer and user engagement policies,
the Equal Opportunities policies and any other IARS policy impacting on its
young users.
OUR MEMBERS
Faisal Kassim
Youth Advisory
Board Member
Sandra
Abused No More
Project Volunteer
For me the best thing has been being
able to communicate without being
judged, Ive been able to be listened to,
and give my opinion freely, and that
anyone can take it into consideration .
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TRUSTEES
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
STAFF
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Our Sponsors