Examination of Witness (Questions 307-319)
MRS SANDRA
PEAKE AND
MR ALAN
MCBRIDE
19 MARCH 2008
Q307 Chairman: Mr McBride, Mrs Peake,
can I welcome you both. Thank you very much for coming. I think
you heard some of the last session but you probably did not hear
any of Sir Kenneth's evidence, is that right?
Mrs Peake: That is right.
Q308 Chairman: Would you like to say
a little bit about your organisation? I know you have been in
existence for the best part of 20 years. Could you fill us in
briefly on the background and how you see things and then we will
ask you some specific questions. Two of my colleagues have to
leave to get early flights, so I hope you will acquit them of
any discourtesy. The rest of us, of course, will certainly be
staying to ask you questions until 12.30 or thereabouts. Who would
like to take the lead?
Mrs Peake: Alan and I both work
for an organisation called WAVE. Primarily we provide support
and training services to people who have been bereaved, traumatised
or injured as a result of the Troubles. To date we have provided
support to over 3,000 individuals. We have five centres working
right across the North providing a range of support services to
individuals and families. Referrals to WAVE continue on a daily
basis from people who were affected in the early 1970s to more
recent times.
Q309 Chairman: You are giving practical
help to these people right across the Province?
Mrs Peake: Yes.
Q310 Chairman: How are you funded?
How many are you?
Mrs Peake: We are funded by really
quite a diverse range. We are very heavily EU funded and have
been over the last number of years. We also have core funding
through the Victims Unit, other diverse sources of small grant
funding and we have to raise money ourselves in relation to sustaining
support services.
Q311 Chairman: So you are a registered
charity?
Mrs Peake: We are, and a limited
company.
Q312 Chairman: You have some money
from the Government?
Mrs Peake: Yes.
Q313 Chairman: And you have some
money from foundations and other charities?
Mrs Peake: Yes.
Q314 Chairman: And some from individuals?
Mrs Peake: Yes.
Q315 Chairman: What is your budget?
Mrs Peake: Just over £1 million
running on an 18 month to two year basis.
Q316 Chairman: This is to cater for
five officers in Belfast, Londonderry?
Mrs Peake: Ballymoney, Omagh and
Armagh. Each of those centres will also provide locally based
services to areas like Enniskillen, Cookstown, Strabane.
Q317 Chairman: Is each office manned
on a daily basis?
Mrs Peake: It is, yes.
Q318 Chairman: Office hours?
Mrs Peake: Through office hours
and we also provide evening and weekend programmes.
Q319 Chairman: Do you? How many people
are giving this service?
Mrs Peake: Belfast would have
the largest staff team because our finance would be centralised
through Belfast where we also have a training component. We provide
trauma training opportunities to communities and other agencies.
Each centre would have four to five members of staff on average
and a volunteer network of around 15.
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