Right of Place Second Chance commissioned research
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After the Spotlight (2018)
After the spotlight was a Right of Place Second Chance completed research that was conducted with survivors and their family members to ascertain their views on their needs going into the future. This has then formed the basis of our request to the government to support survivors as they enter their elderly lives. 1. Health: Provide an enhanced medical card (HAA) 2. Housing: Provide priority housing to survivors 3. Pension: All survivors to get the contributory state pension as a right 4. Family: Ensure continued support for survivors family.
This was the first of it’s kind ever done and actually captures survivors views on their own needs.
Read the research in its entirety by clicking here.
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Important Voices (2014/2015)
The voice of survivors was research commissioned by Right of Place Second Chance, to ascertain the view of survivors in relation to their need and their view of the organisation. Over 105 individual survivors and family members were interviewed by independent social researchers Quality Matters. It helped to form the basis of our services over the last number of years, alongside the basis of After the Spotlight.
This was the first of it’s kind ever done and actually captures survivors views on their views of the organisation and their needs.
Read the research in its entirety by clicking here.
Collaborative research projects
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Results, Reflection & Learning (2014)
This research was carried out in conjunction with numerous other agencies, including: DePaul Ireland, the London Irish centre, IWSSN and the Irish in Britain project. The programme funded each organisation specific project and then worked collaboratively with each organisation to support and to measure outcomes. What resulted was an independent review of the value for money, excellent work of our organisation.
This was the first of it’s kind ever done and actually captures independent review of our outputs from direct funding received.
Read the research in its entirety by clicking here.
Public research/reports
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Socio-Economic mapping of survivors of institutional abuse (2015)
This research was commissioned by Caranua and carried out by social consultants Trutz Haase. Their purpose was to map the living standards and conditions of survivors of institutional abuse who currently reside in Ireland. This was achieved by a review of the areas and circumstances survivors lived in to compare to general community populations. What it found is staggering and shows an ongoing inequality that survivors continue to suffer from.
Read the research in its entirety by clicking here.
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Developing a profile of survivors of institutional abuse (2010)
This research was commissioned by the St. Stephens Green Trust Fund. Their purpose was to review the overall profile of survivors of institutional abuse who currently reside in Ireland. This was achieved by a general literature review of all existing information relating to survivors of institutional abuse. What it found is staggering and shows an ongoing inequality that survivors continue to suffer from.
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Commission to Inquire into child abuse [Ryan Report] (2009)
This research was commissioned by the Irish state and headed up by Justice Ryan. The report was one of the most significant in the history of the state. It captured clearly the systematic, ritualistic abuses that occurred to thousands of children across Ireland in Ireland’s industrial and reformatory schools. It made recommendations to future support survivors of institutional abuse and to future safeguard children across the state of Ireland. Included also was excellent research by Professor Alan Carr in relation to the adult adjustments styles of survivors of institutional abuse
Read the research in its entirety by clicking here.