Responsibilities of the Victims Unit
At present the Victims Unit is responsible for:
- implementing the victims' strategy, "Reshape, Rebuild, Achieve"
- managing the Victims and Survivors Groups' Core Funding Scheme
- managing the Development Grants scheme for victims
- managing the Strategy Implementation Fund
- managing the victims measure of Peace ll
- working with Trauma Advisory Panels (the Unit funds the Panel co-ordinators);
- working with churches and others to assess individual victims needs;
- working with self-help groups;
- operating a helpdesk, maintaining a website and producing a periodical newsletter for victims and survivors;
- supporting the Minister and organising visits to victims groups and organisations;
- sitting on Core Funding selection committee and various steering/advisory groups; and
- development of the next phase of victims' policy/strategy.
