Irish Red Cross Annual Report & Consolidated Financial Statement IRISH RED CROSS ANNUAL REPORT & CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – 2015 3 4 CONTENTS Directors and Administrative Information 3 – Competitions 25 – First Aid Education European Network (FAEEN) 27 Foreword 4 – European Congress on Resuscitation (ECR) 27 – Clinical Audits 27 Structure, Governance & Management 6 Aims of the Charity 6 International 29 Legal Status 6 Migration 30 Organisational Structure 7 International Humanitarian Law (IHL) 31 Risk Management 8 Restoring Family Links (RFL) 32 – The Red Cross Tracing Service 34 National 9 – The ICRC Travel Document 34 Activity Report 10 Statutory Meetings 35 – Irish Red Cross Fire and Emergency Support Service (FESS) 10 International Programmes 36 – Community First Responder (CFR) Group 11 – Niger 36 – First Aid at Events 11 – Ebola 37 – Ambulance Transport 11 – South Sudan 37 Storms and Floods 12 – India 38 Health & Social Care 14 – Nepal 38 – Hand Care 14 – Philippines 39 – Skin Camouflage 14 – Syria 40 – Merchant’s Quay Project 14 – Iraq 40 – Carer Of The Year 14 – Occupied Palestinian Territories 40 – Health Checks 15 – Homelessness 15 Financial Performance 41 Community Based Health & First Aid in Irish Prison 16 Youth 18 Accounting Records 45 Volunteer Membership 20 Accounting Records 46 – European Network for the Development of Volunteers 21 Statement Of Directors’ Responsibilities 47 – Officer rainingT Conferences 21 Independent Auditor’s Report 48 Vulnerability & Capacity Assessment 22 Statement Of Financial Activities 49 Training 23 Statement Of Financial Position 50 – Commercial Training 23 Cash Flow Statement 51 – National Training Services 23 Notes To The Financial Statement 52 – Controlled Drugs Licence 25 – Continuing Professional Competence 25 IRISH RED CROSS ANNUAL REPORT & CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – 2015 1 2 DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION About Us The Irish Red Cross Society is registered in Ireland as a charity. Senior Management Team Governing Document The Irish Red Cross Society was established in Ireland in 1939 Secretary General Liam O’Dwyer (Appointed October 2015) and is governed under the terms of the Red Cross Act 1938, Head of International (SI) 206/139. and National Services John Roche Charity Number CHY3950 Head of Fundraising Danny Curran Head of Youth and Charity Regulatory Volunteer Division Sandra Stanley Authority Number 2000946 Head of Finance Rory O’Sullivan National Office 16 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Directors Solicitors Maxwells Solicitors Byrne Wallace 19 Herbert Place 87–88 Harcourt Street Chairperson: Pat Carey Dublin 2 Dublin 2 Vice Chairperson: Tom Horwell Secretary: Barry O’Donovan Auditors BDO Treasurer: Sheila Callan Registered Auditors Beaux Lane House Board Members: Mary Flaherty (Term completed July 2016) Kieran Meehan (Re-elected July 2016) Mercer Street Lower Ivor Gleeson (Term completed July 2016) Dublin 2 Ann McDermott (Term completed July 2016) Principal Bankers Bank of Ireland Allied Irish Bank Julie O’Brien (Elected July 2016) 2 College Green 40/41 Westmoreland Street Brian Byrne (Elected July 2016) Dublin 2 Dublin 2 Colin Wilson Cliona Lehane Sean Mason Darren Ryan Maura Lowry IRISH RED CROSS ANNUAL REPORT & CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – 2015 3 FOREWORD FROM THE IRISH RED CROSS CHAIRMAN & SECRETARY GENERAL But it also provoked some remarkable outpourings of generosity; as thousands of people in Ireland donated money, and pledged goods, accommodation and services for people on the migration trail. The commitment of the Irish Naval service in their heroic mission to rescue desperate people exploited by traffickers was another exceptional expression of Irish solidarity. From all along the migration trail, we saw images of Red Cross and Red Crescent personnel Pat Carey Liam O’Dwyer working compassionately and determinedly; meeting and aiding migrants on Europe’s coastlines Chairman Secretary General and along land routes, as over one million people took on life-threatening journeys to reach countries in Europe and beyond. 2015 will be remembered by many as the year when Europe and the Middle East was confronted with the greatest movement of migrants since World War 2. The misery and desperation of the people on the migration trail has challenged us all. In a year when the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement around the world celebrated and reflected on The year was defined for many by the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s body washed up our Fundamental Principles, 50 years after they were agreed in Vienna in 1965, strong global on the shore of Bodrum in Turkey. There was a public outburst of grief, anger and frustration political leadership was worryingly absent. at how such appalling occurrences could be allowed to continue; and how the global political reaction to the migration crisis was so slow – “pass the parcel” seemed to be the only strategy, At home, it was the year when the Irish government requested the Irish Red Cross to work as as thousands died in the Mediterranean. a close collaborator in preparing for the arrival of 4,000 migrants over the coming years. This challenge has been willingly taken up by the Irish Red Cross’ 4971 volunteers. There was also crisis at home, as weeks of storms posed unprecedented challenges to Volunteers have been, and will continue to be, a communities in many parts of our country. key part of what inspires our communities and We saw the work of Irish Red Cross volunteers in their communities, evacuating families from what makes Ireland that bit different. their flooded homes, driving children to school, taking patients to hospitals and delivering fodder to stranded animals. 4 Further, our staff managed the Government’s Emergency Humanitarian Flood Schemes, The community and voluntary sector in Ireland has made an enormous contribution to the assisting 358 small businesses, sports, community and voluntary groups around the country. life and spirit of the country. Volunteers have been, and will continue to be, a key part of what Together they helped in no small way to support the capacity of communities to tackle local inspires our communities and what makes Ireland that bit different. challenges in their own way. Looking beyond Ireland again, the work of our International Department in Niger, the Philippines, The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement were celebrated right India and Nepal continued in 2015. The focus of so much of this work has been to enable through the year as our volunteers carried out their duties and tasks with dedication and communities to be self-sufficient and resilient. professionalism and with their uniquely Irish good humour. They made the difference that matters in their many acts of kindness to hospital patients, the elderly, the lonely and isolated; Irish Aid, which part fund our work in Niger, completed a partnership audit of the Irish Red Cross empowering communities through first aid training and social support programmes. in 2015, which confirmed that the operational standards of our work met the criteria set by the Irish Government. Some of the most vibrant activities of the year were those organised by our First Aid competitions teams and Irish Red Cross Youth. Both were focussed on the celebration of Finally, we offer our thanks and appreciation to our Board of Directors, volunteers and staff for participation, learning and development. their continued dedication to our great humanitarian organisation. The Irish Red Cross strategy ‘The Way to 2018’ continues to be rolled out in 2015, with continued focus on the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) project, which is being embraced by Irish Red Cross Areas and Branches. VCA develops cooperation and collaboration within our communities led by Irish Red Cross volunteers. Pat Carey Liam O’Dwyer Chairman Secretary General One of the outstanding examples of our commitment to developing individual and community resilience, was in the continued success of our Community-based Health & First Aid (CBHFA) prison programme and its ground-breaking impact on inmate communities. We thank all the agencies involved in the programme and congratulate them on their vision and dedication to working with the programme. IRISH RED CROSS ANNUAL REPORT & CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – 2015 5 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT The directors present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015. AIMS OF THE CHARITY LEGAL STATUS Our mission is to provide care to the most vulnerable at home and abroad in peace, crisis The Irish Red Cross Society was formally established in 1939 under the terms of the Red and disaster. Cross Act 1938, Statutory Instrument 206/139. We do this by implementing the Red Cross Charter: preventing and alleviating human suffering, The Society’s constitution was initially based on this statutory instrument and includes protecting life and health, ensuring respect for human beings and continually delivering a high- amendments for the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005 quality humanitarian service to society at home and abroad. (the Geneva Conventions) to which Ireland is a party, together with Acts of the Oireachtas and relevant provisions of the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies. The As Ireland’s leading emergency-response charity, 98 staff and 4,791 volunteers pursue these Society’s constitution was further amended in 2012 by internally ratified changes. goals here in Ireland and overseas.