FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
Request Number:
F-2010-00325
Keyword:
Organisational Information/Governance
Subject:
The Charity Common Purpose and the PSNI
Request and Answer:
This is to inform you that the Police Service of Northern Ireland has now completed its search for the
information you requested. The decision has been taken to disclose the located information to you in
full.
Question 1
Have the PSNI made payments to the charity Common Purpose?
Answer Yes the PSNI have made payments to the charity Common Purpose
Question 2 If so what projects, training etc. was the funding for? This information to be back dated for the past 5
years.
Answer
The funding was for the following range of projects/training:
Common Purpose Profile June 2006
Common Purpose 20:20 June2008
Common Purposes 20:20 2009
Common Purpose Masterclass Scotland 2009
No Info - Probably Common Purpose June 06
Common Purpose NI Navigator 2006
Common Purpose Belfast Matrix Programme 2007
Common Purpose NI Navigator 2007
Common Purpose The Know 2008
Common Purpose NI Navigator 2008
Common Purpose The Know 2009
The Police College Northern Ireland has also engaged Common Purpose to provide a 6 week
Community Engagement Programme
The PSNI’s responses to previous requests on this subject may also be or interest to you and may
be accessed on our publication scheme at the following web site addresses,
http://www.psni.police.uk/common_purpose_charity.pdf
http://www.psni.police.uk/officers_attending_training_courses_organised_by_common_pur~1.pdf
If you have any queries regarding your request or the decision please do not hesitate to contact me
on 028 9070 0164. When contacting the Freedom of Information Team, please quote the reference
number listed at the beginning of this letter.
If you are dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your request, you have the right to request a
review. You should do this as soon as possible, or in any case within two months of the date of issue
of this letter. In the event that you require a review to be undertaken, you can do so by writing to the
Head of Freedom of Information, PSNI Headquarters, 65 Knock Road, Belfast, BT5 6LE or by
emailing [email address].
If following an internal review, carried out by an independent decision maker, you were to remain
dissatisfied in any way with the handling of the request you may make a complaint, under Section 50
of the Freedom of Information Act, to the Information Commissioner’s Office and ask that they
investigate whether the PSNI has complied with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. You
can write to the Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. In most circumstances the Information Commissioner
will not investigate a complaint unless an internal review procedure has been carried out, however
the Commissioner has the option to investigate the matter at his discretion.
Please be advised that PSNI replies under Freedom of Information may be released into the public
domain via our website @ www.psni.police.uk
Personal details in respect of your request have, where applicable, been removed to protect
confidentiality.
