Haven Horizons CLG aim to comply with the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising (www.ictr.ie)

Our pledge is to treat all our donors with respect, honesty and openness.

We commit to being accountable and transparent so that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in Haven Horizons and the work it carries out.

We promise we will effectively apply your donations to us for their intended purposes.

We commit that you, our donors and prospective donors will:

• Be informed of the organisation’s mission, and of the way the organisation intends to use donated resources.
• Be informed of the identity of those serving on the organisation’s governing board, and that the board will exercise prudent judgement in its stewardship responsibilities.
• Have access to the organisation’s most recent financial statements.
• Be assured your gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
• Receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.
• Be assured that information about your donation is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
• Expect that all relationships with individuals representing the charity will be dealt with professionally.
• Be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organisation or hired third party agents.
• Have easily available the agreed procedures for making and responding to complaints.
• Will not share any names from mailing lists and allow for the removal of same from the list at any time by contacting us on havenhorizons@gmail.com
• Receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers to questions you might have of the organisation.

Handling Feedback and Complaints

Haven Horizons is committed to ensuring that all our communications and dealings with the general public and our supporters are of the highest possible standard. We listen and respond to the views of the general public and our supporters so that we can continue to improve.

Haven Horizons welcomes both positive and negative feedback. Therefore we aim to ensure that:

• it is as easy as possible to make a complaint;
• we treat as a complaint any clear expression of dissatisfaction with our operations which calls for a response;
• we treat it seriously whether it is made by telephone, letter, email or in person;
• we deal with it quickly and politely;
• we respond accordingly – for example, with an explanation, or an apology where we have got things wrong, and information on any action taken etc;
• we learn from complaints, use them to improve, and monitor them at our Board.

 

If you want any further information about our fundraising or charity shops, please contact us on 065 6869450 or email us at charityshop@havenhorizons.com

 

Useful Links  www.ictr.ie and on ICTR Fundraising Codes of Practice