We want to hear from as many people as possible about how they want the Commission to work in practice. To help us with this, our Chief Commissioner is meeting with many groups reflecting a wide range of communities and views. We’re also carrying out public surveys and drawing on what people tell us in to develop plans for how we do our work.
You can find out more about our engagement work below.
Our surveys
We run public surveys to gather individual views and analyse the information we gather to help us develop our policies and procedures, to make sure the Commission works for everyone.
We’ve already carried out ‘Have Your Say’ surveys and published the results (for the first survey). More surveys are planned, as we will continue to take account of the views provided and as we develop as an organisation.
We will only ever use the data to help us with our work – see our privacy notice.
Publications and plans
We regularly publish ideas and proposals for comment. We also provide feedback on the topics we have sought views on. You can find our publications in the Documents section of our website.
Meeting with us
We’re meeting with a wide range of organisations and groups to discuss how we should do our work and hear our views.
We have also met with families and individuals who have been affected by incidents related to the Troubles/Conflict. We have offered to meet with many more and we are always ready to talk.
We understand that engaging in an information recovery process may involve talking about deeply painful losses and traumas. Building on our learning from other organisations, we have designed how we can offer people emotional support, working with professionals trained in working with trauma and loss. Commission staff continue to meet with experts on this subject from across Northern Ireland to help ensure the best possible understanding of what is needed.
How to get involved
There’s a range of ways to get in touch with us, contribute to our planning work and receive updates.
- Surveys: we carry out regular surveys, which you can access on our website to take part and find out about the results.
- Publications: give feedback on our policy papers by emailing us at info@icrir.independent-inquiry.uk.
- Events: we are also planning to run focus groups, community engagement events and much more. If you would like to be involved, please send your email address to info@icrir.independent-inquiry.uk
- Meetings: the Chief Commissioner and other officers are keen to meet with as many groups as possible to ensure we’re gathering a wide range of interests and views. If you are not already talking to us, do get in touch via email at info@icrir.independent-inquiry.uk.
- Stay up to date: for regular updates on our work, please email info@icrir.independent-inquiry.uk and ask to be included on the Commission’s mailing list.
When you contact us for these purposes, your contact details will only be used to keep you updated on our work. Read our privacy notice.