The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA) has established a goal to raise awareness among Northern Ireland victims and survivors of historical institutional childhood abuse who may be resident in Australia and who may be eligible for: support services offered by the Victims and Survivors Service and financial redress compensation through the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board.

The application process for financial redress compensation and access to support services are available to any victim or survivor who suffered or witnessed abuse while they were a child (under 18 years) and were living in a residential institution for example, a state or religious body, training school or borstal etc, in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1995 or were sent to Australia from Northern Ireland as part of the Child Migrant Programme. Applications for financial redress compensation can be made by victims, or if they are deceased, by a surviving spouse, partner or child.

For further information, please visit - www.cosica-ni.org