The Marie Keating Foundation 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 and ensure that our service is respectful of those we serve and those who support us in our mission.
The Marie Keating Foundation 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 call for a response;
- We treat it seriously whether it is made by telephone, letter, fax, 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 have feedback or a complaint – Step One
If you have a complaint about any aspect of our work, you can contact the Chief Executive Officer in writing, by email or by telephone. In the first instance, your complaint will be dealt with by our Chief Executive Officer (or other named office holder with sufficient seniority to address the complaint). Please give us as much information as possible and let us know how you would like us to respond to you, providing relevant contact details.
Write to:
The Chief Executive Officer (or another agreed named person)
The Marie Keating Foundation
Unit 9, Millbank Business Park
Lucan, Co Dublin
Tel: 01-6283726
Email: [email protected]
We are open 5 days a week from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
What happens next?
If you complain in person or over the phone, we will try to resolve the issue there and then. Similarly, if you complain by email or in writing we will always acknowledge your complaint within 7 days, and do everything we can to resolve it within 21 days. If this is not possible, we will explain why and provide a new deadline.
What if the complaint is not resolved?
If you are not happy with our response, you may get in touch again by writing to The Marie Keating Foundation’s Chairman. The Chairman will ensure that your appeal is considered at Board level and will respond within two weeks of this consideration by Board members.
If you have feedback or a complaint – Step Two
Monitoring Group
Ideally in the first instance you should address your complaint to the organisation as outlined above.
You may however at any stage make your complaint in writing to the Monitoring Group who oversee charities compliance with the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising.
Email to:
The Chair,
ICTR Monitoring Group
T: 01-4002100
W: www.ictr.ie
