Inquest (charity)

rdf:langString Inquest (charity)

rdf:langString Inquest

rdf:langString Inquest

rdf:langString State-related deaths

rdf:langString Deborah Coles, Director

rdf:langString Finsbury Park, London

rdf:langString Inquest Charitable Trust (stylised as INQUEST so as not to be confused with the legal process known as an inquest) is a charity concerned with state related deaths in England and Wales. It was founded in 1981. Inquest provides support on state-related deaths, including deaths in custody and their investigation, to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians. Their policy, parliamentary, campaigning and media work is grounded in the day-to-day experience of working with bereaved people. Inquest's specialist casework includes deaths in police and prison custody, immigration detention, mental health settings and deaths involving multi-agency failings or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question, such as the deaths and wider issues around Hillsborough and the Grenfell Tower fire. However they also have a handbook which is relevant to all families facing an inquest: The Inquest Handbook: a guide for bereaved families, friends and their advisors, for anyone dealing with an inquest, freely available online and also in print. The director of the Inquest is Deborah Coles, who has worked for the charity since 1989. She has been an independent expert adviser to numerous government committees and inquiries, is a regular media commentator, delivers conference papers nationally and internationally and has authored numerous articles and publications. The chair of the trustees, as of June 2016, is solicitor Daniel Machover, The poet Benjamin Zephaniah is the charity's patron; his cousin Mikey Powell died in 2003 after being detained by police, for which West Midlands Police issued an apology in 2013. Inquest are represented on the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody. Inquest's logo includes the words "truth, justice and accountability" and an image of a keyhole. Inquest Charitable Trust is a registered charity, number 1046650.

rdf:langString Working for truth, justice and accountability