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Partnership members

The Good Relations Partnership is responsible for managing and administering the funding available through the PEACE III Programme.

The partnership consists of 22 members - 17 of the members have been nominated by us as well as various other organisations.

Five of the positions have been filled using a selection process:

Good Relations Partnership
Sector of the community from which the partners have been chosen Number of people appointed Recruitment and selection method Representatives
Elected members of Belfast City Council
6
One representative nominated from each political party represented on Belfast City Council

Maire Hendron(Chair)
Conor Maskey (Deputy Chair)
Tim Attwood
John Kyle
Lee Reynolds
Bob Stoker

Statutory agencies
2
Nominations from Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) and Department of Social Development - Belfast Regeneration Office (DSD/BRO)
Jennifer Hawthorne (NIHE)
Mark O'Donnell (DSD/BRO)
Trade unions
2
Nominations from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and Belfast Trades Council (BTC)
Peter Bunting (ICTU)
Paddy Mackel (BTC)
Private business sector
2
Nominations from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Belfast City Centre Management (BCCM)
Rory Galway (Shorts Bombardier)
vacant
Churches
4
Nominations from the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches
Michelle Marken
Patrick Scott
Archdeacon Barry Dodds
Reverend Lesley Carroll
Minority faith groups
1
Nominations by Northern Ireland Inter-Faith Forum
Ugor Tok
Voluntary or community sector
4
Posts advertised, applicants shortlisted and interviewed by Good Relations panel
Sean Brennan
May de Silva
Minority ethnic sector
1
Posts advertised, applicants shortlisted and interviewed by Good Relations panel
Angila Chada