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:

four representatives from the voluntary and community group sector
one representative from the minority ethnic group sector.

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	Councillor Maire Hendron(Chairperson) Nelson McCausland (Deputy Chairman) Maire Hendron Pat McCarthy John Kyle Conor Maskey 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) Elaine Wilkinson (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) Amy McKenna (Avoca Stores Ireland)
Churches	4	Nominations from the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches	Michelle Marken Patrick Scott Reverend Jim Rea Reverend Lesley Carroll
Minority faith groups	1	Nominations by Northern Ireland Inter-Faith Forum	Sharada Bhat
Voluntary or community sector	4	Posts advertised, applicants shortlisted and interviewed by Good Relations panel	Michael Wardlow Sean Brennan May de Silva Lee Reynolds
Minority ethnic sector	1	Posts advertised, applicants shortlisted and interviewed by Good Relations panel	Angila Chada