Board Members and Staff
We are grateful to our staff team and Board of Directors for their time, effort and commitment to EBCDA. Thanks also to our funders, Department for Communities (DfC) Belfast City Council (BCC) and the Public Health Agency (PHA), The Executive Office and Community Empowerment Directorate (CED). Thank you also to our members for their support and working closely with us to build towards achieving our strategy for 2015-2020 ‘People Build Communities’.
Board of Directors
Bernie McConnell Vice Chair
Rev Mervyn Gibson Hon Treasurer
Annie Cook
Sammy Douglas
Rachael Davison
Liz Oslon
Emma Shields
Tommy Sandford
Janice Cherry (Co-Option)
Bobby Ellison (Co-Option)
Glen Jordan (Co-Option)
Richard Williamson (Co-Option)
Kim Briggs Company Secretary
Staff Members
Kim Briggs Resource & Finance Director
Jonny Currie Community Development Director
Linda Armitage Health Development Director
Linda McCracken Reception and Administrative Support Officer
Marie-Anne Finance Manager
Templeman
Jean Higginson Admin Support Officer
Sharon Traynor Health Development Coordinator
Narendra Munna Health Development Coordinator
Gillian Hamilton Emotional Wellbeing Coordinator
Alison Coulter Health Connections Coordinator
EBCDA Members
Full Members
Age Concern East Belfast & Castlereagh (IND)
Ballymacarrett District LOL No 6 District
BRACE (Ballymac Regeneration & Comm Enterprise)
Bloomfield Community Association
Ballymac Friendship Trust
Ballymacarrett Somme Festival
Boring Wells
Ballybeen Women’s Centre
Clarawood Community Association
Cregagh Community Association
Connswater Womens Group
Cregagh Retired Active Gentlemen
Connswater Community Group
Dundonald Sea Cadets
Dundonald Ladies Community Group
EBIAC – East Belfast Independent Advice Centre
East Belfast Wise Mens Shed
East Belfast Mission
Engage With Age
East Belfast Area Youth Project
East Belfast Sure Start
Friends of Mullen Mews
Greenway Women’s Centre
Knocknagoney Community Centre
Knocknagoney Area Forum
Lagan Village Youth & Community Group
Mountpottinger Methodist Church
Newtownards Road Womens’ Group
Newtownards Road Elim Pentecostal Church
Oasis Caring In Action
Oasis Trading
Oak Partnership
Round Tower Community Project
Ravenscroft Nursery School
Short Strand Community Forum
Short Strand Festival
Short Strand Partnership
St Columbas’ Ladies’ Guild
Survivors of Suicide Support Group
Tullycarnet Community Support Services Ltd
The Aslan AssociationThe Hopefuls
Templemore Avenue School Association
Ullans Academy
Walkway Community Association
Wandsworth Community Association
Willowfield Parish Church
Willowfield Parish Community Association
Associate Members
Alison Wightman
Ashfield Boys’ High School
Belfast City Council
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (Comm Dev)
Belfast Interface Project
BRO South & East Team
Charter for Northern Ireland
Chung Do Kwan NI
Connswater Homes Ltd
Contact NI
Dundonald Green Belt Assocation
Dundonald Townswomens Guild
East Belfast Alternatives
East Belfast Area Youth Project
East Belfast Learning Disability Services
GEMS Northern Ireland Limited
Glen Jordan
Green Action
Hosford
Inverary Community Centre
Links Women’s Group
Newtownbreda Women’s Institute
NI Housing Executive
Ravenhill Presbyterian Men’s Fellowship
Ravenscroft Nursery School
RNIB NI
Start 360
Tuesday Mother & Toddlers
Wilgar Community Forum
Youth Action Northern Ireland
Youth Initiatives
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East Belfast Network Centre
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Belfast BT5 4FP
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