
Our People
Staff

Annie Armstrong
Manager of Colin Neighbourhood Partnership

Bernie Duffy
Office and Finance Manager

David Simpson
Early Intervention Programme Manager

Isabel Flood
Good Morning Colin, Coordinator

Aisling Thompson
Good Morning Colin, Project Administrator

Matthew McKinley
Colin Allotments, Commercial Manager

Katherine Redpath
Marketing and Communications Officer

Emily Brough
Training Coordinator/Volunteer Support

John Paul Russell
Arts and Cultural Development Officer

Umberto Scappatici
Community Development Officer

Brendan McAteer
Community Safety – Community Safety/Environmental Officer

Gerard Irvine
Colin Youth Inclusion Worker

Laura McIlwee
Administration Assistant
Board Members

The Chair
Dave began his career as a community worker and was instrumental in establishing the Law Centre in Belfast. He was Director of the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders and served for two years on the Sentence Review Commission.
From 2000 until his retirement in 2015 Dave worked as a civil servant in the Department for Social Development. He led on policy matters that governed the support of the voluntary and community sector and latterly as Director of the Central Policy Unit for the Department.

Dr. Jim Bradley
Partnership Manager, Belfast Hills
Vice Chair

Theresa Brady
Centre Manager, Ionad na Fuisoeige
Treasurer

Isobel Loughran
CEO, Footprints Women’s Centre
Secretary
Members
Paul Maskey, West Belfast MP
Pauline Smart, Senior Youth Officer, Education Authority
Fr. Colin Crossey, Parish Priest, Christ the Redeemer
Andrew Aicken, Information and DPO, Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS)
Paddy Kelly, West Belfast Area Manager, Housing Executive
Linda Vladeanu, Health Development Manager, South Eastern Trust