Amie Gallagher is a community development worker from Creggan in Derry. Currently she is the project coordinator for the Focus

Ellen Finlay is Policy & Development Manager at the Samaritans. She is a skilled public affairs strategist with a proven

Taryn Trainor is the Regional women’s and Equalities officer with Unite trade union.  She has worked in this role since 2008

Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick is a lecturer and researcher at Ulster University School of Law. Her research expertise is the social security system

Pat has been Director of NEA NI for 17 years. She is an Economics graduate of Queen’s University Belfast. After

Thomas Mahaffy is Head of Organising and Development with UNISON NI with a lead responsibility across a wide range of

Goretti Horgan is a Senior Lecturer in social policy at Ulster University. She is Director of ARK’s Policy Unit; ARK