NI Cares Leadership Team

The aim of the NI Cares Leadership Team is to provide strategic direction for employee volunteering for Cares members and to maximise the impact of our actions to enhance the wider community of Northern Ireland.

Background

NI Cares is part of a national programme with a local focus which encourages businesses to support their employees in becoming involved in volunteering.  It aims to make employee volunteering easier and more effective throughout Northern Ireland and consequently ensure tangible results within the community.

NI Cares promotes employee volunteering through company team challenges, geographical team challenges corporate actions days and individual volunteering opportunities.

NI Cares Leadership Team Remit

The role of the NI Cares Leadership Team is to shape the Cares programme locally, providing key strategic direction and operational leadership.

Role of NI Cares Leadership Team

• Develop strategy to ensure the positioning, sustainability and development of NI Cares
• Set operational objectives and targets and monitoring outcomes and measure success
• Identify and engage further supporters and inspire the wider business community to become involved in NI Cares
• Develop recruitment and retention strategies and support recognition for all those who take part.
• Commit to the ethos of Cares, and act as an ambassador for Cares and employee community involvement
• Promote the Cares network and encourage greater participation through a communication strategy
• Bring business skills, experience and resource to support the development of Cares
• Lead by example – increasing the number of employees engaging in Cares, providing case studies and examples of excellence in the field of employee community involvement
• Sharing experiences of Cares activity and identifying gaps where operational resources can be utilised to greater effect
• Provide local links to the National Business in the Community Cares strategy.

NI Cares Leadership Team

• Chair: Maureen Taggart, NI Housing Executive
• Alan McKnight, Bombardier Aerospace
• Maureen Walkingshaw, BT
• Beverley Harrison, Department for Employment and Learning
• David Orr, Department of Finance & Personnel of NI
• Paddy Robb, Invest Northern Ireland
• Hilary McGrady, National Trust
• Regina Mackin, Newry & Mourne District Council
• Anthony Harbinson, Northern Ireland Office
• Steven Allison, Northern Ireland Office
• Joe Stewart, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Janine Fullerton, Voluntary Community Unit, Department for Social Development
• Sam Davidson, Henderson Group