At present FSWC is managed through a Board of Directors that meets 8-10 times per year. The Board are the legal guardians and custodians of FSWC and can be made up of professional people who have a genuine interest in the welfare of the Centre.
Board of Directors:
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Louise Mallon |
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Maria McGilly |
Katalin Hajdu |
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Chairperson - Louise has been a voluntary director with FSWC since 2018 and held the position of Company secretary in 2019. Louise is passionate to empower women's professional and personal development through education and training. To fulfil all the duties associated with FSWC board Louise holds a MBA Master of Business Administration, an Extended Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership and a BSc Hon's Degree in Health and Social Care Policy. She has extensive partnership working experience and over 20 years experience working across the community and statutory sectors.
Vice Chairperson - Vacant
Treasurer - Katalin is Hungarian and came to FSWC learn English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course. She also completed a number of computer courses and now works full time for a local business.
Secretary - Maria is a teacher/lecturer and an active Rotarian and Volunteer.
Committee Members/Directors
“I feel delighted to have joined the Board of such a wonderful organisation. Any time I have visited First Steps Women’s Centre, I have always been met with such a lovely, relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff who are always welcoming and somewhere that women can just be themselves without judgment. I’m looking forward to this new challenge and to seeing what lies ahead for First Steps.”
Janice McMullan - Janice has spent many years working in Health & Social Care and Training & Employment; commencing her career as a Registered General Nurse and then managing family support, Janice further progressed to senior management as Strategic and Operational Manager of government funded programmes in the voluntary and community sector, working across the NHSCT, SHSCT & WHSCT.
Siobhan Wallace - With over 20 years experience at the helm of an eclectic mix of Projects, Siobhan is a creative thinker and enjoys finding alternative perspectives and new approaches to ensure the highest quality provision for service users. Siobhan has worked in a variety of fields from diversity training to Family Support to mental health and has developed a number of new projects from scratch. She has worked in both the community and public sector all of her working life. Currently employed as Programme Manager for Dungannon & Coalisland SureStart Siobhan has enjoyed radically reshaping services to serve the needs of local families with children under 4 and has been inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach in doing so. Siobhan is looking forward to getting more involved in improving opportunities for women in the Mid Ulster area.