Alice McLarnon

Alice has been involved in community development for over twenty years, firstly in a voluntary capacity, then in 1999 after gaining qualifications in IT, administration and finance she joined Interaction Belfast where she worked for six years on cross-community and cross-border projects.

In 2005 Alice completed her degree in Professional Development through the University of Dundee, before joining Trademark in September 2006 as Office Manager with responsibility for financial planning, systems, procedures and fundraising. As part of the Trademark team she also helps with the coordination of education, research and evaluation.

In 2012 Alice was awarded a Masters in Education having undertaken a study on the reintegration of ex-political prisoners. A founding member of the Belfast Cleaning Society, Northern Ireland’s first cross-community worker-owned cooperative and winner of the inaugural Living Wage Award, Alice is the lead for Trademark’s co-operative economic development programme. She is a member of Unite the union.

Contact
alice@trademarkbelfast.com

Alice McLarnon

Alice has been involved in community development for over twenty years, firstly in a voluntary capacity, then in 1999 after gaining qualifications in IT, administration and finance she joined Interaction Belfast where she worked for six years on cross-community and cross-border projects.

In 2005 Alice completed her degree in Professional Development through the University of Dundee, before joining Trademark in September 2006 as Office Manager with responsibility for financial planning, systems, procedures and fundraising. As part of the Trademark team she also helps with the coordination of education, research and evaluation.

In 2012 Alice was awarded a Masters in Education having undertaken a study on the reintegration of ex-political prisoners. A founding member of the Belfast Cleaning Society, Northern Ireland’s first cross-community worker-owned cooperative and winner of the inaugural Living Wage Award, Alice is the lead for Trademark’s co-operative economic development programme. She is a member of Unite the union.

Contact
alice@trademarkbelfast.com

Alice McLarnon

Alice has been involved in community development for over twenty years, firstly in a voluntary capacity, then in 1999 after gaining qualifications in IT, administration and finance she joined Interaction Belfast where she worked for six years on cross-community and cross-border projects.

In 2005 Alice completed her degree in Professional Development through the University of Dundee, before joining Trademark in September 2006 as Office Manager with responsibility for financial planning, systems, procedures and fundraising. As part of the Trademark team she also helps with the coordination of education, research and evaluation.

In 2012 Alice was awarded a Masters in Education having undertaken a study on the reintegration of ex-political prisoners. A founding member of the Belfast Cleaning Society, Northern Ireland’s first cross-community worker-owned cooperative and winner of the inaugural Living Wage Award, Alice is the lead for Trademark’s co-operative economic development programme. She is a member of Unite the union.

Contact
alice@trademarkbelfast.com

Stiofán Ó Nualláin

Stiofán has been with Trademark since 2001, having previously worked for Counteract, the anti-intimidation unit of the ICTU where he had responsibility for anti-sectarianism and anti-racism in the public sector. Before this he worked in the former Yugoslavia as co-ordinator of the SAVA (Service Civil International) Working Group on Ex-Yugoslavia. Stiofán has a range of experience in formal and informal training, education and mediation including extensive experience of work interventions in the context of sectarian disputes and community tension.

His PhD was on the theme of republican and loyalist political discourse and, following a Masters in International Human Rights Law with a focus on labour rights, he represented the labour movement on the Bill of Rights Working Group on Economic and Social Rights. Stiofán is closely involved with all aspects of Trademark’s work, with particular responsibility for its political education programmes, international collaboration and co-operative economic development.

A keen Gaeilgeoir, he has served as a trustee for Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta (the fund for Irish-medium education) and is an active member of Unite the union.

Contact
stevie@trademarkbelfast.com

Stiofán Ó Nualláin

Stiofán has been with Trademark since 2001, having previously worked for Counteract, the anti-intimidation unit of the ICTU where he had responsibility for anti-sectarianism and anti-racism in the public sector. Before this he worked in the former Yugoslavia as co-ordinator of the SAVA (Service Civil International) Working Group on Ex-Yugoslavia. Stiofán has a range of experience in formal and informal training, education and mediation including extensive experience of work interventions in the context of sectarian disputes and community tension.

His PhD was on the theme of republican and loyalist political discourse and, following a Masters in International Human Rights Law with a focus on labour rights, he represented the labour movement on the Bill of Rights Working Group on Economic and Social Rights. Stiofán is closely involved with all aspects of Trademark’s work, with particular responsibility for its political education programmes, international collaboration and co-operative economic development.

A keen Gaeilgeoir, he has served as a trustee for Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta (the fund for Irish-medium education) and is an active member of Unite the union.

Contact
stevie@trademarkbelfast.com

Stiofán Ó Nualláin

Stiofán has been with Trademark since 2001, having previously worked for Counteract, the anti-intimidation unit of the ICTU where he had responsibility for anti-sectarianism and anti-racism in the public sector. Before this he worked in the former Yugoslavia as co-ordinator of the SAVA (Service Civil International) Working Group on Ex-Yugoslavia. Stiofán has a range of experience in formal and informal training, education and mediation including extensive experience of work interventions in the context of sectarian disputes and community tension.

His PhD was on the theme of republican and loyalist political discourse and, following a Masters in International Human Rights Law with a focus on labour rights, he represented the labour movement on the Bill of Rights Working Group on Economic and Social Rights. Stiofán is closely involved with all aspects of Trademark’s work, with particular responsibility for its political education programmes, international collaboration and co-operative economic development.

A keen Gaeilgeoir, he has served as a trustee for Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta (the fund for Irish-medium education) and is an active member of Unite the union.

Contact
stevie@trademarkbelfast.com

Seán Byers

Seán joined Trademark in 2014, having completed a PhD at the University of Ulster the previous year. He contributes to Trademark’s education programmes but is principally responsible for the organisation’s research projects.

Seán has authored a number of widely cited reports and provided research support to various trade union and campaigning organisations, and continues to work collaboratively with various the Irish and European partners on projects relating to economic and political strategies for a just transition.

He is an active member of Unite the union and Belfast Trades’ Council, as well as sitting on the board of Financial Justice Ireland and the 50th Anniversary Civil Rights Committee.

Contact
sean@trademarkbelfast.com

Seán Byers

Seán joined Trademark in 2014, having completed a PhD at the University of Ulster the previous year. He contributes to Trademark’s education programmes but is principally responsible for the organisation’s research projects.

Seán has authored a number of widely cited reports and provided research support to various trade union and campaigning organisations, and continues to work collaboratively with various the Irish and European partners on projects relating to economic and political strategies for a just transition.

He is an active member of Unite the union and Belfast Trades’ Council, as well as sitting on the board of Financial Justice Ireland and the 50th Anniversary Civil Rights Committee.

Contact
sean@trademarkbelfast.com

Seán Byers

Seán joined Trademark in 2014, having completed a PhD at the University of Ulster the previous year. He contributes to Trademark’s education programmes but is principally responsible for the organisation’s research projects.

Seán has authored a number of widely cited reports and provided research support to various trade union and campaigning organisations, and continues to work collaboratively with various the Irish and European partners on projects relating to economic and political strategies for a just transition.

He is an active member of Unite the union and Belfast Trades’ Council, as well as sitting on the board of Financial Justice Ireland and the 50th Anniversary Civil Rights Committee.

Contact
sean@trademarkbelfast.com

Maev (Médb) McDaid

Maev is an activist, academic and trade unionist who formally joined Trademark in 2022 after years of working with us on different political education projects. She holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield on Irish migration to England and is a visiting fellow at Queens University Belfast. She leads on our international political education work in Britain and across Europe and is an expert researcher, facilitator, educator and political organiser. Her reports and writing has covered several areas of social injustice from reproductive justice to the crimes of apartheid and persecution. Maev has been heavily involved in solidarity work at home and internationally for almost two decades.

She is a keen activist and recently launched the Troups Out Movement at 50 in partnership with original members and the wonderful May Day Rooms. She has been an advocate for Mother and Baby Home Institution survivors, documenting the migratory experience of those who moved to England. Maev is committed to action research and political education projects. She is active in the curation of the annual LeftBloc festival and committed to creating accessible and friendly learning environments. Her areas of expertise include migration, anti-imperialism, aging, decolonisation and diaspora. She has written on the political economy of the far right, climate issues and on Palestine. She is part owner of Clapton Community Football Club and active in ‘Give Puma the Boot’ and the international PACBI campaigns.

Contact
If you’d like to get in touch about events, political education projects or next years’ LeftBloc festival, email medb@trademarkbelfast.com.

Maev (Médb) McDaid

Maev is an activist, academic and trade unionist who formally joined Trademark in 2022 after years of working with us on different political education projects. She holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield on Irish migration to England and is a visiting fellow at Queens University Belfast. She leads on our international political education work in Britain and across Europe and is an expert researcher, facilitator, educator and political organiser. Her reports and writing has covered several areas of social injustice from reproductive justice to the crimes of apartheid and persecution. Maev has been heavily involved in solidarity work at home and internationally for almost two decades.

She is a keen activist and recently launched the Troups Out Movement at 50 in partnership with original members and the wonderful May Day Rooms. She has been an advocate for Mother and Baby Home Institution survivors, documenting the migratory experience of those who moved to England. Maev is committed to action research and political education projects. She is active in the curation of the annual LeftBloc festival and committed to creating accessible and friendly learning environments. Her areas of expertise include migration, anti-imperialism, aging, decolonisation and diaspora. She has written on the political economy of the far right, climate issues and on Palestine. She is part owner of Clapton Community Football Club and active in ‘Give Puma the Boot’ and the international PACBI campaigns.

Contact
If you’d like to get in touch about events, political education projects or next years’ LeftBloc festival, email medb@trademarkbelfast.com.

Maev (Médb) McDaid

Maev is an activist, academic and trade unionist who formally joined Trademark in 2022 after years of working with us on different political education projects. She holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield on Irish migration to England and is a visiting fellow at Queens University Belfast. She leads on our international political education work in Britain and across Europe and is an expert researcher, facilitator, educator and political organiser. Her reports and writing has covered several areas of social injustice from reproductive justice to the crimes of apartheid and persecution. Maev has been heavily involved in solidarity work at home and internationally for almost two decades.

She is a keen activist and recently launched the Troups Out Movement at 50 in partnership with original members and the wonderful May Day Rooms. She has been an advocate for Mother and Baby Home Institution survivors, documenting the migratory experience of those who moved to England. Maev is committed to action research and political education projects. She is active in the curation of the annual LeftBloc festival and committed to creating accessible and friendly learning environments. Her areas of expertise include migration, anti-imperialism, aging, decolonisation and diaspora. She has written on the political economy of the far right, climate issues and on Palestine. She is part owner of Clapton Community Football Club and active in ‘Give Puma the Boot’ and the international PACBI campaigns.

Contact
If you’d like to get in touch about events, political education projects or next years’ LeftBloc festival, email medb@trademarkbelfast.com.

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