Partners People

Staff

Jacqui Gage
Jacqui and Frank share the role of Coordinator for Partners Training for Transformation. Jacqui has been a Partners facilitator since 1995. She has worked in facilitation and training with a wide range of groups and organisations in Ireland and Britain. She has a particular interest in intercultural work and in creating spaces to where people can build relationships and learn about culture. Her background is in teaching and educational psychology.

Frank Naughton

Frank and Jacqui share the role of Coordinator for Partners Training for Transformation. Frank has been a staff member of Partners since 1995. He has been involved in facilitation and training, organisational development and support work with a wide range of individuals, groups and organisations in Ireland and abroad. He has been a visiting lecturer in Leadership and Group-work in Kimmage Development Studies Centre over the same period.

Facilitators

Peter Dorman

Peter became involved with Partners TfT in 1986 and has been facilitating Partners programmes more or less since then. He has worked as a youth worker and now works in community development mostly in Dublin city.

Zoryana Pshyk

Zoryana has been involved with Partners since 2013. She is experienced in working with diverse groups including community, youth and intercultural groups. She is a current representative of Newbridge Asylum Seekers Support Group on Public Participation Network and an active participant in local community development in county Kildare with the emphasis on Social Inclusion, as well as a member of Kildare Integration Network

Directors

Declan Markey

Declan Markey is part of the team coordinating the Turn to Teaching programme in Maynooth University. Since completing his studies in Social Science and Social Research, he has been designing and delivering educational programmes and coordinating educational services specifically aimed at widening participation amongst groups under-represented in higher education. After Declan co-coordinated the BA in Housing and Community Studies for Respond Housing Association and UCD, he became the education coordinator with the Ballyfermot Chapelizod Partnership. Developing educational supports that are experiential, participatory and inclusive are fundamental principles underlining Declan’s approach and as a member of the board of Partners: Training for Transformation these principles are inherently applied to all areas of his work.

Eamonn McCann

Eamonn has 40 years experience of working in Community Development in both international and Irish contexts. For the past 23 years he has been working with Wicklow Travellers Group, as well as range of other community service organisations. He has particular expertise in Finance, Governance and Community Development.

Mairead O'Connor

Mairead has been working with and in the community and voluntary sector for the past 12 years. She has been a trainer and facilitator and been involved in the development of a number of educational projects over the years. She is currently the Skills Development Senior Manager in The Wheel, Ireland's national association of community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises, where she has also developed experience and knowledge of charity governance.