About Us

Our story

Holywell Trust is a community relations and community development initiative established in September 1988. We were founded to foster better relationships and social transformation in the North West and across Northern Ireland.

Through a range of groundbreaking approaches and methodologies, Holywell has contributed significantly to the tackling of contested space and the building of shared and respected places.

Our Staff

  • Gerard Deane

    Director

  • Lisa Clements

    Finance Administrator

  • Fiona Corvan

    Development Manager

  • Kerona McDowell

    Assistant Finance Administrator

  • Kevin Burns

    Assistant Project Officer

  • Joseph Carlin

    Front Of House

  • Kevin Gallagher

    Maintenance Officer

Partnership working

At the heart of our work is a praxis of ethical leadership. We work towards partnership and collaboration, relationship building, cross-community and cross-cultural exploration and dialogue, policy formation, and building the capacity of organisations and individuals concerned with peace building and social transformation.

For us, partnership is more than arrangements of mutual benefit: it is an ethical principal. We work to build a shared society, in a shared way.