Now retired after 41 years in the public service, Morris is married with 2 grown up children; he is a member of Strean Presbyterian Church, Newtownards.

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  An Environmental Health Officer (EHO) by background, he was Chief EHO for N. Ireland for some 9 years and was appointed the first NI Director of the NI Food Standards Agency when it was set up in 2000.  Morris was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 2009.

Worked for a number of years as a Sales Rep before joining Tearfund, a relief and development charity.  He spent 12 years encouraging churches,

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  groups and individuals to be involved in community development overseas.  1995 saw him apply those principles on a local community basis and with the help of others, he set up Oasis in East Belfast. The organisation has now expanded to include a range of activities including training, economic development, youth work, and health projects. Cliff joined The Link in 2017, to work with churches applying community development principles. In 2015 Cliff was awarded the MBE for community services.

  He is married to Heather and has four children and 8 grandchildren.  He is part of a local church and enjoys playing golf and watching Ulster Rugby

Is the Ireland Director of Innovista, based in Dublin. Innovista Ireland work with churches and other organisations to equip leaders with the skills for local mission.

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  They also run a schools leadership and mentoring programme called RISE. Sam has a theology masters, considerable experience in leadership training, leading teams, facilitation, and content creation. He helped write Innovista’s Tempo Leadership Course which runs in several countries. Sam is involved in leadership in his local church, serves on the Resident’s Association committee and tries to find time to keep an allotment going. He is married to Emily, a volunteer manager in an inner city Dublin charity and they have two small children.

Karen Jardine is Public Affairs Officer for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. In her role she assists the Council for Public Affairs to develop the Church's thinking on issues of public policy.

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  Prior to this she worked in the public sector with a focus on policy development and legislative scrutiny. She also previously supported churches seeking to serve their local communities through community audits. She is an elder in a local church in East Belfast.

Is the Chief Executive Officer of Tearfund Ireland since September 2012. Sharan is the Chairperson of Dóchas,

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  the Irish Association of Non-Government Developmental Organisations and Vice Chair of EU-Cord, the European Network of Christian Relief and Development NGO’s. Sharan has approximately 20 years’ senior management experience working in the not for profit sector in Ireland and overseas.

Has over 36 years in Healthcare management and several voluntary interests have taken much of his time since “retirement”.

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  He Chaired the Tearfund NI National Advisory Committee, and input into the Global Fundraising Committee for Tearfund UK. Stephen works on a voluntary basis for Contemporary Christianity and Irish Baptist Networks and is also on the Board of Third Space (Dublin)  He enjoys hill walking, cooking and gardening!

Is the Africa development facilitator with the inspired individuals programme of Tearfund based in Kenya.  

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  He has previously worked for Tearfund as a country director for Sierra Leone and Liberia and as an assistant head of West Africa Region. At Tearfund, Wahome has been a key player developing Church and Community transformation (CCT) as our preferred approach to alleviating poverty. Wahome worked as an agriculturalist with the public service in Kenya for many years before switching to the NGO sector. He is currently a doctorate student in Business Administration with focus on strategic leadership having previously completed a graduate degree study in management and organizational development.

Was born in Belfast but moved to England when she was 19 and has only recently returned to Northern Ireland.

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  Her working life has involved being a child protection social worker, a fostering and adoption social work manager, a church based development worker, an administrator and development facilitator with Tearfund and some intermittent jobs as a chambermaid in Belgium, a care assistant with adults with learning disabilities and the elderly and 12 years as a foster carer. She has travelled extensively with her work and have lived in Nepal and Belgium as well as in England. She is passionate about justice and loves chocolate!