About us
Our vision and mission.
Our vision is to see an inclusive community where everyone has hope and opportunity.
Our mission is 'to work with society to enable people who have served sentences to turn around their futures'.
Our Values.
WE NURTURE HOPE
Each of us is more than our pasts. We use our past experiences to strengthen, and not to limit, our futures.
WE CREATE OPPORTUNITY
We enable, encourage and support each other to pursue new futures.
WE ALL PLAY OUR PART
Everyone works as part of the team, growing as individuals and helping to create more opportunities for others.
WE RESPECT EACH OTHER
We all have strengths and a positive contribution to make, so whatever our backgrounds, we work together to achieve our goals.
Our strategic plan.
Our Strategic Plan sets out the Outcomes and Objectives we will work to achieve over the next few years. But while we are clear about where we are going, we will be flexible about how we get there. We are open to exploring new ideas and approaches, and in particular to learning from people with lived experience of spending time in, and transitioning out of, the justice system.
We want Turnaround to be an organisation that works with people rather than for them. Rather than delivering pre-prepared solutions, we want to involve people in the creation and development of new approaches.
So, while our Strategic Plan sets out the broad framework within which we will work, it is also an invitation to work with us to redefine the boundaries between the justice system and the wider community.
Whatever you think you might be able to bring to the Turnaround Project – your ideas, experience, skills or enthusiasm – we invite you to join us as we work together to help turn futures around.
Our team.
Richard Good is our Director. Richard brings senior strategic management skills developed across a range of organisations, and six years’ experience as Special Advisor to the Minister of Justice during a period of significant reform of Northern Ireland’s Prison Service.
Emma Green is our Management Assistant.
Emma uses a background in administrative roles in the development and implementation of systems and processes to ensure our central operations run smoothly.
Lauren Kendall is our Head of People and Operations.
Lauren uses experience gained through an extensive career in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to manage our core operations and our enterprises.
Michael McCusker is our Engagement & Participation Manager.
Michael brings lived, learned and practice experience of the justice system to engage and involve people in building the Turnaround movement and supporting people on their journeys.
Catherine Shaw is our Stakeholder Engagement Lead.
Catherine brings her experience of advocacy in the criminal justice system to promote the Turnaround mission and vision to a wide range of stakeholders.
Our Outwork Crews, led by supervisors , Aaron Anderson, Valerie Stewart and Seamus Mullan
Our Big Loop Bikes team, led by manager Tim Edgar and mechanic Steven Rainey.
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Our staff team is strengthened by short term and long term volunteers.
Our board.
NIALL CASEY
Director of Skills and Strategy Solutions at Invest NI, with a background in the private sector.
SARA DONNELLY-CLEGG
A Solicitor who works for the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
MOIRA DOHERTY
Deputy Secretary in the Department for Economy with responsibility for the Skills and Education Group.
GRAHAM FERGUS
A regional Facilities Manager for a large construction company, Graham is passionate about people and lean methodologies.
EAMONN DONAGHY
An experienced tax consultant who enjoys working with people who are passionate about their business, with experience of charity and schools governance.
ANDREW HAMILTON CBE
Our Board Treasurer, Andrew has an extensive background in Northern Ireland’s public sector, latterly as Deputy Secretary in the Department for Communities.
NEIL MCCARTAN
RACHEL O'BRIEN
MARGARET TOPPING
An experienced architect in a prize-winning practice, who has led on a wide range of projects in the public, private and third sectors
A consultant specialising in prisons, Director of the RSA’s Transitions Project with 30 years of experience working with charities, think tanks and government, with particular expertise around prison policy.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation at Queen's University Belfast.
Our current funders.
The Turnaround Project has been developed through partnership and engagement with a wide range of organisations and generous financial or pro-bono support from others. Our current funders include:
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