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Governance

Kids’ Own is a registered charity and strives to maintain the highest standards of governance and transparency, guided by strong policies and procedures and reporting to our funders and stakeholders in accordance with legal and best practice requirements.

Kids’ Own is governed by a board of directors who meet on a quarterly basis.

The board is fully committed to Kids’ Own’s ongoing compliance with charity regulations and is proud of its commitment to the Governance Code (A Code of Practice for Good Governance of Community, Voluntary and Charitable Organisations in Ireland). In 2020, Kids’ Own will be committed to achieving full compliance with the new Charities Governance Code, published by the Charities Regulator in November 2018.

Tommy Flavin

Tommy Flavin is the Founder and Creative Director of The Reelists, a full-service video production company. Through his company, he works with a wide variety of charities and non-profits, helping them develop campaigns and tell their stories to the general public. This work with non-profits motivated him to become more directly involved in the sector. As someone who was raised from a young age with a passion for the written word, Kids’ Own was a natural fit. As a Board Director, Tommy looks forward to using his communications experience to help further Kids’ Own’s important mission. Tommy joined the Board on 18/08/2022.


Naomi Feely

Naomi Feely is an experienced social researcher and policy analyst with over 15 years experience working in the public, not-for-profit and private sectors in Ireland. She has carried out research in the areas of early childhood care and education, low income families, income adequacy, childhood disadvantage and ageing. She has worked for leading not-for-profit organisations such as Age Action, Barnardos and Start Strong. Naomi has a strong interest in philanthropy and is finalising her doctoral thesis on this topic. Naomi holds a BA in Public Administration, an MA in Sociology and a second MA in Political and Public Communications. Naomi joined the Board on 26/02/2021.


Carmel Brennan

Dr. Carmel Brennan recently retired as Head of Training and Practice with Early Childhood Ireland, where she had responsibility for the organisation’s work in developing curriculum, improving practice and supporting services to work with the national frameworks. She now works as a part time lecturer in Maynooth University on the degree and masters in early childhood education programmes.

Her research interests are in the areas of curriculum and particularly children’s play – the subject of her PhD thesis. More recently, she focusses on children’s co-construction of stories through play and the relationship between play and artistic enquiry in children’s lives. Carmel joined the Board on 13/06/18.

 


Michael Kirby

Michael has almost three decades experience working in the private sector in the U.S., England, and Ireland and, since 2001, is a Partner of business and management consultancy firm Meehan Tully & Associates Ltd. He holds a B.A. from Villanova University, a M.A. in International Relations from St. John’s University, New York, and a MBA from Trinity College Dublin.

Michael has extensive professional experience of the not-for-profit sector and is actively involved in a number of organisations in a voluntary capacity. Michael joined the Board on 6/9/19.


Liz Coman

Liz Coman is an Assistant Arts Officer with Dublin City Council and a Visual Arts Education Curator. Liz has a Masters in History of Art and in Museum Studies, with a focus on public programming. She has led trainings in enquiry led approaches to mediating artwork for visual art facilitators in The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, The National Gallery of Ireland, and The Turner Prize, Derry and offers ongoing mentorship for individual artists and educators. She is a certified Visual Thinking Strategies facilitator with VTS/USA and has completed training to coaching level.

Liz is writer of the first Arts, Education and Learning Policy for Dublin City Council and through her work at the arts office, she designs and evaluates supports for artists – including awards, bursaries and studio spaces. A key aspect of her role is to grow resources through strategic partnerships and budget management by being alert to funding opportunities based on an extensive knowledge of local, national and international funding infrastructure. Liz join the Board on 21/11/21.


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