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Avila Kilmurray, Director of The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, has been profiled in a new book "Britain's Everyday Heroes" by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Entitled.
CFNI Director, Avila Kilmurray
Avila Kilmurray, Director of The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, has been profiled in a new book entitled "Britain's Everyday Heroes" by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Ms Kilmurray, who was born in Dublin and lives in Belfast, is the only Irish person included in the book. She has been Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland since 1994.
Prior to joining the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, Avila held a number of posts in the voluntary and community sector in Derry and Belfast.
In her voluntary capacity Avila was a founder member of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition in 1996, and was a member of the Coalition’s Negotiating Team for the Good Friday Agreement.
Brown first met Kilmurray in 2004, when the then-Chancellor helped to celebrate the Foundation’s 25th anniversary and the launch of a £6million Challenge Fund.
Published by Mainstream, the book "Britain's Everyday Heroes" tells the stories of thirty-three ordinary people from all over the United Kingdom whose willing commitment to a cause or a community has informed and inspired him.
In the chapter devoted to Avila, Brown writes:
"A constant innovator and serial campaigner, Avila’s extraordinary achievements at the Foundation are just one strand of a remarkable career that has seen her make significant contributions to many developments which have changed the face of Northern Ireland over more than thirty years."
All royalties from the book will go to the charity Community Links.
Established in 1979, the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is an independent grant-making organisation. It manages a broad portfolio of funds and programmes that address social exclusion, poverty and social injustice.
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