Anna Clarke
Anna Clarke is working with AIEB as a Consultant. She is a professionally qualified community work practitioner and also holds a MA in Human Rights and Equal Opportunities and an MSc in Community Planning and Governance. Anna’s career began in Liverpool, as a neighbourhood community worker on urban estates on the outskirts of the city, followed by roles in cooperative enterprise development, and immigration support work with refugees and asylum seekers. Moving to the North of Ireland in 1996, Anna managed an EU-funded Peace and Reconciliation programme and worked as Community Development Learning Coordinator with the Rural Community Network NI. She now runs Prospect Community, a community development learning consultancy. Areas of professional interest include supporting standards in professional practice, workforce and organisational development, community leadership, and community participation and engagement.
Anna is a European Regional Trustee on the Board of the International Association for Community Development and has held the role of Chair since 2019.