Karen Hamilton

Director of Strategic Development
Karen Hamilton is Director of Strategic Development at EastSide Partnership. Karen is responsible for strategic growth and organisational sustainability. Karen brings strong project management experience and has a vast amount of experience of delivering programmes of income generation.
Karen joined the team in July 2024 and previous roles include Action Trauma and Titanic Belfast. Karen is involved in many community organisations, is a School Governor for a local Primary School and is Chair of a youth led organisation. Karen has a vast amount of experience working within the charity and not for profit sector and values developing key partnerships.
Karen is passionate about people and working together to bring about real change in local communities. In the words of Helen Keller “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”.
I am excited to be part of the vibrant and committed team at EastSide Partnership and committed to transforming the vision and mission of the organisation into reality and making a meaningful impact.