The Church Leaders Group has met with the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An Garda Síochána to discuss initiatives which seek to prevent and reduce crime against older and more vulnerable people in both jurisdictions. The meeting, at the Skainos Centre, in East Belfast, included briefings on the Scamwise NI partnership and An Garda Síochána’s Crime Prevention and Reduction Strategy.

Pictured above are (left to right) Archbishop Eamon Martin, Catholic Church; Assistant Commissioner Barry O’Brien; the Revd Brian Anderson, Irish Council of Churches President; Archbishop Richard Clarke, Church of Ireland; Chief Superintendent Simon Walls, PSNI; the Rt Revd Charles McMullen, Presbyterian Moderator; and the Revd Billy Davison, Methodist President.