Ms Darragh is a director in O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors, specialising in personal injury litigation, while Ms Ebbage is a partner at Edwards & Co Solicitors, specialising in charity law.

The Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland is one of four independent grant-making trusts which are shareholders in Lloyds Banking Group, together receiving 0.5 per cent of the group’s pre-tax profits.

The board of trustees determines the policies of the foundation, which is committed to supporting underfunded, grassroots charities that enable people, especially disabled and disadvantaged people, to play a fuller role in society.