Anna has extensive experience in 3rd sector roles including supporting families and individuals through the most challenging times of their lives.
Understanding that people are at the heart of 3rd sector services, Anna has completed an MSc in Forensic Psychology with a focus on the impact of imprisonment on families. While collecting data for her studies, Anna has worked directly with services users to ensure that their voices are heard and are supported effectively.
Anna is determined to use her skills to collaborate with charities and build families and individual-centred services to help create positive social change.
Anna has a flair of all things creative, loves being active and exploring Edinburgh in her downtime.
We are pleased to share that Equalities Minister, Kaukab Stewart has announced a £2.4 million funding uplift for over 100 organisations supported by our Delivering Equally Safe fund. The funding boost will bring the total Scottish Government investment in Delivering Equally Safe (DES) up to £21.6 million for 2025/26. The announcement was made during Ms.
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The Scottish Government’s recent public consultation on Developing a Universal Definition of ‘Care Experience’ presents a critical opportunity to address the imbalance of support available to those experiencing the ‘care system.’ intandem, managed by Inspiring Scotland is a national mentoring programme for young people in, or at risk of experiencing the ‘care system’, is well
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If Elaine Crichton has a specialist topic, it would be diversifying Scotland’s Boards through recruitment and bespoke training of Trustees. It’s an area she is not just enthusiastic about but also well placed to offer guidance and training, having provided 46 organisations in-depth governance and board development support in the last year. She also walks
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