Catriona is passionate about the role of collaboration, innovation and creativity in addressing social challenges. She combines her experience in public, private and third sector policy and practice in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Before joining Inspiring Scotland, Catriona worked with Creative Carbon Scotland to develop knowledge, research, capacity and support for Scottish cultural organisations and festivals addressing the climate emergency. In particular, she focused on how charities and SMEs can adapt to the impacts of climate change in their region, and connect local communities with global policy.
She is a volunteer and trustee of 2050 Climate Group – a youth-led, volunteer-led charity which focuses on empowering young leaders to take climate action towards a just and sustainable society, currently running programmes in Scotland and Malawi. Helping to grow a young charity has made her an enthusiast of third sector governance and enabling change!
Inspiring Scotland invites tenders to undertake a locality needs assessment for services responding to violence against women and girls. Glasgow East Women’s Aid in Easterhouse recently ceased operating bringing to an end their domestic abuse service and delivery of community gender-based violence (GBV) services in the area. This leaves a gap in direct frontline service
Read MoreWe recently brought together organisations to host an event looking at where kinship care currently is in Scotland and where it needs to be to support young people and their wider families to thrive. The kinship care landscape in Scotland “We need to do more for kinship carers and children” Since 2016, Inspiring
Read MoreEarlier this month, some of the Inspiring Scotland Thrive Outdoors team, alongside partners hosted a workshop at the Power of Sport and Physical Activity Conference. The conference, held at Easterhouse Community Hub, marked 10 years since the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and looked to celebrate the power of sport and physical activity for people to
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