Jane is driven by a desire to create lasting social impact and improve people’s lives. She is constantly inspired by the creativity and resourcefulness of the charities she works with and believes that those with lived experience are integral to the design, development and management of solutions.
Jane is Fund Manager for our Survivors Fund and brings experience in strategic planning, innovation and design thinking. Developing people and ideas are at the heart of her career which spans the third, public and private sectors.
She believes understanding what works and sharing learning is very important and is a Trustee of Evaluation Support Scotland.
Outside work you’ll likely find her in a pair of muddy trail shoes or curled up with a good book.
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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