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.
Mentoring is increasingly being recognised as a powerful form of early intervention, offering vital support to young people. Christine Roxburgh, Fund Manager for intandem — a mentoring programme for young people experiencing Scotland’s care system and proudly delivered by Inspiring Scotland — shares her recent reflections and highlights why mentoring really matters. Recent high-profile programmes like Idris Elba:
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At Inspiring Scotland, we are committed to supporting the third sector to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape. As part of this commitment, we have launched a new initiative: Inspiring Change with AI – a collaborative pilot project designed to explore how artificial intelligence can help address common operational challenges across the sector. This initiative brings
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People with learning disabilities are being supported to fulfil their potential through new funding awards totalling almost £1.6 million. The Learning Disability Support Fund is allocated to community projects working directly with people with learning disabilities to provide opportunities and build a more inclusive society. The fund will run for 30 months from October 2025,
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