Jennifer has a background in teaching English as a Second Language alongside over 5 years’ experience working in the Third Sector from working as a project and funding officer to most recently developing participatory grant programmes alongside people with lived experience of dementia.
Jennifer has a strong belief that the inclusion of people with lived experience in the design and development of projects and programmes is crucial to creating long standing positive social change. She is committed to improving young people’s mental health and is a trustee of a local charity which provides trauma-informed coaching and counselling to young people.
Outside work, you’ll likely find Jen either running at a football match or on a dog walk with her beloved cocker spaniel Rey.
The annual report provides an overview of the work undertaken to deliver on our strategic priorities and mission to improve the lives of people across Scotland. Last year Inspiring Scotland managed 16 funding programmes delivering to our strategic priorities ‘Improving Life Chances for Children and Young People’ and ‘Flourishing Lives’. We managed over £46m of
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Monday 25 November, Minister for Equalities, Kaukab Stewart marked the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by sharing Delivering Equally Safe’s latest six month Impact Report at a visit to funded project Monklands Women’s Aid. Monklands Women’s Aid supported 331 women and 109 children and young people in the six month period through
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“We are deeply grateful for this opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of survivors, guiding them towards a brighter and more hopeful future.” A new phase of the Scottish Government’s Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support (SOCAS) fund has now started. 22 third sector organisations across Scotland will share the £3.3m over
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