Susie believes in the power of bringing people and sectors together to solve problems.
Studying social entrepreneurship in America ignited Susie’s interest in the third sector and the benefit of bringing different skills and perspectives to help overcome challenges.
As a qualified accountant, Susie has held several senior financial roles, both in the UK and abroad, in the oil, and financial sectors. In addition to an eye for numbers, Susie brings experience in employee engagement, lean process improvement, HR and training to Inspiring Scotland.
Susie works on the intandem portfolio, supporting the charities to establish the national mentoring programme.
Outside of work, Susie is busy with her family and enjoys walking in the hills, tennis and travel.
This blog shares some practical tips from our Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support (SOCAS) fund teams’ experience alongside resources you can use to develop your grantmaking practice. It follows on from a presentation to the 4th Meeting of the Trauma-Informed Grantmaking Community of Practice on 27 Feb 2025. Trauma happens when we experience very stressful,
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Today (Thursday 27 February 2025) the Support in the Right Direction fund team launched a report focusing on the last round of funding, which ended in March 2024, and lasted almost six years. During this time, 31 organisations received funding of £15.8 million to provide independent support to people navigating the social care system to
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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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