Volunteering action plan

Appendix 4: Participating Organisations and Agencies

The 'Plan' is co-owned and we'd like to thank individuals from stakeholder organisations, many of whom gave up their time over more than a year.

Five working groups consisting of cross-sector representatives were established as well as an overarching Governance Group chaired by Natalie Masterson, CEO, Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise.

The Working Groups were led as follows:

• Tricia Imrie, Impact Funding Partners, Chair of Working Group 1 - 'Lifelong Engagement'
• Selina Ross, West Dunbartonshire CVS (TSI), Chair of Working Group 2 - 'Policy Impact'
• Tamsin Ferrier, Volunteering Matters, Chair of Working Group 3 - 'Recognition and Celebration'
• Mandy Andrew, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland, Chair of Working Group 4 - 'Places and Spaces'
• Janice Malone, NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Chair of Working Group 5 - 'Inclusive Volunteering'

Governance Group members:

• Louise McGinty, Quarriers
• Calum Irving, Scottish Government
• Alan Stevenson, Volunteer Scotland
• David McNeill, SCVO
• Paul Reddish, Volunteering Matters
• Paula Meise, Scottish Charity Regulator
• Paul Okroj, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
• Rachel Cackett, Samaritans Scotland
• Jen Reston, Aberlour
• Mick Doyle, Scottish Community Development Centre
• Debbie Adams, The Conservation Volunteers
• Colin Lee, CEMVO
• Kim Atkinson, Scottish Sports Association (SSA)
• Gün Orgun, Scottish Refugee Council
• James Whyte, Sight Scotland
• Ian McLaughlan, formerly Youth Scotland
• Sarah Latto, formerly Shelter Scotland

Working Group participants:

• Caroline McKenna, Social Good Connect
• Beverley Francis, Volunteering Matters (Project Scotland)
• Petra Biberbach PAS - Planning Aid for Scotland
• Fleur Dijkman, PAS - Planning Aid for Scotland
• Kirsty Gemmell, CLD Standards Council
• Suzanne Macaulay, Volunteer Centre Western Isles
• Jill Keegan, outside the box
• George Eckton, Director of Advice Services, Citizens Advice Scotland
• Jenni Snell, Youth Links Scotland
• Eileen Cawley representing the Scottish Pensioners' Forum on Older People's Strategic Action Forum (OPSAF)
• Catriona Mason, Seniors Together South Lanarkshire (Scottish Older People's Assembly Trustee)
• Maureen O'Neill, Faith in Older People
• Stephen Penny, Lifelines Scotland (NHS Lothian)
• Charlie Wallace, Volunteering, Engagement and Programme Manager, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
• Mairi Allan, British Red Cross
• Linda Cummings, Scottish Government
• Catriona Maclean, Scottish Government
• Louise White, Scottish Government
• Paul Wilson, Volunteer Edinburgh
• Rosie Wylie, Historic Environment Scotland
• Alison Clyde, Generations Working Together
• Sarah Van Putten, Befriending Networks
• Alice McArdle formerly Voluntary Action South Ayrshire
• David Maxwell, Volunteer Glasgow
• Gregor Muir, Scottish Sports Association
• Elaine Crichton, Inspiring Scotland
• Naomi Mason, DTAS
• Kevin Kane, Youth Links Scotland
• Fiona Inglis, Impact Funding Partners
• Stacey-Ann Lindsay, Scottish Government
• Neil Bird, Trussell Trust
• Ruth Noble, outside the box
• Kirsty Struthers, Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire
• Tommy Seymour, Inspiring Scotland (Specialist Volunteer Network team)
• Ian Buchanan, Disability Equality Scotland
• Debbie Zima, Inspiring Scotland - intandem
• Abi Gardner, Nature Scot
• Diane Wilson, Impact Funding Partners
• Christine Ryder, outside the box
• Fiona Harvey, CHAS
• Sophie Bridger, Eden Project
• Marie Oliver, Voluntary Action South Ayrshire
• Douglas Guest, Home Start
• Mike Melvin, ACVO
• Mandy Burrell, Volunteering Matters
• Kirsten Urquhart, Young Scot
• Jim Duffy, Awards Network
• Diane Waugh, SupportED The Community Eating Disorder Charity
• Bella Kerr, Generations Working Together
• Audrey Gatt, Voluntary Action South Ayrshire
• Maureen Sier, Interfaith Scotland
• Ben Thurman, Carnegie UK
• Fiona Thomson, outside the box
• Marion Findlay, Volunteer Edinburgh
• Miriam Leighton, Volunteer Midlothian
• Malcolm Dingwall-Smith, sportscotland
• Jayne Stuart, ACOSVO
• Lorraine Toner, Volunteering and Citizenship Manager, Glasgow Life
• Irene Cree, Glasgow Life
• Neil Ritch, The National Lottery Community Fund
• Lori Hughes, PKAVS
• Sharon Douglas, Fife Council
• Tracey Passway, NHS Tayside
• James Fowlie, COSLA
• Emily Wallace, Corra Foundation
• Craig Tobin, Macmillan Service Manager (Lanarkshire)
• Claire Stevens, Voluntary Health Scotland
• Andrew Paterson, Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC)
• Kerry Jardine, Scottish Government (Community Resilience)
• Kate Kilpatrick, Scottish Government Principal Researcher
• Catrina Steenberg, SG (LGBTI)
• Aqeel Ahmed, SG (Race Equality Policy)
• Margaret Stygal, Finance at Deaf Blind scotland
• Brian Scott, Glasgow Disability Alliance
• Catriona Macleod, CVS Inverclyde
• Alison Matheson, NatureScot
• Hannah Bardett, DTAS
• Janine Stenhouse , Fife Voluntary Action
• Elaine Hill, Central Scotland Regional Equality Council (CSREC)
• Allan Lindsay, Young Scot
• Helen McCabe, CEMVO Scotland
• Laura Turney, Scottish Government
• Charly Anderson, Volunteer Borders
• Liz Wigelsworth, Head of Volunteering , Chest Heart Stroke Scotland
• Jayne Laidlaw, Equal Futures
• Chris Lau, Volunteer Centre Borders
• Leanne Mowat, Scottish Government (Young Person's Guarantee)
• Ralph Throp, Scottish Government (Community Resilience)

A management team with Volunteer Scotland driving the work and Scottish Government facilitating and supporting was also established to support this process.

• Alan Stevenson, Volunteer Scotland
• Margaret Starkie, Volunteer Scotland
• Adrian Murtagh, Volunteer Scotland
• Matthew Linning, Volunteer Scotland
• Calum Irving, Scottish Government
• Fiona Zapirain, Scottish Government
• Niall Kearney, Scottish Government
• Hilary Morrison, Scottish Government
• Hollie Whitfield, Scottish Government
• Ruth Hutton, Scottish Government

Also, the following team members of Volunteer Scotland provided support relating to evidence, supporting working groups, document content and design, and website design:

• Debbie Maltman, Volunteer Scotland
• Gemma Jackson, Volunteer Scotland
• Nicola Henderson, Volunteer Scotland
• Rosie Abernethy, Volunteer Scotland
• Sarah Latto, Volunteer Scotland