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Alan Webb
Chief Executive Officer
Alan’s experience is in organisation development and leadership, primarily with global brands. In 2017, he became an advisor to start-ups and charities whilst spending more time with his young children. Alan has volunteered for over a decade, with Children’s Hearings, trustee/Chair of a medium-sized community charity and as mentor to care experienced young people. He joined us from a UK-wide family support charity where he led on sustainability, governance, volunteering and practice development.
Claire Brown
Head of Partnerships and Communities
Claire provides the senior leadership for our community and locality working, support for Dumfries and Galloway’s third sector organisations and the executive oversight of our partnership working across Dumfries and Galloway, the south of Scotland and with national bodies and the Scottish Government. She also deputises for our Chief Executive Officer ensuring the most senior representation for the sector, organisational leadership, stakeholder relationships and influence.
Alan Hall
Head of Communications and Impact
Alan provides the senior leadership for our communications, data, systems, insights and impact work with the third sector across Dumfries and Galloway and leads our wider influence in the south of Scotland and with national bodies and the Scottish Government. He joined Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway in 2018 after 25 years in media across the region, including senior editorial roles.
Natalie Anderson
Executive Assistant to CEO
Natalie provides administrative and coordinating support to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enable him to effectively conduct strategic business with colleagues, partners, communities, the Scottish Government and wider stakeholders. She is the first point of contact for the CEO. Her experience is in Professional Services management and Natalie is also a volunteer with third sector organisations and groups and was a director and voluntary consultant with a local community development trust.
Jane Stanistreet
Lead for Funding and Fund Management
Jane provides oversight and leadership of our work across income generation, investment and fund management. She oversees a fund management service that directs important investment to our communities on behalf of funding partners and also leads the delivery of our organisation’s income objectives, ensuring an effective funding pipeline and process for high quality funding applications. Previously, Jane spent more than 15 years successfully assisting the sector to access EU Funding.
Niomi Nichol
Lead for Community Health and Wellbeing
Niomi provides oversight and leadership of our work in communities and across the third sector on health and wellbeing developing relationships with the local authority, Health and Social Care Partnership) and organisations across the sector to support collaboration, develop capacity and highlight the role and impact of the sector. She brings a vast amount of knowledge and experience in the subject, having joined us from a leadership role within the social care sector.
Selina McMorran
Lead for Economic Development and Enterprise
Selina provides oversight and leadership of our work across economic development and enterprise strategies in Dumfries and Galloway and develops relationships with the local authority and organisations across the sector to support collaboration, develop capacity and highlight the role and impact of the sector. She led on the creation of the region’s Social Enterprise Network and provides ongoing support.
Sharee Donoghue
Lead for Employability, Skills and Learning
Sharee provides oversight and leadership of our work across employability, skills and learning strategies in Dumfries and Galloway and develops relationships with the local authority and organisations across the sector to support collaboration, develop capacity and highlight the role and impact of the sector. She has experience in employability services within private, public and third sector organisations for over 20 years in Dumfries and Galloway.
Hilde Law
Finance and Resources Co-ordinator
Prior to joining Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway, Hilde has worked in SFA/SPFL, League and Community and Charity Football, workplace training in SVQs, and various administration positions. Hilde looks forward to transferring skills in the position of Finance and Resources Co-ordinator with Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway.
Nadine Coltart
Business Support Officer
Nadine has worked in administration-based jobs and jumped in and out of hospitality roles since leaving school. She thoroughly enjoys working with the public and is looking forward to utilising these skills and widening her knowledge of the third sector as the first point of contact for TSDG. In her spare time, Nadine enjoys playing netball and helping to run Upper Nithsdale Netball Club.
Stephen McCutcheon
Locality Development Officer
Stephen works to build a strong third sector through collaboration and advice on a range of matters including leadership, good governance, sustainability, planning and volunteering. He hosts the Locality Hub for his area as part of the Community Planning Partnership, working with partners in the local authority, NHS and others. He also has a wider involvement in sector development, including sharing insights and learning from localities to help with decision making.
Rachel Muir
Development Officer, Income and Fair Funding
Rachel plays a key role in attracting and securing investment for the third sector across Dumfries and Galloway and also provides funding advice and support for organisations, signposting to funding/income/investment opportunities, and develops resources to help organisations build high quality applications in line with the Fair Funding Charter. She is also responsible for the development and submission of funding applications for Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway.
Kateryna Stoian
Volunteering Development Coordinator
Kateryna supports the delivery of our Volunteering Strategy and our alignment with the national Volunteer Outcome Framework. Developing resources, providing advice to sector organisations and contributing to events, she is central to supporting good volunteering leadership, creating and promoting volunteering opportunities and advocating for more inclusive volunteering. She is also involved in sector events, forum and projects for the third sector working with colleagues across the organisation.
Yuliia Dymkovska
Fund Engagement Officer
Yuliia works directly with third sector organisations to encourage preparation for and participation in funding opportunities managed by Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway, particularly the Community Led Local Development Fund. She also assists groups in developing project ideas for funding and support learning, evaluation and impact through direct connection, collaborative spaces and progress review opportunities.
Iona Callum
Fund Programme Coordinator
Iona supports the administration of funding/grants to the third sector administered by Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway. She supports the application, decision making, investment, monitoring and reporting processes and communicates directly with applicants, grant holders and the decision-making forum.
Daniel Allan
Information and Communications Officer
Daniel plays an important role in the management, development and effectiveness of the organisation’s information systems and associated data. Working with colleagues across the organisation, he coordinates the application of data and information management and ensures best practice in data capture and management, reporting and information retention/storage. He also provides first-line technical support with company software/hardware and coordinating support to the wider department as needed.
Jo Newlands
Employability Development Officer
Jo’s primary focus will be on engaging with third sector organisations across the region to gain a thorough understanding of the employability services available across the region, and to promote these showcasing what the third sector has to offer in terms of employability in Dumfries and Galloway. Jo’s background is in youth work and homeless services. She is passionate about improving the life chances of vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our communities.
David Link
Independent Consultant
David helps deliver the training programme for Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway and first started working in the third sector when he joined Solway Community Business as a Development Officer. He has worked with a large number of third sector organisations, helping them with governance and activity planning and delivery, from helping establish Credit Unions to creating legacy projects from windfarm and other funds.