attitudes are about making things happen and removing barriers and resolving issues.
means drawing on our ability to listen and provide the person we’re supporting with the outcomes they’ve determined.
practice is developed through continuous professional development, experience, knowledge, training and qualifications.
thinking can develop and improve all areas of the support we provide.
is the value we place in collaborating with and supporting team members and colleagues across and outwith the organisation.
is being principled, respectful, honest and delivering on commitments.
ensures the support we provide can meet the needs of anyone we support.
support means we transform lives.
The Pioneering Work of with YOU (formerly Edinvar, Edinvar Community Care & Places for People Scotland Care & Support)
Working in partnership with 2001 Cannes Short Film award winning director, Irvine Allan and acclaimed playwright Ronan O’Donnell we premiered The Wayward Wind. This was made in collaboration with older people, Queen Margaret University, Castle Rock Edinvar, Gowrie Care and pupils from Holyrood High School.
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Chair
Elaine has worked for 30 years in homelessness services with Glasgow City Council. She has over…
Chair
Elaine has worked for 30 years in homelessness services with Glasgow City Council. She has over 25 years of experience in management, strategic planning and 10 years’ experience in tendering, commissioning and contract management.
As Commissioning & Planning Manager in Glasgow’s homelessness services, Elaine was responsible for, planning new services, developing the homelessness strategy and working closely with colleagues to ensure eradicating homelessness was a major element in Glasgow’s housing plan. Over the years her involvement has been with both the voluntary sector and statutory authorities in developing a “joined up” approach to tackling homelessness. The hostel closure programme in Glasgow brought together many of these agencies. Elaine considers joint working to be essential and the key way to tackle issues such as homelessness
Elaine took early retirement from Glasgow City Council where she had worked since 1980. She now finds the time to dedicate to becoming involved in an organisation providing support, which has been a lifelong interest. The experience she has gained over many years is of huge benefit to with YOU .
Board Member
Sorrel has worked for the NHS Lothian in a number of roles, primarily with a focus…
Board Member
Sorrel has worked for the NHS Lothian in a number of roles, primarily with a focus on providing new hospital facilities; her first job after university was on the team that moved the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to its new home at Little France in 2002. Since 2008 she has been project manager for the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences. She is also supporting the programme to develop and improve premises for primary and community care.
Sorrel has a particular interest in how capital build projects can bring wider benefits to the community, in employment, education and economic investment as well as in the clinical services they house. On the new “Sick Kids”, Sorrel is working closely with patients and their families, the staff who care for them, and artists and designers and charities to enhance the hospital environment and improve the experience for patients of all ages.
Board Member
Jane has an undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature and a MPhil in Publishing Studies,…
Board Member
Jane has an undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature and a MPhil in Publishing Studies, along with qualifications in marketing and PR.
On graduating, she gained a marketing role with a publisher in Edinburgh and, gradually realising that her interests lay with communication and marketing generally rather than publishing per se, studied for Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications in her free time. She then went on to further marketing and communications roles in the higher education and publishing sectors, joining Queen Margaret University (then Queen Margaret University College) as Director of Marketing and Communications in 2005. She has also studied at Queen Margaret herself, having completed the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Diploma there in 2009.
In her free time, Jane enjoys spending time with her family, and trying to learn French. Having spent time in Japan in her youth, she would also study Japanese if she had the time.
Board Member
Ian joined the Board in 2013. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience…
Board Member
Ian joined the Board in 2013. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in supporting organisations on finance matters in both the private and public sectors. He has worked for a learning disability charity and is currently Director of Finance of Creative Scotland, an organisation which provides grant funding to the arts, screen and creative industries.
He was a Board and Audit Committee member of Edinburgh’s Telford College until it merged to form Edinburgh College in 2012. He has also been a co-opted member of the Castle Rock Edinvar Audit and Risk Committee.
Board Member
Lesley Graduated in 2011 from the University of Aberdeen, with MA in Politics and International Relations…
Board Member
Lesley Graduated in 2011 from the University of Aberdeen, with MA in Politics and International Relations and currently works as a Public Affairs Consultant in Edinburgh. Brought up in Dumfries and Galloway Lesley has several years’ experience of volunteering for the Red Cross and prior to her graduation in 2011 Lesley volunteered through the University of Aberdeen Charities’ Committee to sit on the Student Council.
Lesley has previously worked in the Scottish Parliament for Elaine Murray, the Shadow Housing and Transport Minister. Lesley has a real passion for travel and spent a month in East China Normal University in Shanghai learning Mandarin.
Her background is in policy development within the children’s sector and in public affairs consultancy. She currently works for the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights as the Policy and Public Affairs Officer. Her role is to work with decision makers, public bodies and partners on policy areas to develop anti-racism policies and practice improvement, focusing on legislation, service provision, and employment practices.
Lesley lives in Edinburgh and has various hobbies including cooking and outdoor sports.
Head of Performance Management
Brian’s original career was in manufacturing, however in 1984 a change of direction took him to…
Head of Performance Management
brian.howley@withyou.support 0131 201 2958 Brian’s original career was in manufacturing, however in 1984 a change of direction took him to Hartwood Psychiatric Hospital in Shotts, Lanarkshire. He remained in the NHS for over ten years before moving into the voluntary sector with Loretto Care.
In 2002 Brian joined the Scottish Society for Autism working as a Resource Manager in a large residential unit for 16-25 year olds before joining Edinvar Community Care in 2003 as a Project Manager.
Brian’s career with Edinvar Community Care – latterly Places for People Scotland Care & Support and now with YOU developed progressively from Project Manager, Business Assurance Manager to his present post of Head of Performance Management.
Brian is also an Associate Assessor with the Care Inspectorate.
Brian holds an HNC in Social Care, SVQ Level 4, Registered Manager Award, D33 SVQ Assessor Award and a Personal Development Award in Supervision of the Delivery of Care Services.
Head of Finance and Business Development
Lindsay joined with YOU in Jan 2018, however started her finance career in 1984 in the…
Head of Finance and Business Development
Lindsay.johnstone@withyou.support 0131 201 2934 Lindsay joined with YOU in Jan 2018, however started her finance career in 1984 in the purchase ledger department within the Head Office of John Menzies before moving into Finance within the printing industry in 1989. She took up a post with Kirk Care Housing Association in 1991 and has remained in Housing/ Care and Support sectors ever since.
Lindsay has held a variety of Finance and Management roles within different Housing and Care & Support organisations, most recently working for 7 years at Link Group as Accountant and Finance Business Partner.
Lindsay is passionate about the Housing and Care & Support sectors and is motivated not just by working with the numbers but because she feels that in an indirect way it’s making a positive difference to people’s lives.
She is also a volunteer Board Member in her spare time for a small Scottish Registered Charity, U-Evolve.org.
Lindsay has an HNC and University Diploma in Accounting.
Director
In 2004 Rhona became the Director of Edinvar Community Care and has continued in that role…
Director
rhona.murray@withyou.support 0131 201 2931 In 2004 Rhona became the Director of Edinvar Community Care and has continued in that role for Places for People Scotland Care & Support and now with YOU.
Her earlier career was training as a psychiatric nurse and then as a Manager with the responsibility for the managed closure and redevelopment of a large scale homeless hostel – the Castle Trades Hotel. Her next role was as the Community Care Manager responsible for all of Old Town Housing Association’s support services. In 1994 she moved to Loretto Housing Association in Glasgow to manage the planned closure of another large scale hostel – the Great Eastern Hotel, as well as the development of replacement supported housing projects for residents of the hostel.
Rhona has an MSc in HRM and Training and a Diploma in Management Studies.
Head of Operations
Rick started his career in 1996 working for Belfast’s Orchardville Society as a learning disability support…
Head of Operations
rick.murray@withyou.support 07741 646832 Rick started his career in 1996 working for Belfast’s Orchardville Society as a learning disability support worker before becoming involved in employability support with the same organisation.
He then provided support to homeless adults with addictions before relocating to Scotland in 2000.
From 2000 – 2005 Rick worked as a service manager with ELCAP, having responsibility for a range of dispersed residential and visiting support services throughout East Lothian.
In 2005 he took up a position with Four Square Scotland overseeing their tenancy support, addictions and young persons supported flats projects before moving into his current post as Head of Operations at with YOU in 2011.
Rick holds a (BA Hons) in Psychology & English Language, Diploma in Social Work and a Registered Managers Award.
Head of Human Resources
Caron started working for with YOU in December 2017 as Head of HR and has over…
Head of Human Resources
caron.duffus@withyou.support 0131 201 2932 Caron started working for with YOU in December 2017 as Head of HR and has over 30 years’ experience in Human Resources with a track record in all areas of HR, employee relations, training design and delivery.
Her early career started within the private sector, where for 8 years where she held a variety of management positions before moving into training, completing her Diploma in Training Management and Direct Trainers Award. Caron’s enjoyment of working with people led to her moving into Human Resources, where she became Regional Personnel Manager with a blue chip organisation.
Caron has worked in the non-profit sector for the past 13 years in a range of comprehensive, generalist HR roles and has been involved in a range of complex employee relations cases. She maintains up to date knowledge and practice of employment law and is part of several sector working groups.
Caron is a volunteer with LGBT Youth Scotland as Vice Chair of their Board of Trustees
Caron is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel Development (MCIPD) and has a Diploma in Training Management. She also holds the Direct Trainers 725 Award and is a qualified Train the Trainer.
Board Member
Richie has worked as Outreach Officer for National Galleries of Scotland since 2008, delivering creative arts…
Board Member
Richie has worked as Outreach Officer for National Galleries of Scotland since 2008, delivering creative arts projects in communities across Scotland, inspired by participants’ lives, local histories and the national collection of art. This, his prior role as Education Co-ordinator at Dundee Contemporary Arts and his work as a freelance artist, has led him to work with folk of all ages and abilities, but primarily young people. He is passionate about providing people with the platforms, skills and confidence to create, contribute to and comment on our shared cultural landscape.
Richie is a dad, a (former) DJ, record collector and fishkeeper. He has previously worked as a family support officer, bar manager and in a range of service industry/factory jobs. He is on the board of his local community centre and is a workplace trade union representative.
Qualifications
BA Hons, Fine Art (Drawing and Painting) from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee.
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