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Tim is YouthLink Scotland's Chief Executive, he manages the workforce development team, communications, events, policy and research.

Gillian manages the National Programmes team and supports the Local Authority Youth Work Managers network, National Voluntary Youthwork Organisations Scotland network and the Scottish Youth Work Leaders Forum.

Lorena manages the Finance and Administration teams. She facilitates all Business support for the organisation.

Susan is responsible for providing support to our CEO, Senior Management Team and Board of Directors. She also looks after membership enquiries and applications and assists the Business Director with office management.

Lorna assists our Business Manager Lorena with finance and HR activities.

Kevin leads the development of youth work policy impacting young people’s lives, supporting the sector to respond to current and emerging policy and legislative issues affecting young people and the youth work sector. He ensures that YouthLink Scotland’s policy and research agenda is reflected within Government and across the political spectrum, with a sharp focus on maintaining and building influence.

Amy leads on using participatory research methods to demonstrate the impact of youth work on young people’s lives and supports the sector and young people to develop research skills.

Sarah leads on the management and strategic direction of YouthLink Scotland’s communications and influencing strategy to support the sector.  Working on media, campaigns, events and building relationships across the political spectrum to ensure the profile of youth work is high on the political and public agenda. 

Eddie joined YouthLink Scotland in 2019 and oversees our digital communications strategy. He works on website and content development, campaigns, digital evolution and cyber security.

Alice manages the digital content for our online platforms and social media, as well as designing creative multimedia for YouthLink Scotland and its national programmes.

Susan is responsible for our fortnightly Youth Work Briefing, website content and enquiry answering, as well as organising national events including the National Youth Work Awards and the National Youth Work Conference.

John provides support in the administration of YouthLink Scotland events, including the National Youth Work Awards and the National Youth Work Conference.

Liz leads our workforce and practice development and international collaborations. She manages the team, supporting the sector with key areas of youth work practice such as digital, sustainability and youth social action.

Emma leads on the #IWill Movement in Scotland, working in partnership with the wider UK Movement and young people to grow youth social action. Emma also has a remit for youth volunteering.

Hilary leads on digital youth work, enabling the youth work sector in Scotland  to grow this important and fast-paced area of practice. She runs the digital youth network jointly with Young Scot.

Naomi leads on our Learning for Sustainability work, supporting the youth work sector and young people to engage in global citizenship, sustainable development education and outdoor learning.

Stuart works on a number of national programmes to help promote youth participation across Scotland, including the PDC, YouthBank Scotland, the PB and Grant Making course and IWill.

Jen supports the delivery of the Youth VIP project in partnership with Young Scot and Project Scotland, with focus on the implementation of the Volunteering for All Action Plan in relation to young people and the youth work sector.

Marielle is responsible for facilitating the development of strengthened partnerships between youth work and schools to close the poverty-related attainment gap.

Gill supports the development of collaborative practice and is responsible for generating evidence of youth work’s impact on the Scottish Attainment Challenge.

Orielle manages the overall social and digital marketing strategy for No Knives Better Lives. She is responsible for developing the NKBL Network and partnership and membership information.

Vicki develops and supports the work of the youth violence prevention initiative, No Knives Better Lives, based at YouthLink Scotland.

Emily manages the youth participation element of the NKBL programme. She also leads on integrating a rights-based restorative approach to the programme. Emily also supports Action on Prejudice with training design and delivery.

Nadine is responsible for the development and delivery of NKBL's peer education capacity building training for practitioners. She also develops the peer educator's resources to ensure the programme is sustainable and replicable.

Sarah works on the Action on Prejudice and Action on Sectarianism programmes and works within the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion remit at YouthLink Scotland, supporting the EDI Community of Practice.

Jane manages the youth work funds administered by YouthLink Scotland.

Donna supports the administration of the YouthLink Scotland’s grant programmes and provides grant applicants with appropriate support at all stages of the process.