Ashleigh de Verteuil
Ashleigh is one of our newly appointed Board directors, with policy experience in health and social care, social security, and loneliness and isolation. She is currently a Policy Officer at Age Scotland, and previously worked at Leonard Cheshire and the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland. Passionate about social equality, Ashleigh has an MSc in […]
Victoria Miller
Robin McKendrick
Robin joined Ecas as a Befriender in 2012 and joined the Ecas Board the following year. He has retired from a successful career working for the Scottish Executive (now the Scottish Government) where he was involved in a succession of diverse policy roles. Robin ended up finding his true home during the final seven years […]
Jennifer Learmonth
Jennifer Learmonth joined Ecas as a volunteer Befriender in May 2013. Jen has worked in a range of organisations across the third sector in Edinburgh, in a variety of environments supporting adults, young people and children with their mental health, to live independently and most importantly to have fun. In October 2018, Jen joined the […]
John Mackay
My working life began amid thick mud and driving rain in a field near Newcastle, and I went on to spend about four years – often in similarly challenging conditions – digging ponds, planting trees, and building drystone walls for a national conservation charity. This work also took me to Nottinghamshire, teaching practical skills to […]