NE Fife Community Development Team

Team manager Community Development since 2016 in North East Fife - Previously Strategy and Partnership Officer for Fife Council Community Learning and Development leading on digital inclusion and leading on voluntary sector grant support .

I worked with over 100 community organisations across Fife to establish www.digitalfife.com and I have been and Associate Assessor for HMI Education since 2009 for Community Development. Most recent inspection was November 2019 national inspection for Family Learning .

I joined the team in January 2019 and am normally based in Waid Community Campus. I have a background in working with children, young people and families, and I enjoy working with the diverse range of communities in the East Neuk.

I have been a Youth and Community Worker all of my adult working life; my first post was in Oban, but I have spent the last 30+ years in Fife.  I was always keen to work in a rural setting and am fortunate also to live in North-East Fife, which affords me the opportunity to experience the challenges and the privileges of life in the "slow lane".  In addition to working with young people, I enjoy delivering training and helping adults to learn.

I am new to the team in December 2020, having spent several years as a family worker in Dundee. I am familiar with the local area and communities, as I have lived most of my life in the Largo/Leven area and previously worked for a number of years in both Cupar and the East Neuk. I am happy to be back to working with communities in NE Fife.

I have happy memories of working in the East Neuk, specialising in youth work for around five years until 2015.