grace cardozo

executive director

As Managing Director of Sleeping Giants, Grace is also an Executive Director on the Board.  You can read more about Grace here

REBECCA GIBLIN

executive director
secretary

As Deputy Managing Director of Sleeping Giants, Rebecca is also Secretary to the Board.  You can read more about Rebecca here

On our Board of Directors, as well as Grace and Rebecca, are our extremely experienced Non-Executive Directors who provide scrutiny to our work; help us set our strategic direction, determine pay and conditions for our paid staff; are equally responsible for all aspects of governance and in general offer guidance, expertise and support.
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Penny Halliday

non-executive director
CHAIR

Penny Halliday is Chair of our Board. She was an FE lecturer with Dumfries and Galloway College for 18 years and then moved to community development for 10 years setting up local and national support for kinship carers as well as families affected by drugs, for which she won several awards. Penny has served as a Non-Executive Member of the Board of NHS Dumfries and Galloway for over 8 years where she is currently Vice Chair as well as Vice Chair of the Integrated Joint Board – the body set up to oversee the integration of local health and social care services within the Region.

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Ian WHITE

non-executive director
​Treasurer

I have been a board member of Sleeping Giants for 4 years.  What I bring to the board is experience of both financial and management accounting. I am a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)qualifying in 1992 and served as a past President of ACCA Scotland and served on the committee for a number of years.
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I worked in local Government for a number of years, taught at Dumfries and Galloway College for nearly 30 years.  Most recently worked in the third sector with a charity in Edinburgh.  Currently I am treasurer of Kirkmahoe Community Council and a director and serve on the board of Annandale nad nithsdale Community Benefit Company.

Linda dorward

non-executive director
vice chair

Born and schooled in Dundee, Linda has spent her entire career in the public sector initially as a Psychiatric Nurse, leaving as a Charge Nurse in an Acute Psychiatric setting to work in the Scottish Prison Service, latterly as a Prison Governor. This necessitated traveling and living across various areas in Scotland.

Throughout her career she has strived to make a difference, alleviate the negative effects of poverty and give a voice to those most marginalised in society, working alongside Scottish Government, Local Government and Third Sector colleagues to achieve positive change.  She was elected as a  Labour Councillor, for Dumfries and Galloway Council, in May 2022, and she continues to focus on these issues by working across the Council to address inclusivity, meritocracy and the amplification of Women’s voices in Dumfries and Galloway.

As well as her role with Sleeping Giants, Linda is a member of the cross Councils A75/77 lobbying group and a board member of the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm and Museum Trust, Alcohol and Drugs Support South-West Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway Alcohol and Drugs Partnership, Dumfries and Galloway Community Planning Partnership Board and Dumfries and Galloway Integration Joint Board (IJB).

Out with work Linda enjoys hill walking, gardening, reading, travelling and supporting Dundee United Football Club. She is married with 2 rehomed dogs and a rehomed cat.
Linda gained an MSt in Applied Criminology, Penology and Management  from Cambridge University in 2015. 

lynne mann

non-executive director

Lynne is currently working as the Allied Health Professional Lead for Dumfries and Galloway Community Health and Social Care Partnership. She is a Physiotherapist to background.

Lynne has held various clinical and non clinical roles throughout her career including the Service Improvement Lead for Acute and Diagnostics in NHS Dumfries and Galloway and a 3 year secondment to Scottish Government as a Service Improvement Manager.  She is passionate about prevention and early intervention with a focus on physical activity. 
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Lynne is also the current chair of the NHS Dumfries and Galloway Women's Network, with a drive to make sustainable change.  

tigger macgregor

non-executive director

Tigger MacGregor owns and runs the 4Elements Company, offering training in Communication and advanced Massage approaches. She has been living in Galloway for a decade and as well as being involved in a variety of community and voluntary sector organisations here, has had connections with social and third sector work throughout her adult life. With previous experience in both the UK Civil Service and consultancy for both private and public organisations, she is looking forward to supporting the excellent work of Sleeping Giants through her involvement in their board.
 

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Our Board of Directors meets quarterly, but also undertakes additional development activities, including the process of strategic planning and organisational development has led to the development of this strategy.  The Board includes our Executive Directors, as well as several extremely experienced Non-Executive Directors who are equally responsible for all aspects of governance.

Our Board uses The Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector and its associated check-up tool to ensure that we are constantly striving for best practice in Governance.  This includes work around: 
•Organisational purpose
•Leadership
•Board behaviours
•Control
•Effectiveness

​Our Non-Executive Directors also provide support to our Management Team by: 
•Offering guidance, expertise and support 
•Providing scrutiny to our work
•Helping us set our strategic direction and monitoring our strategic plan
•Determining pay and conditions for our paid staff