On our Board of Directors, as well as Grace our Executive Managing Director, 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

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.

Linzi Fryer-Sim

Treasurer

Linzi Fryer-Sim is our Treasurer and is a highly respected senior figure within the children’s care sector in England, where she has had leading roles within several high quality providers of residential child care, education and associated provisions that offers bespoke, specialist services to local authorities in England.  Linzi has many years’ experience in the residential child-care sector, and prior experience in the youth work sector, including within Dumfries and Galloway. Linzi was also named national winner in the 2019 Great British Care Awards for making an Outstanding Contribution to Social Care.

REBECCA GIBLIN

Secretary

Rebecca Giblin is our Secretary and was appointed to the Board in February 2019. She is an experienced arts administrator and marketing and comms specialist. Since moving to Dumfries and Galloway in 2013, she has worked with and volunteered at several festivals and arts organisations in the region, including Wigtown Book Festival, Spring Fling, Sanctuary, Scotland Sings and the Creetown Initiative. She brings fundraising, marketing and events management experience to the board, as well as a calm approach to problem solving and relationship management.