Our Board

Clare has been recognised in the Scottish Sustainable Development Forum’s Green List for her work to improve community engagement in Scottish planning. Clare has worked on community empowerment issues in both local government and the voluntary sector strengthening her belief that a robust, democratic planning system is crucial for shaping fairer and more sustainable places.

Helen is campaigns & policy manager with Ramblers Scotland, where she has worked since 2004. Previously Helen worked for Friends of the Earth Scotland and before that for 13 years was a teacher, trainer and manager in language schools, mainly overseas. Helen was Chair of Scottish Environment LINK until December 2017 after 7 years on the board. She was also a board member of Transform Scotland for 8 years and currently sits on their policy forum.

Hannah lives in Biggar, South Lanarkshire. Is a chartered accountant who has worked in large practices and industry for the past 8 years, most recently working for Trainline. She has volunteered for the RSPB and has done conservation work in South Africa. Her interests are in rewilding, surfing and hill walking.

Sue lives in Limekilns in Fife. She cares deeply about issues of justice and has worked as a volunteer in the Fair Trade movement for thirty years. She was secretary of her community council for over 30 years and is a stalwart of her local community. She was involved in a public inquiry into the proposed development of a container terminal at Rosyth.

Ben studied planning and environmental law and is a trainee solicitor working on housing and homelessness law. He is a Member of the Law Society Scotland’s Access to Justice Committee, a Member of Scottish Environment LINK’s legal strategy subgroup and a volunteer editor for the UK Environmental Law Association. He is a keen runner, cyclist and environmental activist.

Kelly has extensive experience in designing and facilitating processes for people to have a say in the decisions that affect their lives. Kelly is Deliberative Democracy Lead at FutureGov and was previously Director of Democratic Society in Scotland. Kelly lives in Edinburgh and brings a background in education, social justice and community action.

Anne lives in the village of Greengairs, North Lanarkshire. She is an active member of her local community council and had the great privilege of being awarded an MBE for services to Environmental Justice and her local community in 2004. For the past 14 years, she has been committed to the principle that there should be equality for the public voice in the development of their neighbourhood.