Ian Barcroft
Ian is the Episcopal Rector of St Mary’s (Hamilton); convener of the Scottish Episcopal Church’s Provincial Church in Society Committee and convener of the Glasgow & Galloway Diocese Church in Society Task Group. He is a trustee of Circle Scotland, supporting families and children, and Chair of St Mary’s Family Support Project, located within the church where he is Rector. Also involved in a number of community projects, he is the Chair of South Lanarkshire Volunteer Centre and Hyzone – a detached youth project organised by the churches in Hamilton Town Centre.

Ephraim Borowski
Ephraim is the Director of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, Vice-Convener of the ethnic minority umbrella, BEMIS, and a member of the Scottish Government’s Faith Liaison Group.  He was formerly head of the Philosophy Department at Glasgow University and compiled the Collins Dictionary of Mathematics.  A former President of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, he was also Treasurer of the Scottish Inter-Faith Council, and a member of the Government’s Race Equality Advisory Forum and the Scottish Committees of both the CRE and the EOC. Ephraim was awarded the MBE in 2009 “for services on behalf of the Jewish Community of Scotland”.

Sandra Carter MBE (Chair of FiSCAF Funding Awards Commitee)
Sandra is a former Chief Executive of the Voluntary Action Fund and is a trustee of Faith in Older People.

Ian Galloway
Ian is a former warden of Iona Abbey and a member of the Iona Community. He worked for a number of years with the Glasgow Simon Community and was chair of Glasgow Council for the Single Homeless. He is currently a parish minister (Church of Scotland) in the Gorbals and convener of the Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Council.

Martin Johnstone (Company Secretary; Voluntary Chief Executive)
Martin works with the Ministries Council, co-ordinating the work of the Church of Scotland in Scotland’s 58 poorest communities in the country. Prior to this he was a parish minister in Bellshill, where he was instrumental in the development of Orbiston Neighbourhood Centre, a church-based community centre. He serves on a wide range of voluntary and public sector organisations with a simple desire – to ensure that the voices, wisdom and experience of people living in poverty are better heard.

Dorothy MacLean (Chair of Transformation Team Reference Group)
Dorothy is a member of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow’s Peace & Justice Commission. She is a retired secondary school teacher, having spent much of her working life in Castlemilk, Glasgow.

John Matthews OBE (Chair)
John Matthews is a Church of Scotland minister in Ruchill, Glasgow. Prior to entering the ministry, he was a senior executive in industry. John currently serves on the Board of The Wise Group and is Chair of The Glasgow Simon Community.

Brett Nicholls (Treasurer)
Brett is a qualified Chartered Accountant who currently runs his own business, specialising in financial support and advice to the voluntary sector. Prior to this he was Depute Chief Executive with Govan Initiative. He is a member of West Glasgow New Church.

Summera Shaheen
Summera is Managing Director of The Diamond Studio, Argyll Arcade Glasgow and won Scottish Asian Business Woman of the Year 2008. She is involved on a voluntary capacity with various organisations and charities including Glasgow The Caring City.

Satty Singh
Satty has developed a number of highly successful businesses since starting his career as a waiter in 1988.  He was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2006 Asian Business Awards.  He is also involved in a number of charities and launched Golf in the Community in 2007.

Peter Smith
Peter is Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow, overseeing the administration of the Archdiocese on a day to day basis. He is parish priest in St Mary’s in the Calton (Glasgow).

Rachel Smillie
Rachel has been involved in community work in Glasgow for a number of years, developing the use of storytelling as a means of creating community cohesion and building the confidence of all age groups.

Joseph Sullivan
Joseph is parish priest in St Philip’s, Ruchazie and interested in the alienation which affects so many in our communities.