Alex Comrie

Alex worked with Glasgow City Council for 27 years in administration. Since leaving the council, Alex has been involved in a variety of voluntary positions, including volunteering with Staf. Staf was awarded funding through Shaw Trust to host Alex's employment for 6 months as Office Administrator, which has resulted in a permanent position with Staf.

In his spare time, Alex enjoys visiting museums and art galleries, as well as reading history and detective novels.

Contact Details

Tel: 0141 465 7511

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Project Return Timeline

This Care Experienced Week we take a look at Project Return's Journey and how it kept young people connected.
Keeping Connected

Care Experienced Week 2021 is all about celebrating success and connection. Let us show you just a few of the ways we have managed to stay connected over the last two 19 months
Minimum Income Guarantee Roundtable Round Up

Our work into a minimum income guarantee pilot for care leavers continues and our recent roundtable event provided plenty of food for thought.
Youth Justice Voices Respond to National Care Service Consultation

Youth Justice Voices' response to the National Care Service Consultation makes for interesting and important reading

Jo Derrick

Chief Executive Officer
Pamela Graham

Head of Learning & Development
Sandra Veitch

Operations Manager
Dale Hibbard

Youth Justice Project Support Worker
Jack Dudgeon

Policy & Communications Assistant
Katrina Gallacher

Project Development Worker - Care Experienced Community
Kevin Lafferty

Participation Consultant
Marion Willshaw

Senior Digital Communications Officer
Papoula Petri Romão

Learning and Development Project Worker
Ruth Kerracher

Youth Justice Participation Lead

The Promise explained: what the Care Review means for the workforce

Scotland’s Independent Care Review has published its final conclusions. Five reports have been published and the main report ‘The Promise’ runs to 124 pages. To keep our members informed, we will set out the conclusions in a series of brief summaries.
Implications of Continuing Care Report

Staf has been working as part of a consortium of colleagues from across the sector which has been meeting about the implementation of Continuing Care. Following our Implications of Continuing Care focus group in February 2018, we produced a report looking at the issues and the good practice taking place across Scotland.
Scotland to host an International Child Trauma Conference in 2020

On 17-18 September 2020 we will be hosting an International Child Trauma conference with Dr Bruce Perry alongside partners Aberlour, Clackmannanshire Education and Psychology Services, Seamab, Kibble, and Children in Scotland. Find out more in this blog.
The Importance of Relationships

We are working on a project to highlight the importance of relationships in the lives of care-experienced young people. Find out more about the project.
Vision and Values

Staf's Vision, and Values
Young Funder's Grant

Thanks to funding from Life Changes Trust young people with care experience can now apply for a grant of up to £750.
Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.
Current Members

Staf currently has over 70 members, including local authorities, third sector organisations and private sector care providers.
Relationship Based Practice: What does it really look like?

Mary Glasgow facilitated one of our workshops at our Annual Conference 2017, setting out the principles of a restorative, child-centred and family-minded approach that aims to mitigate the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Find out more and download Mary's presentation.
Announcing Our New and Improved Website

Following almost a year of research, consultation and hard work, we are proud to say that our new website is live. Find out more about how we transformed our website.