Who We Are
Meet the Team
Staff Team

Katrina Gallacher

Katrina joined the Staf team in April 2021 as Project Development Worker (Care Experienced Community), working with our advisory group to develop The REAL Toolkit.

Since then, Katrina has worked on a range of projects at Staf, and was appointed Care and Justice Lead for Youth Justice Voices in April 2024. Katrina leads on facilitation and delivery of our youth- and experience-led steering groups in Glasgow and HMP YOI Polmont.

Katrina has a degree in community development, and over 10 years’ experience in youth work and community development. Katrina has also volunteered for several years with different organisations and community groups to widen her experience and learning.

Katrina is care experienced and passionate about improving outcomes for people with experience of the care and justice systems in Scotland, being led by lived experience, driving forward the change we need to have meaningful, positive impacts for people who are currently experiencing these systems.

Latest

No Wrong Door Summit 2026

Access speaker presentations from our Transitions Summit on 30 June 2026
Join our team - new roles at Staf

We’re currently recruiting for 3 new roles, each offering a chance to be part of our important work with young people.
Explore the Friendship Anthology

A new collection of poetry, stories, reflections and visual art created by care experienced people across Scotland.
Join us for our new series of online summits

We're running 3 new events on justice, transitions and aftercare.

Jo Derrick

Chief Executive Officer
Victoria Armour

Communications and Connecting Members Manager
Jennifer Galt

Operational Support Officer
Hannah Kouris

Youth Development Worker (Care Experience Community)
Ruth Kerracher

Participation and Rights Manager
Louise Mitchell

Finance Manager
Dawn Robb

Learning, Development and Impact Lead

Young Funder's Grant

Applications for the Young Funder's Grant are now closed. Alternative sources of funding are included here.
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.
Get Involved

Here at Staf we have many ways for people with care experience to get involved.
Grants of up to £750 available to care experienced young people

We are delighted to announce our Young Funder's Grant is now open for applications.
Support for Care Leavers
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.
Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.
Local Elections 2022: Manifesto Round-Up

A look at the five main parties and their manifestos heading into the local elections 2022
GIRFEC: A Guide to Getting it Right for Every Child

GIRFEC (or Getting it Right for Every Child) is the national approach in Scotland to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing of our children and young people by offering the right help at the right time for the right people. Find out more about the GIRFEC approach.
Shannon's Box

Created by Shannon when in role as our Youth Facilitator, Shannon's Box is designed to make entering care a little easier for children and young people. Find out more about this project.