Meet our Staff
Tina, Lucy, Sheila, Morven and Ewan
Lucy and Tina joined us in April 2018, in their role of Community Engagement and Development Officer for The Garve & District Development Company and we are delighted to have them aboard. The ladies are currently job sharing an up to 4 days per week post and one of their main priorities it to help us implement our new Community Development Plan for Garve and District.
Community Engagement and Development – TLC Partnership
TLC+ Associates is a dynamic duo of ladies hailing from west of the dhirrie. Tina Hartley and Lucy Beattie have a strong background in community development and rural enterprise having worked for a number of organisations including community trusts, development companies and rural businesses. Tina, originally from Lancashire moved to Ullapool 16 years ago and has a background in business development, community facilitation and project management. Lucy is from Leckmelm, Loch Broom and has a background in agriculture, rural development and community education. As a team they have worked together since 2011 and are both looking enjoying their role with the company.
Sheila Mitchell - Company Secretary
Sheila current works for the company one day per week. She grew up in rural Perthshire and moved to Ullapool 5 years ago, after 20+ years working in social housing in the central belt. More recently she has been Project Manager for Assynt's community bus, as well as volunteer treasurer for Isle Martin Trust. She also currently works as HR/Farms Administrator at Wester Ross Salmon at Ardmair.
Morven MacDonald - Acivate Garve & District Project Co-ordinator
Morven was born and brought up in Ullapool and after working in various locations all over the UK, she returned to her home in 2010. She has over 20 years experience in HR, training & development and is someone that is passionate about the communities, landscape and services in the Highlands. Morven believes in every person having ability and deserving the opportunity to learn and grow at their pace, in their way. Morven, having previously run our SCVO DigiHub Project, joins us again to take forward our Activite Garve & District Project so you will be seeing and hearing a lot more from her.
Ewan Bush - Energy Officer
Ewan was born in Dingwall but educated in Sweden and currently lives, full-time on his croft in Scoraig. He has first hand knowledge working for many years as a builder and joiner in the Edinburgh and Lothians area upgrading homes with both tradtional and modern materials and a broad owledge of renewable heating systems, solar panels, pellet stoves and heat pumps.
Living off-grid on Scoraig, he realises the importance of working closely with his local community and neighbours to improve and develop homes and transport systems. Relying on wind and solar for our energy production and timber harvested from locally grown trees for heating, he understands the challanges of moving toward a low carbon future.
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Pamela Morrison said:
Just enjoyed a home visit from Morven re broadband training in Garve
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Morven MacDonald said:
Thank you Pamela. It was lovely to meet you and all the other lovely people at my other visits yesterday. A pleasure getting to know such a beautiful area better.
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Tina Hartley said:
Fantastic Pam, hope you found it helpful. Please do share our plans far and wide, it is all about connectivity both at a personal level and digital!!
See you soon.
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