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*[[David Finlayson Frost]], electoral agent for [[Andrew Morrison]], both of 'Glasgow South-West Conservatives, 30 Clincart Road, Glasgow'.  Morrison is candidate for the Craigton Ward on Glasgow City Council.<ref>Andrew4Glasgow [http://andrew4glasgow.info/ Homepage], accessed 12 February 2010</ref>
 
*[[David Finlayson Frost]], electoral agent for [[Andrew Morrison]], both of 'Glasgow South-West Conservatives, 30 Clincart Road, Glasgow'.  Morrison is candidate for the Craigton Ward on Glasgow City Council.<ref>Andrew4Glasgow [http://andrew4glasgow.info/ Homepage], accessed 12 February 2010</ref>
 
*[[John Bradley]] Conservative PPC for Glasgow Central.<ref>Twitter [http://twitter.com/JSRBradley JSRBradley], accessed 6 February 2010 ([http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/8/83/John_Bradley_%28JSRBradley%29_on_Twitter_1265456219191.png Screen grab here])</ref>
 
*[[John Bradley]] Conservative PPC for Glasgow Central.<ref>Twitter [http://twitter.com/JSRBradley JSRBradley], accessed 6 February 2010 ([http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/8/83/John_Bradley_%28JSRBradley%29_on_Twitter_1265456219191.png Screen grab here])</ref>
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* [[Lucy Gilchrist]], head of Westminster communications for the Conservative party<ref>Matthew Moore [http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/6367-conservatives-ponder-further-cuts-to-scottish-mps Conservatives ponder further cuts to Scottish MPs], ''The Journal'', Wednesday 03 February 2010, The Journal Issue 30 </ref> and on the Conservatives' Prospective Parliamentary Candidates List.<ref>Centre for Policy Studies [http://www.cps.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=blogger&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=42&user=82 Lucy Gilchrist's Blog], accessed 12 February 2010</ref>
  
 
===Activities===
 
===Activities===

Revision as of 15:22, 12 February 2010

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Social Justice Scotland (SJS), defunct as at 5 February 2010, was a Conservative linked think tank. It called itself

a progressive think tank founded to develop and promote fresh thinking and effective new approaches to tackling poverty and inequality in Scotland.[1]
Screengrab of SJS Home Page from Google's cache, accessed 9 February 2010

It also stated that it was

an independent, non-partisan organisation inspired by Iain Duncan Smith's work on social justice issues.[2]
SJS Company Profile - LinkedIn

Company background

SJS began when a private limited company called the Centre for Social Justice Scotland Limited was incorporated on 2 July 2009 with one director, Glasgow based Heather MacLeod.[3] The name was changed to Social Justice Scotland on 13 August 2009.[4] On 31 August 2009 the company appointed a company secretary, the Gloucestershire-based finance director Anthony Nares.[5]

Centre for Social Justice Scotland Certificate of Incorporation - Companies House

SJS began operation in August 2009.[6] Between August 2009 and January 2010 a number of directors were appointed and then had their appointments terminated. Fiona Houston (appointed 24 august 2009, terminated, 15 December 2009); Malcolm Offord, (appointed 31 August 2009, terminated, 13 December 2009); Malcolm Scott, (appointed 31 August 2009, terminated 4 January 2010)

SJS came to an end on 22 January 2010 when its name was changed to Rellandum Limited in a form signed by Anthony Nares, the company secretary, one of two remaining directors.[7]

As at 5 February 2010, Social Justice Scotland no longer exists as a working entity (the website has been closed down for maintenance, and the domain name is parked). The outfit has been rebranded as the Social Justice Foundation.

Conservative links

Most of those associated with the think tank are or have been prospective candidates or other activists for the Conservative Party.

  • Heather MacLeod, standing as the Conservative candidate for Glasgow South West in the 2010 UK General Election.[8] In May, 2007 she stood as the Conservative candidate in the Scottish Parliamentary elections for Glasgow Maryhill.[9]
  • Fiona Houston, prospective candidate for Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill in the UK General Election of 2010.[10]
  • David Finlayson Frost, electoral agent for Andrew Morrison, both of 'Glasgow South-West Conservatives, 30 Clincart Road, Glasgow'. Morrison is candidate for the Craigton Ward on Glasgow City Council.[11]
  • John Bradley Conservative PPC for Glasgow Central.[12]
  • Lucy Gilchrist, head of Westminster communications for the Conservative party[13] and on the Conservatives' Prospective Parliamentary Candidates List.[14]

Activities

According to the Twitter feed of Conservative PPC for Glasgow Central, John Bradley, the think tank scheduled its first advisory board meeting on 19 November 2009:

First advisory board meeting for Social Justice Scotland in Glasgow tomorrow night. 9:41 PM Nov 18th, 2009 from web[15]
Twitter JSRBradley, accessed 6 February 2010

People

As of November 2009[16] (but note that as at February 2010 the outfit no longer exists[17] and thus this staff list is no longer current):

Screengrab of SJS Directors page from Google cache, taken 6 Feb 2010

Exec directors

Screengrab of Heather MacLeod entry on SJS Directors page from Google cache, taken 6 Feb 2010
Screengrab of Fiona Houston entry on SJS Directors page from Google cache, taken 6 Feb 2010
  • Tony Nares, Company Secretary[21] Nares is a Gloucestershire-based Chartered Accountant.[22] He was appointed a secretary of SJS on 31 August 2009.[23]

Non-exec directors

Screengrab of In the News page of SJS website, featuring Malcolm Offord's Bankrupt Britain report
Screengrab of Directors page of SJS website

Staff

Lucy Gilchrist, Westminster Liaison [28] | John Bradley, Projects director[29] | David Finlayson Frost, Research Director[30]

Advisory board

The Advisory board members were listed on the Social Justice Scotland website in November 2009. These were then removed sometime later in the year.

Screengrab of Our People: Internships, SJS website
Screengrab of People: David Finlayson Frost, SJS website, Screengrab, 'This is Google's cache of http://www.cs360hosting.co.uk/sjs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=70. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 14 Dec 2009 19:55:47 GMT.', Retrieved 9 February 2010
Screengrab of People: John Bradley, SJS website, (Screengrab, 'This is Google's cache of http://www.cs360hosting.co.uk/sjs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=70. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 14 Dec 2009 19:55:47 GMT.', Retrieved 9 February 2010)
Screengrab of People: Lucy Gilchrist, SJS website, 'This is Google's cache of http://www.cs360hosting.co.uk/sjs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=70. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 14 Dec 2009 19:55:47 GMT.', Retrieved 9 February 2010

Funding

Clients

Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes

Publications

Contact

(No longer current as at February 2010):

Address: 23 Shuna Gardens, Glasgow G20 9ER, Scotland, UK
Phone: 0141 945 1110
Email: info (AT) sjscotland.co.uk
Website: http://www.socialjusticescotland.co.uk/

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Screengrab of SJS Home page from Google's cache, accessed 9 February 2010
  2. ↑ Screengrab of SJS Home page from Google's cache, accessed 9 February 2010
  3. ↑ Certificate of Incorporation, Companies House, 2 July 2009, documentation retrieved 10 Feb 2010
  4. ↑ Certificate of Incorporation on change of Name, Company No. 362115, Companies House, 27 January 2010, documentation retrieved 10 Feb 2010
  5. ↑ Appointment of director or secretary, 288a, Company Number SC362115, 31 August 2009, document retrieved from Companies House 1 February 2010
  6. ↑ Home page, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 10 Nov 2009
  7. ↑ NM01, Notice of Change of Name by Resolution, first page, also NM01, Notice of Change of Name by Resolution, second page, company No. SC362115, Companies House, 2 July 2009, documentation retrieved 10 Feb 2010
  8. ↑ Heather MacLeod - Glasgow South West, Scottish Conservatives website, accessed 9 Feb 2010
  9. ↑ Heather MacLeod - Glasgow South West, Scottish Conservatives website, accessed 9 Feb 2010
  10. ↑ Scottish conservatives Fiona Houston], accessed 12 February
  11. ↑ Andrew4Glasgow Homepage, accessed 12 February 2010
  12. ↑ Twitter JSRBradley, accessed 6 February 2010 (Screen grab here)
  13. ↑ Matthew Moore Conservatives ponder further cuts to Scottish MPs, The Journal, Wednesday 03 February 2010, The Journal Issue 30
  14. ↑ Centre for Policy Studies Lucy Gilchrist's Blog, accessed 12 February 2010
  15. ↑ Twitter JSRBradley, accessed 6 February 2010 (Screen grab here)
  16. ↑ Screengrab of SJS Directors page from Google cache as it existed at 25 Jan 2010, screengrab taken 6 Feb 2010, screengrab here
  17. ↑ Contact, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 10 Nov 2009
  18. ↑ Social Justice Scotland Directors, SJS website, screengrab of cached version of the page as it appeared on 25 Jan 2010 22:42:25 GMT, accessed in Google cache 6 Feb 2010
  19. ↑ Heather MacLeod, LinkedIn, Google cache of the page as it appeared on 13 Jan 2010 03:47:11 GMT, accessed in Google cache 6 Feb 2010, screengrab here
  20. ↑ Social Justice Scotland Directors, SJS website, cached version of the page as it appeared on 25 Jan 2010 22:42:25 GMT, accessed in Google cache 6 Feb 2010
  21. ↑ Social Justice Scotland Directors, SJS website, screengrab of cached version of the page as it appeared on 25 Jan 2010 22:42:25 GMT, retrieved from Google cache 6 Feb 2010
  22. ↑ Anthony James Brewis Nares (b.1956), Nares.net, accessed 12 February 2010
  23. ↑ Appointment of director or secretary, Companies House document, retrieved 10 Feb 2010
  24. ↑ Bankrupt Britain, SJS website, Google cache 28 Nov 2009
  25. ↑ Bankrupt Britain, SJS website, Google cache 28 Nov 2009
  26. ↑ Social Justice Scotland Directors, SJS website, cached version of the page as it appeared on 25 Jan 2010 22:42:25 GMT, accessed in Google cache 6 Feb 2010
  27. ↑ Social Justice Scotland Directors, SJS website, cached version of the page as it appeared on 25 Jan 2010 22:42:25 GMT, accessed in Google cache 6 Feb 2010
  28. ↑ SJS 'People', Screengrab, 'This is Google's cache of http://www.cs360hosting.co.uk/sjs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=70. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 14 Dec 2009 19:55:47 GMT.', Retrieved 9 February 2010)
  29. ↑ SJS 'People', Screengrab, 'This is Google's cache of http://www.cs360hosting.co.uk/sjs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=70. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 14 Dec 2009 19:55:47 GMT.', Retrieved 9 February 2010)
  30. ↑ SJS, 'People' Screengrab, 'This is Google's cache of http://www.cs360hosting.co.uk/sjs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=70. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 14 Dec 2009 19:55:47 GMT., Retrieved 9 February 2010)
  31. ↑ Yoututbe Hamira Khan, accessed 6 February 2010. (Screengrab here)
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