Social Justice Scotland
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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]
It also stated that it was
- an independent, non-partisan organisation inspired by Iain Duncan Smith's work on social justice issues.[2]
SJS began operation in August 2009.[3] 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.
Contents
History
According to the Twitter feed of Conservative PPC for Glasgow Central, John Bradley, the think tank scheduleed 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[4]
Twitter JSRBradley, accessed 6 February 2010
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Activities
Views
Affiliations
People
As of November 2009 (but note that as at February 2010 the outfit no longer exists and thus this staff list is no longer current):[5]
Exec directors
- Heather MacLeod, Managing Director and co-founder of SJS with Fiona Houston.[6] She was the director of pharmaceutical company GM Clinical Limited, beginning January 2008[7][8]
- Fiona Houston, Strategy and Communications Director[9]
- Tony Nares, Company Secretary[10]
Non-exec directors
- Malcolm Offord - also member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Social Justice[11]
- Malcolm Scott[12]
Advisory board
- DCS John Carnochan, Violence Reduction Unit, Strathclyde Police
- Maxie Richards, The Maxie Richards Foundation
- Sandy Campbell, Director, Working Rite
- Nigel Ironside, Governor, HMP Edinburgh
- Paul McBride, QC
- Stephen Jardine, Producer/Presenter, STV
- Prof. Margaret Smith, Dean, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee
- Hamira Khan[13]
- Clive Fairweather, CBE
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(No longer current as at February 2010):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
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Home page, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 10 Nov 2009
- ↑ Home page, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 19 Nov 2009
- ↑ Home page, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 10 Nov 2009
- ↑ Twitter JSRBradley, accessed 6 February 2010 (Screen grab here)
- ↑ Contact, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 10 Nov 2009
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Heather MacLeod, LinkedIn, version current at 19 Nov 2009
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Yoututbe Hamira Khan, accessed 6 February 2010. (Screengrab here)
