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 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 the company appointed a finance Directors and company Secretary, the Gloucestershire based Anthony Nares.[5]
SJS began operation in August 2009.[6] SJS came to an end on 27 January 2010 when its name was changed to Rellandum Limited in a form signed by Anthony Nares, the company secretary.[7] In 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)
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 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[8]
Twitter JSRBradley, accessed 6 February 2010
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Activities
Views
Affiliations
People
As of November 2009[9] (but note that as at February 2010 the outfit no longer exists[10] and thus this staff list is no longer current):
Exec directors
- Heather MacLeod, Managing Director and co-founder of SJS with Fiona Houston.[11] She was the director of pharmaceutical company GM Clinical Limited, beginning January 2008[12]
- Fiona Houston, Strategy and Communications Director[13]
- Tony Nares, Company Secretary[14]
Non-exec directors
- Malcolm Offord - also a founder of SJS[15]; member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Social Justice[16][17]
Staff
Lucy Gilchrist, Westminster Liaison [19] | John Bradley, Projects director[20] | David Finlayson Frost, Research Director[21]
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.
- 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[22]| Clive Fairweather, CBE
Screengrab of Hamira Khan's Youtube page, accessed 6 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
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Screengrab of SJS Home page from Google's cache, accessed 9 February 2010
- ↑ Screengrab of SJS Home page from Google's cache, accessed 9 February 2010
- ↑ Certificate of Incorporation, Companies House, 2 July 2009, documentation retrieved 10 Feb 2010
- ↑ Certificate of Incorporation on change of Name, Company No. 362115, Companies House, 27 January 2010, documentation retrieved 10 Feb 2010
- ↑ 288a, Appointment of director or secretary, Company Number SC362115, 31 August 2009, document retrieved from Companies House 1 February 2010
- ↑ Home page, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 10 Nov 2009
- ↑ NM01, Notice of Change of Name by Resolution, company No. SC362115Companies House, 2 July 2009, documentation retrieved 10 Feb 2010
- ↑ Twitter JSRBradley, accessed 6 February 2010 (Screen grab here)
- ↑ Screengrab of SJS Directors page from Google cache as it existed at 25 Jan 2010, screengrab taken 6 Feb 2010, screengrab here
- ↑ Contact, Social Justice Scotland website, accessed 10 Nov 2009
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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, 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
- ↑ Bankrupt Britain, SJS website, Google cache 28 Nov 2009
- ↑ Bankrupt Britain, SJS website, Google cache 28 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Yoututbe Hamira Khan, accessed 6 February 2010. (Screengrab here)
