Social Justice Scotland

This article is part of the Scotland: Portal project of SpinWatch.

Social Justice Scotland (SJS), defunct as at 5 February 2010, calls itself

a progressive think tank founded to develop and promote fresh thinking and effective new approaches to tackling poverty and inequality in Scotland.

It also states that it is

an independent, non-partisan organisation inspired by Iain Duncan Smith's work on social justice issues.

SJS began operation in August 2009. 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.

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As of November 2009 (but note that as at February 2010 the outfit no longer exists and thus this staff list is no longer current):

Exec directors

• Heather MacLeod, Managing Director and co-founder of SJS with Fiona Houston. She was the director of pharmaceutical company GM Clinical Limited, beginning January 2008
• Fiona Houston, Strategy and Communications Director
• Tony Nares, Company Secretary

Non-exec directors

• Malcolm Offord - also member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Social Justice
• Malcolm Scott

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
• Clive Fairweather, CBE

Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes

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(No longer current as at February 2010):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/