Our People
We work passionately to connect and empower communities. Meet the people behind Outside the Box.

Outside The Box is a ‘Mum Friendly Workplace’, meaning we meet the standards identified by mums as being supportive and flexible for mums returning to work.


Outside The Box is a certified Living Wage employer.
Outside the Box supports Fair Work First. We follow the practices for our staff and we support people and organisations to create good work opportunities.
Meet the team

Louise Willson
Chief Executive, Core Team

Kate Robertson
Community Development Adviser, West Team

Freya Young
Community Worker - Core and West Team

Fi Thomson
Community Worker, North Team

Ruth Noble
Community Development Adviser, South East Team

Christine Ryder
Community Development Adviser, South East Team

Jane Benson

Leon Hamilton
Communications Worker, Core Team

Charlene McCulloch
Community Project Worker, South East Team

Angela Ross
Organisational Development Adviser, Core Team
Meet the Board

Pat Scrutton
Pat has a background in community development and facilitates the Intergenerational National Network.


Donald Macaskill
Donald is the Chief Executive of Scottish Care, the membership organisation for older people care providers.
Amanda Eleftheriades
Founder of Clydesider Creative and editor of Clydesider magazine, Amanda is passionate about the power of positive storytelling to build connections and inspire change.




Graham Galloway
Graham Galloway is the Chief Executive of Kirrie Connections, a dementia support charity based in Kirriemuir, Angus.
Rhonda Leith
Rhonda is the Communication Participation and Development Manager at SLC and Head of Service (Connected Communities) North Ayrshire Council. She's been on the Board since 2018.
Harry Johnson
Harry has been on the Board since 2022. He lives in Orkney and works with the Trussell Trust across Scotland and works setting up health and wellbeing initiatives.
Mary Sinclair
Mary has been on the Board since 2022. She works across Clydebank on the Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme.
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