The Coalition receives funding from the Scottish Government which enables it to employ a Network Coordinator to coordinate activities.
Our work is overseen by an Executive Committee, made up of carers and staff from local carer organisations. The committee meets eight times a year and is responsible for the strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation of our activities. The current membership is as follows:
| Chairperson | |
| Alan Scougal | Former carer from Wester Ross and Chair of Gairloch and District Community Care Forum
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| Vice-Chairperson | |
| Mary-Denise McKernan | Manager of Carers of West Lothian
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| Honorary Secretary | |
| Claire Cairns | Network Coordinator, The Coalition of Carers in Scotland
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| Treasurer | |
| Mary Stewart | Manager of Fife Carers Centre.
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| Members | |
| Ann Anderson | A former carer from Edinburgh and Chair of VOCAL – (Voice of Carers Across Lothian) |
| Sebastian Fischer | Chief Executive of VOCAL |
| Tony Fitzpatrick | A carer from Lanarkshire |
| Alan Gow | A carer from Glasgow and member of CAST Carers |
| Elizabeth McDade | A carer from Aberdeen |
| Bill Middleton | A carer from Fife |
| Suzanne Munday | Manager of MECOPP, Minority Ethnic Carers Project |
| Sheena Munro | Chief Executive of Highland Community Care Forum |
| Catherine Patterson | A carer from Argyll and Bute and founder of The Dochas Fund |
| Jan Wells | Carers Services Manager, VSA Aberdeen Carers Centre |
If you wish to receive more information on our Executive Committee, please contact us at coalition@carersnet.org