Theme: For the next generation

This event will explore the situation of young people and children in Scotland at the moment from a wide variety of perspectives, fostering new ideas and bringing up conversations.

Blythswood Square Hotel
11 Blythswood Square
Glasgow, Glasgow City, G2 4AD
United Kingdom

Lynne Anderson

Lynne Anderson has been a foster carer, children’s panel member and is a principle teacher. Her talk will centre on her own experiences as a looked after child and how systems helped and hindered in the hope of starting a conversation about lessons that could be learned today.

Margaret Gibson

The EY Foundation helps young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, find alternative routes into employment and education, or in setting up a business. Working to inspire and engage young people across the UK who are at a disadvantage in the jobs market and help them to fulfil their potential for work. Prior to her current role with the EY Foundation Margaret was the Chief Executive of Women's Enterprise Scotland, a community interest company involved in raising the profile of women seeking to establish and grow businesses, and recognising the impact that more women led businesses have on Scotland’s economy. Margaret helped women to research and develop business ideas and encouraged them to network effectively. Her role also involved extensive stakeholder management with a wide range of organisations. She has supported youth entrepreneurship for almost 30 years, as Deputy Chief Executive of The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust and as a volunteer with Young Enterprise Scotland. She launched her first business in 1982 and set up her most recent limited company in 2013. Margaret is also a Governor with the University of the West of Scotland and a Trustee of the charity The Lens. Margaret provided consultancy support to Youth Business International and has hosted visits to Scotland from a variety of YBI members including Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Argentina, Uganda, Sri Lanka and Singapore. She has worked extensively in the Eastern Caribbean with five youth charities. Margaret was the first woman in Scotland to receive the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion in 2015 and was awarded an OBE in the 2017 New Year's Honours List. Her work has also been recognised by the Institute of Directors and the Charities Aid Foundation. Margaret is passionate about helping others (particularly young people and women) to develop entrepreneurial skills and works closely with business networks across the globe. She has a lifelong passion for music and cake, she really likes baking and eating cakes.

Morgan Klee

Morgan Klee is a 16 year old with a passion for dancing and public speaking. She also does Volunteering with multiple charities as well as collaborating with her community.

Robert McHarg

Robert is 51 years old and has a background in youth work, residential care & policy making and his experience of working with young people in a variety of settings goes back over 30 years. Prior to co-founding A&M Scotland, Robert worked in Policy Development and Senior Management positions, both within Local Government and the Private Sector. Robert has been involved in the design and delivery of countless personal development programmes within a range of settings including community, residential care and YOI's. Robert has in the past been a board member of LGBT Youth Scotland, the Princes Trust Scotland, the Anti-Social Behaviour Youth Steering Group in Glasgow and has previously advised the Scottish Government on their development of a national strategy for young people. Since co-founding A&M Scotland in 2009 Robert is proud to have seen the extensive development of the charity in relation to the growth in team numbers, the programmes developed and offered and the impact on individuals and communities of the work delivered. A key element of this and the area that makes Robert most proud is the developmental opportunities created at local, national and international level for many young people from deprived communities. These opportunities have seen many take up further and higher education opportunities, gain training and employment and volunteer within their local communities to ensure that there is a clear legacy from the work of the charity.

Ross McCulloch

Ross is the founder of Be Good Be Social training and events, as well as Director of Third Sector Lab. He has worked with a wide range of charity and public sector clients on social media strategy, including Relationships Scotland, SCVO, Oxfam Scotland, Enable Scotland, and Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Ross also sits on Foundation Scotland's Impact and Innovation Committee and is Chair of Comic Relief's Community Cash Glasgow funding panel.

Tomiwa Folorunso

Tomiwa Folorunso is a recent Edinburgh University History Graduate. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland to Nigerian parents she would always describe herself as both Scottish and Nigerian. Tomiwa is a contributor to BBC The Social, volunteers with the Scottish Young Women’s Movement and runs a blog at tomiwafolorunso.com. Tomiwa’s nosy nature has transformed into a passion for storytelling with the belief that by sharing our individual stories we can not only create more empathy in the world but we can also empower one another.