Governance
CELCIS is primarily funded by the Scottish Government, alongside a combination of grants and other funded activities, all of which align with our vision, purpose and priorities.
We are governed by a Strategic Advisory Board (SAB), supported by the University of Strathclyde, and monitored by the Scottish Government.
Through strategic planning, ongoing monitoring, and the diversification of funding streams, we maintain financial sustainability and accountability, and we recognise the value and importance of robust governance. We are committed to delivering innovative work that is focused on ensuring that people who support children, young people and families are empowered to create real, lasting change.
Strategic Advisory Board
Our Strategic Advisory Board is our most senior standing advisory body. It provides the main strategic connection between CELCIS and the University of Strathclyde (the legal body supporting CELCIS) and gives strategic direction and advice by evaluating our progress and performance against our strategic priorities. The Board analyses and challenges us to make decisions about the services and direction of the organisation.
Members of the Board are responsible and accountable for providing strategic and independent guidance, advice, safeguarding the CELCIS’s reputation and our and for promoting our work. The membership of the Board includes people with professional, practitioner, and lived, experience which all assists in helping to shape our long-term goals.
Independent Chair
- Professor Alexis Jay CBE, Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse – IICSA (England and Wales), Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde
Vice-Chair
- Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter/Chief Executive of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)
Representatives from the University of Strathclyde
- Daniela Sime, Professor in Social Policy and Vice-Dean of Research for the faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences (HASS), University of Strathclyde
Independent members drawn from the fields of education, health and social work
- Fiona Dyer, Director Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ)
- Annmarie Campbell, Children and Families Social Worker
- Kate Finlay, Foster Carer
- Rebecca French, Policy Officer, Children & Young People, Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland)
- Alison Gordon, Chief Social Work Officer (Education, Families, Justice and Integrated Practice) North Lanarkshire, representing Social Work Scotland
- Keri McGachy, Researcher, PhD Student in Education
- Clare McGuire, Head of Programme: Women, Children, Young People and Families (NMAHP), NHS Education for Scotland
- Detective Chief Superintendent Sarah Taylor, Head of Public Protection, Police Scotland
The Scottish Government
We report directly to the Scottish Government as our principal funder once a quarter. We provide detailed reports of our progress, impact and financial performance against the negotiated objectives detailed in the grant letter and business plan we agree annually with the Scottish Government.
University of Strathclyde
As the legal body supporting CELCIS, the University of Strathclyde provides a formal governance arrangement for CELCIS. This is managed through its accountability framework in relation to performance and finance, as well as a number of internal checks and balances that provide additional accountability in relation to finance, human resource practice, health and safety, and ethics.