Members and membership
The Scottish Accessible Information Forum (SAIF) is always interested in hearing from potential new members. SAIF is an advisory group promoting accessible information provision for disabled people and their carers throughout Scotland.
Direct experience
As a group dealing with issues affecting disabled people and their carers, it is a priority that the majority of members have direct experience of disability. We therefore strongly encourage the participation of disabled people. To support this, we provide all our material in members preferred format, organise any aids/adaptations for meetings and will pay members and their personal assistants expenses for travel and accommodation when required.
As well as being on the full SAIF advisory body, members are encouraged to be part of one or more working groups which work with the SAIF project staff to develop the SAIF objectives.
Members of Scottish Accessible Information Forum
Jean Alcock
Runs 'Jean Alcock Research & Consultancy Services' (JARCS) and has 20 years experience of disability issues.
David Armstrong
David has 10 years experience in the publishing industry and is now a Planning and Distribution Executive with the Student Loans Company.
Claire Brennan
Head of HR (Pay, Policy, Operations & Resourcing)
NHS Education for Scotland
Marie Burns
Glasgow Community Planning (East)
Nikki Cameron
Secondary teacher responsible for implementing the accessibility strategy and the Disability Discrimination Act in all of the schools within Argyll and Bute.
Grant Carson
Manager of housing and employment services, at Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL)
Jean Dunlop (Vice-Chairperson)
Chairperson at
Facilitating Access Breaking Barriers (FABB) Scotland.
Mary Evans
Dyslexia Scotland
Ben Forsyth (Chairperson)
Welfare rights officer at
Midlothian Council.
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Andy Groves
Information officer at Grapevine, an information and advice service that
is part of the Lothian Centre for Integrated Living.
Margaret Hurcombe
Project Manager at
Family Advice and Information Resource in Edinburgh (FAIR)
Lionel Long
Chief executive of UPDATE
, Scotland’s national disability information
service.
Lucie McAnespie
Acting Adult Speech and Language Therapy Manager at Edenhall Hospital, East Lothian.
Linda Miller
Grampian Accessible Information
Task Force Chairperson
Nicola Noon
Information Officer at Scottish Council on Deafness
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Marilyn Slavin
Works for Common Knowledge
, managing a lifelong learning project for adults
with learning difficulties.
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Robert Sneddon
Volunteer advice worker for Wigtownshire Coalition of Disabled People
Sandra Wilson
A member of SAIF since 2005, Sandra is the Development Co-ordinator for Fife Employability Network.
Sandra has an extensive background in careers guidance and information work including expertise on making information accessible for people with disabilities.
She chairs the SAIF Ecommunication Working Group and is a member of the Standards Working Group.
Carolyn Wyper
Employed as a senior manager within NHS Ayrshire & Arran with a responsibility for disability issues.
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