Home 2020 Amanda Amaeshi Age: 16Location: Dunfermline 16 year-old Amanda is editor for her school newspaper; a member of Girlguiding Advocate Panel and spokesperson for Girlguiding Scotland; and a member of Young Scot Health Panel. From an early age, she has been keen on speaking out about social issues. In…
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Home 2020 Annabel Farnood Age: 26Location: Edinburgh Annabel is a PhD student in Nursing at the University of Glasgow. Her research explores the effects of online self-diagnosis and health information seeking on the patient-healthcare professional relationship. She is interested in the growing phenomenon of internet health and how this is…
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Home 2020 Brodie Sim Age: 30Location: Tiree Brodie is an artist and producer based on the windswept Hebridean Island of Tiree. A fine art graduate from Edinburgh College of Art, she devises socially engaged projects working with people, material and place that explore landscape, rurality and community. Since the start…
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Home 2020 C-Jay Quigley Age: 25Location: Glasgow I have been involved in youth work ever since I was 11 years old and I started volunteering with Swayed Glasgow since I was 16 and later joining Swayed as a board member. This helped me get a job with Glasgow Life, where…
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Home 2020 Cailyn McMahon Age: 20Location: Glasgow Cailyn is the current National Convener of Young Scots for Independence (the YSI), the SNP’s influential youth wing. She is also currently a Politics and Social and Public Policy student at Glasgow University. However, before she found politics, Cailyn was a National Level…
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Home 2020 Caitlin Turner Age: 20Location: Darvel, East Ayrshire I’m a current 3rd year BSc (Hons) Marine Biology Student at the University of Stirling and known amongst my friends as the ‘crazy fish lady’ because of my passion for marine conservation. Ever since I was little, I knew I wanted to pursue a future in marine…
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Home 2020 Charlotte Donaldson Age: 19Location: Angus Charlotte is an advocate for Gypsy Traveller rights in Scotland, an #iWill ambassador, has worked with the Children’s Human Rights Commissioner of Scotland, is a joint winner of Young Scot “Equality and Diversity” Award 2020; Point of Light.
Home 2020 Courtney Stoddart Age: 26Location: Edinburgh Courtney Stoddart is a Scottish-Caribbean poet and performer, passionate about fighting against the dominant power structures of our times. She intertwines elements of political, social and historical discussion into rhythm and rhyme, covering topics such as racism, imperialism, womanhood and growing up in…
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Home 2020 Denisha Killoh Age: 21Location: Glasgow Denisha is an avid activist who has worked extensively to create a more diverse, inclusive and equal society. She recently graduated from the University of Strathclyde receiving a First-Class Honours in Politics and International Relations with Social Policy. She is a WeAll Scotland volunteer, was previously Co-Chair of the Stigma Workgroup at the…
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Home 2020 Elisa Sajed Age: 29Location: Fife/Glasgow Elisa is a 29 year-old Fifer by birth, Glaswegian at heart and South Asian through the eyes. Elisa is a community activist, aspiring intersectional feminist academic, and disability advocate.