Home 2019 Lauren Crilly Location: Glasgow Lauren’s passion for human rights is evident through her dedication to community and activism. From volunteering in 2016, Lauren became an integral part of the Kinning Park Complex (KPC) in Glasgow where she held a myriad of responsibilities from event management, engagement and communications.…
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Home 2019 Lauren Mitchell Location: Aberdeen Lauren is currently one half of ‘Lauren and Jeff in the Morning’, Northsound1’s weekly breakfast show. Lauren joined Northsound1 four years ago after winning a position through a local talent competition. Since then she has become heavily involved in the station, helping to raise its platform to…
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Home 2019 Lisa Macrae Age: 25Location: Musselburgh Lisa Macrae is 25 and the co-chair of Components of Care for Scotland’s Independent Care Review, (ICR). She began working in child development in nurseries before gaining a qualification in children learning and development in a children and family centre. Lisa then went on to…
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Home 2019 Lorn Jean Location: Edinburgh Lorn Jean is an award-winning Scottish fashion designer. Her awards include The Graduate Fashion Week Innovation Award (2016), the ICG Accessories Award (2016) and the Betty Davies Award for Impeccable Finish and Innovation (2016). Lorn Jean was also nominated by the Scottish Fashion Awards…
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Home 2019 Madeleine Dunne Age: 23Location: Glasgow Madeleine is a 23-year-old Glasgow-based writer. She is a News Academy graduate and studied Multimedia Journalism at Glasgow Caledonian University, graduating with a First Class Honours. She now works as a features writer, columnist, and digital journalist. She has appeared in The Skinny,…
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Home 2019 Michelle Jamieson Location: Glasgow Michelle Jamieson is a psychologist, community activist, and soon-to-be-author from Glasgow. Stemming from her personal experience of living with a complex mental health condition, and a passion for shedding light on these conditions and living well within one’s community, the cornerstone of her work…
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Home 2019 Razannah Hussain Age: 17Location: Alness Razannah Hussain is 17 years old and from Alness. She has been volunteering since she was 14 and is passionate about giving back to her local community and breaking down stereotypes about Muslim women. She was involved in Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018 as…
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Home 2019 Sarah Grant Location: Glasgow Sarah is a filmmaker and poet, born and bred in Glasgow. She is a BAFTA Scotland New Talent nominee and a Sky Academy Arts scholar. She works full time as the Film Producer for Edinburgh Napier University. Outside of work, she is a member of One More Stone Productions, a UK…
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Home 2019 Zoë Daniel Age: 21Location: Aberdeen At just 21 years old Zoë Daniel has amassed a pretty deadly media portfolio leading to her becoming the youngest person to be competitively selected for The Guardian’s coveted positive action scheme. Working as a Bauer media group broadcaster from the age of…
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Home 2018 Amanda Craig Age: 26 Location: Glasgow The inaccurate portrayal and unfair representation of women on screen led Amanda Craig to create She’s En Scene – a community cinema project. She’s En Scene is a Glasgow women’s community cinema screening films made by women. Their mission is to provide…
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