SCoD members form what we call our National Council. The National Council consists of organisations that are full members of SCoD and are from all over Scotland. Members meet at National Council meetings, which take place three times each year. Each member organisation has one representative on the National Council.

Under law, our National Council “own” the organisation.  SCoD Board Members must be nominated from our National Council members. Board members have the ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of the organisation and ensuring that it is solvent, well-run and delivering the charitable outcomes for which it has been set up.  SCoD is a Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee and needs to meet both Charity and Company Law requirements.

We are recruiting for new Board members. The statutory duties of Board Members are:

• To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document
• To ensure the organisation uses its resources exclusively achieve its objectives: the charity must not spend money on activities which are not included in its own objects, no matter how worthwhile or charitable those activities are
• To contribute actively to the board of Trustee/Directors’ role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets
• To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.
• To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation
• To ensure the financial stability of the organisation
• To protect and manage the property of the charity and to ensure the proper investment of the charity’s funds
• To appoint, and give strategic direction to the Chief Officer and monitor his/her performance.

If you would like to know more about becoming a SCoD Board member, please contact our Chief Officer, Janis McDonald at janis@scod.org.uk or by telephone on 0141 248 2474.

You can also download the SCoD Board recruitment pack as a word document or a PDF.

Current SCoD members:

 

 

Member Organisation	Contact details	Representative
A
ADEPT	adeptuk.co.uk	Julie Wilson
Aberdeen City Council	Town House Broad Street Aberdeen AB10 1AQ www.aberdeencity.gov.uk	Neil Macgregor
Aberdeen School for the Deaf	c/o Sunnybank Primary School Sunnybank Road Aberdeen AB24 3NJ	Alison Buchan
Action on Hearing Loss	Empire House 131 West Nile Street Glasgow G1 2RX Action on Hearing Loss	Delia Henry
Angus Council	Members Services The Cross Forfar DD8 1BX www.angus.gov.uk/	Cllr Sheila Hands
Argyll and Bute Social Services,  Sensory Impairment Team	Ellis Lodge 5 Argyll Street Dunoon PA23 8TH Argyll and Bute Social Care and Health Sensory Impairment Service	Chris Armitage
Association of Sign Language Interpreters (ASLI)	Derngate Mews Derngate Northampton NN1 1UE ASLI	Andy Carmichael
Ayrshire Society for the Deaf	4 Wellington Square Ayr KA7 1EN	John Walker
B
British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (Scotland)	www.batod.org.uk	Cathy Finestone
British Deaf Association (Scotland)	Central Chambers Suite 58 93 Hope Street Glasgow G2 6LD Tel/Text: 0141 248 5554 www.bda.org.uk	Avril Hepner
BT – Consumer Affairs	BT – Consumer Affairs
C
Catholic Deaf Association Scotland	1 Drummond Place Grangemouth FK3 9JZ www.cda-uk.com	Canon Leo Glancy
Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland	3rd Floor Rosebery House 9 Haymarket Terrace Edinburgh EH12 5EZ www.chss.org.uk/	Laura Hastings
Commtacs Ltd	122 Kirkwall Avenue Blantyre G72 9NX Tel: 01698 826937 Fax: 07092 158577 Mob: 07712 583462 www.commtacs.co.uk	Andy Irvine
D
Deaf Action	49 Albany Street Edinburgh EH1 3QY Tel: 0131 556 3128  Text: 0131 557 0419 Fax: 0131 557 8283  SMS: 07775 620757 www.deafaction.org	Frankie McLean
Deaf Connections	100 Norfolk Street Glasgow G5 9EJ Tel: 0141 420 1759 Fax: 0141 429 6860 www.deafconnections.co.uk	Brian Hewitson
Deaf Equality and Disability Forum		Enrique Canton
Deaf Links	The Old Mill 23 Brown Street Dundee DD1 5EF www.taysidedeafhub.org.uk	Alana Harper
Deafax	Clare Charity Centre Wycombe Road Saunderton Buckinghamshire HP14 4BF Deafax	Rubbena Aurangzeb Tariq
Deafblind Scotland	1 Neasham Drive Lenzie Kirkintilloch Glasgow G66 3FA Tel/Text: 0141 777 6111 Fax: 0141 775 3311 www.deafblindscotland.org.uk	Ruth Dorman
Donaldson’s School		Lorna Battles
Dumfries & Galloway Hard of Hearing Group	http://dghhg.org.uk	Janette Waddell
Dumfries & Galloway Social Services	122-124 Irish Street Dumfries DG1 2KB	Doreen Penman
Dundee City Council	Dundee House 50 North Lindsay Street Dundee DD1 1QE www.dundeecity.gov.uk/	Alan Ross
E
East Ayrshire Council
East Renfrewshire Council	www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk	Tony Forry
Educational Institute of Scotland	www.eis.org.uk	David Baxter
F
Falkirk Council	Forth Valley Sensory Centre Redbrae Road Falkirk FK1 4DD www.falkirk.gov.uk	Maria Dick
Fife Council Education and Children’s Service, Sensory Support Service		Marion Reid
Forth Valley NHS	Forth Valley Disability Service Forth Valley Sensory Centre Redbrae Road Camelon FK1 4DD www.nhsforthvalley.com	Charlene Condeco
G
Glasgow Social Work for Sensory Impaired People	17 Gullane Street Partick Glasgow G11 6AH Tel: 0141 276 5252 Fax: 0141 276 5296 Text: 0141 334 3381 www.glasgow.gov.uk	Paul Lennon Nigel Rooke
H
Hayfield Support Services with Deaf People	260 Moffat Street Glasgow G5 0ND www.hayfield.org.uk	Judy Byrne Willie Macfadyen
Hearing and Sight Care	The Sensory Centre Telford House Telford Street Wick KW1 5EQ www.sensorycentre.org.uk	Deirdre Aitken
Hearing Link	The Eric Liddell Centre 15 Morningside Road Edinburgh EH10 4DP Voice/Text: 0131 447 9420 | SMS: 07564 916798 www.hearinglink.org	Michelle McManus
Heriot Watt University	School of Management and Languages Riccarton Campus Edinburgh EH14 4AS www.hw.ac.uk/	Prof Jemina Napier
Highland Council Deaf Services and Hearing Support	Kenneth Street Inverness	Amanda Wilson
I
Ideas for Ears	Ideas for Ears	Sally Shaw
J
L
M
Mile End Unit for Deaf & HI People – Renfrewshire Council	Mile End Centre, Paisley	Sandra Metcalfe
N
NDCS:  National Deaf Children’s Society	Second Floor, Empire House 131 West Nile Street Glasgow G1 2RX www.ndcs.org.uk	Angela Bonomy
North Ayrshire Council	Sensory Impairment Team Caley Court Resource Centre Moorpark Road West Stevenston KA20 3HU www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk	Danny Sweeney
North East Sensory Services	21 John Street Aberdeen AB25 1BT www.nesensoryservices.org	Graham Findlay
S
SASLI: Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters	Suite 196 Central Chambers Second Floor 93 Hope Street Glasgow G2 6LD www.sasli.org.uk	Carly Brownlie
Scottish Disability Equality Forum	The E Centre Cooperage Way Alloa FK10 3LP SDEF	Morven Brooks
Scottish Mentoring Network	Brunswick House 51 Wilson Street Glasgow G1 1UZ Scottish Mentoring Network	Sarah Barr
Scottish Sensory Centre	Moray House School of Education University of Edinburgh Holyrood Road Edinburgh EH8 8AQ www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk	John Ravenscroft
Sense Scotland	43 Middlesex Street Kinning Park Glasgow G41 1EE www.sensescotland.org.uk	Andy Kerr
Shetland Islands	Sensory & Communication Services Children’s Services Charlotte House Commercial Road Lerwick Shetland Islands ZE1 0LQ	Amanda Dipper
Signature	Mersey House Mandale Business Park Belmont Durham DH1 1TH Tel: 0191 383 1155 Text: 07974 121594 Fax: 0191 383 7914 www.signature.org.uk	Lindsay Foster
SignHealth	5 Baring Road Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 2NB Tel: 01494 687600 Fax: 01494 687622 www.signhealth.org.uk	James Watson-O’Neill
Sign Language Interactions	27-29 Crown Street Ayr KA8 8AG www.signlanguageinteractions.com	Andrew Dewey
SignLive	Carston House 152 Morrison Street The Exchange Edinburgh EH3 8HB www.signlive.co.uk	Joel Kellhoffer
Sign Video	Central Chambers Suite 40 1st Floor 93 Hope Street Glasgow G2 6LD www.signvideo.co.uk	John Brownlie
South Lanarkshire Council	Corporate Resources 3rd Floor, Council Offices Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0AA www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk	Brian McCann
The Stewart Lochrie Memorial Fund	15 Nairn Court Kilwinning North Ayrshire KA13 6TU	Charles Bleakley
W
West Dunbartonshire Council	Room 3, 3rd Floor Council Offices Garshake Road Dumbarton G82 3PU www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk	Wendy Jack
West Lothian Council	Social Policy West Lothian Civic Centre Howden South Road Livingston West Lothian EH54 6FF www.westlothian.gov.uk	Lesley Broadley
West Scotland Deaf Children’s Society	Central Chambers Suite 281a 93 Hope Street Glasgow G2 6LD www.wsdcs.org.uk	Morag Duffy