Engage Update - 29 June

Chair to the Board of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Scottish Ministers are seeking a Chair to provide strong, effective and inclusive leadership to the Board of OSCR. The Chair plays a pivotal role in guiding the organisation’s strategic direction, ensuring that OSCR fulfils its statutory responsibilities and remains responsive to the evolving needs of the sector it regulates.

Working closely with the Chief Executive and fellow Board members, the Chair will ensure robust governance and accountability. This includes leading the Board in setting priorities, supporting and constructively challenging the executive, and overseeing organisational and financial performance. The Chair will also ensure that the Board operates effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.

The Chair acts as a key external representative for OSCR, engaging with stakeholders including government, the charity sector, Parliament and the public. The role requires sound judgement, strong leadership and the ability to balance support and challenge. 

Find out more and download the application pack here

Newsletters

Social Security Scotland - Stakeholder Newsletter - June 2026

Trading Standards Scotland Bulletin 25 June

I Am Me Scotland - June 2026 Newsletter 

Chair Opportunity 

Renfrewshire Adult Protection Committee (RAPC) is looking for a Chair to lead a new Short Life Working Group focused on improving participation in Adult Support and Protection (ASP).
This is an exciting opportunity to help ensure that adults with lived experience, along with their families and carers, play a central role in shaping local services, policy, and practice.
 
As Chair, you will:

• Lead a multi-agency group and chair regular meetings

• Drive forward work to gather and use feedback from people with lived experience
• Support strong partnership working across agencies
• Report progress to the Continuous Improvement Subcommittee

The group will focus on:

• Developing approaches to capture and embed feedback from adults, their families and carers

• Identify existing user groups in Renfrewshire to explore partnership opportunities with RAPC on ASP matters
• Work with partner organisations to develop a strategy that gathers feedback and ensures lived experience informs policy, practice, and services

 Time commitment: Until the outputs are completed, expected to be 6 - 9 months 
 
We are looking for someone with leadership experience, knowledge of ASP or participation, and a passion for amplifying lived experience.
 
Interested?
If you are interested in this opportunity, or to be involved in wider Adult Protection Committee opportunities, please contact Michelle Brown, Lead Officer for RAPC at michelle.brown-sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk.

HSCP Chief Officer's Vlog

In this week’s Vlog, I talk about:

• Work and discussions to help develop the next IJB Strategic Plan.
• SMT discussions to consider the outcomes from last week’s IJB meeting.
• My regular acknowledgement of feedback on our services.

 If you have any feedback on this video or ideas for future topics, I’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch or email: HSCPcommunications@renfrewshire.gov.uk


 

The Wynd

Office accommodation has become available to let at The Wynd Centre at 6 School Wynd, Paisley, PA1 2DB.  This attractive ground floor accommodation is circa 1400 square feet in floor space and is wheelchair accessible with a secure, private front door directly on to School Wynd and a security shutter.  The property benefits from some car parking space at the nearby Oakshaw Trinity Church.  In addition to 2 offices and 3 large classrooms/offices the property also has a waiting area/library, toilets and a tea making room. 

Photographs showing the impressive stone frontage along with the location plan, floor plan and internal shots of the main rooms are attached here. 

George Corbett George.Corbett@thewynd.org.uk
Development & Administration Officer
The Wynd Counselling & Conference Centre
0141 370 9181

 

Lived Experience Opportunity

Lead Scotland are recruiting people to join a lived experience group. This will be a one off, paid session exploring your experiences with cyber and online safety.

The Accessible Cyber Experiences group (ACE group) is a paid opportunity for people who are disabled, learning disabled, learning differenced, neurodivergent, blind or visually impaired, D/deaf or hearing impaired, or a carer.

The ACE group will meet once for one hour to answer a series of questions in a group discussion setting.
Deadline to apply is Sunday 12th July.

For more info and to apply head to the news section on our website: www.lead.org.uk/2026/06/19/ace-group-paid-lived-experience-opportunity/