Jan Beattie
Director of devlinbeattie partnership.
Jan brings a track record of consultancy to develop organisations, release the potential of individuals, improve services and strengthen communities.
Jan is a board member of Fair Deal, a successful social enterprise supporting people with learning disabilities,
their families and carers, in Glasgow’s Southside to lead independent lives.
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She worked for nine years with the Chief Executive’s Department in Glasgow City Council advising Council departments on equality law, policy and practice, with a specific focus on disability and age. Jane led on the development of the Council’s first Disability Equality Scheme, including the creation of a corporate action plan and arrangements for consultation/involvement and monitoring and evaluation.
Jane also led on the Council’s first programme of Equality Impact Assessments, developing the authority’s approach to the work, assisting departments to plan, conduct, monitor and evaluate assessments and facilitating training and advice sessions for Council officers undertaking the assessments.
She also chaired a Council wide working group on improving physical access to Council services, securing agreement and prioritisation of a million pounds’ worth of improvements in the first year.
Before working with the Council, Jane co-ordinated the work of a voluntary sector training and development agency (Strathclyde Credit Union Development Agency) which trained community groups to set up and manage financial co-operatives. Jane worked to a Board of Directors and managed staff, a review of the agency’s training function, developed its profile and managed an expansion of funding sources.
Jane has also worked as an associate with the Active Learning Centre, which undertakes a wide range of capacity building work with communities at home and internationally, with a particular focus on women.
She worked with the Equal Opportunities Commission for five years, advising individuals, employers, trade unions and solicitors on sex discrimination and equal pay, and preparing cases for employment tribunals.
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She has considerable experience of consultancy work specialising in:
Jan is a certified NLP practitioner and holds the Certificate in Professional Coaching Practice’.
Jane MacKenzie
Jane brings particular expertise in equality and advice work.
Jo Kennedy brings a special interest and strength as a consultant in community development, change management, strategic planning, evaluation and participation in the public and private sectors.