Our Staff
Linsay Chalmers, Development Manager
As Development Manager, Linsay’s role is to promote and encourage the take up of community land ownership across Scotland and support peer-to-peer learning and networking among community landowners. Linsay previously worked for Edinburgh Social Enterprise Network where she developed the Buy the Good Stuff social enterprise brand and ran Scotland’s first social enterprise festival. Prior to that, Linsay spent nine years working for the Community Resources Network Scotland supporting community reuse organisations across Scotland.
Linsay supports community groups in:
- including islands
- The Isle of Arran
- Islands only
- Orkney
- Shetland Islands
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Scottish Borders
Meg Taintor, Assistant Development Manager
Meg’s role for Community Land Scotland is to provide support for community groups across Scotland who either own or aspire to own land or assets. Meg also oversees Community Land Scotland’s training series for community owners, and organises and promotes an exciting programme of events all over Scotland.
Meg supports community groups in:
- East Ayrshire
- North Ayrshire
- West Ayrshire
- Clackmannanshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Stirling
- Mainland only
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Dundee
- Moray
- Perth and Kinross
Norrie Maclennan, PR and Communications Coordinator
Norrie’s role is to help lead and develop Public Relation and Media Communications for Community Land Scotland.
Norrie previously worked as Senior News Editor for Gaelic News at BBC Scotland. This included responsibility for international current affairs documentary, Eorpa. Prior to joining the BBC Norrie worked as a freelance for multiple Press outlets.
Brought up on a busy Skye croft, Norrie has a lifelong interest in Land Management issues.
Jackie Lauder, Finance & Administration Officer
Jackie’s role is to support the staff, Board and Members with any of their admin needs, to ensure financial records are kept which are accurate and up to date, and that bills are paid on time, thus allowing cashflow to be monitored and budgets to be set.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, and with many years’ experience in bookkeeping, events management and administration, Jackie combines strong organisational expertise with a passion for contributing to meaningful causes.
Gavin Cowan, Events Coordinator
Gavin Cowan joined us as a Policy Intern in March 2023 and transitioned to the role of Events Coordinator in October. He is responsible for supporting the creation of a range of events across Scotland as part of the 100 years of community ownership project.
Alongside this role, Gavin is pursuing his master’s in public policy at the University of Strathclyde.
