About NESCAN & NESCAN Hub

Alison loves being outside in nature, walking and biking, with friends and family. It makes her happy chatting and spending time with people. She is passionate about fairness and justice and wants to help make the world a better for all. Alison is the captain of the NESCAN Hub, her role is to ensure our aim, objectives and outcomes are delivered on time, within scope and budget, by providing leadership support to the Hub Team and NESCAN members and liaising with key stakeholders. Alison is a fount of community climate change knowledge and happy to spread that knowledge in any way that can help develop and support are communities.

Karina enjoys exploring the countryside in Aberdeenshire, camera in one hand, the other hand holding their two little ones. She had the opportunity to grow up and work in Peru, the USA and the UK allowing for a multicultural sensibility and international experience across management, in a wide range of sectors. She is passionate about diversity and helping others and is proud to be part of a team determined to take the bold steps needed to shift the world into a sustainable and resilient place. 

Karina acts as the first point of contact for all NESCAN stakeholders, building and developing strong relationships with our members and communities.  If you have any queries or need a solution Karina is the person to speak to.

Chris loves getting into nature as much as she can, swimming in wild places and adventuring with her family. Her passion for protecting nature was nurtured by eleven years living in Japan and she can make a mean vegetarian sushi roll! A secondary teacher by trade, she knows how to lead, inspire and enthuse people to get excited about protecting nature.  Hailing from North Yorkshire, she is really excited about making the Shire her new home and working hard to support and develop community led climate action.  If your community wants ideas or needs practical support to take action on sustainability, climate change and biodiversity, please get in touch with Chris!  

Rachel can often be seen wandering around her local area with her dog and a wheelbarrow. Her interests include making compost, getting creative with food that would otherwise go to waste and feeding the hedgehogs. (Leaving out a bowl of water in hot weather may mean life or death for these shy and increasingly endangered garden visitors).

Rachel is well versed in the challenges of working as part of a community group. She enjoys getting enthused about new sustainability and biodiversity projects and in translating that energy and excitement into funding applications. Get in touch with Rachel if you are looking for help to secure funding for your projects.

A strong sustainability advocate, Rachel is all about practical environmental action.

She loves talking about sustainable activities and swapping sustainable living tips. An active member of several local community groups, including Aberdeen Climate Action, she enjoys organising local community events such as beach cleans and tree planting.

Rachel acts as the first point of contact for all NESCAN stakeholders, building and developing strong relationships with our members and communities. If you have any queries or need a solution, Rachel is the person to speak to. 

For Rose, biodiversity has been her work and play for many years. An ecologist, with a love of the sea in particular, she is happiest along the beautiful coasts of North East Scotland watching wildlife and enjoying the nature-connectedness this experience brings. A lifelong volunteer, and an active member of several non-profit organisations, she is equally at home recording wildlife with camera traps or helping build boardwalks to improve access to greenspace.

She particularly enjoys working with local groups to help them take action to protect the natural environment from within their communities. If you would like support in developing ideas to help your community take positive action to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, get in touch with Rose.