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.

Hi I’m Nicola and I love learning new things, meeting people and interesting conversations! As an experienced Community Learning and Development practitioner and with a degree in Environmental Geography – I felt a sense of serendipity when I found my place as part of the team at NESCAN Hub and the work we are involved with really excites me.

I have a keen interest in the outdoors and nature as well having a fondness for cheese and wine, music, gigs and festivals and good company.  I am passionate about learning for wellbeing and supporting better life outcomes for people and communities, capacity building for sustainable places and projects, and in turn promoting and working towards better planetary health.   I live in the wonderful wee coastal village of Collieston with my two teenage boys and cats Rocky and Annie.

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.

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.