Changing Faces in Scotland

At present our Scotland office operates on a part time basis. Normal office hours are:

Tuesdays 8.30am - 2.30pm

Wednesdays 8.30am - 2.30pm

Thursdays 9am – 5pm.

The Changing Faces Officer in Scotland is Gareth Jenkins and you can contact him on:

Tel: 0845 4500 640
Email: scotland@changingfaces.org.uk

PO Box 17326
Edinburgh
EH12 1BN

Gareth is supported in his work by an Advisory panel of people in Scotland who meet twice a year. Current panel members are:

  • Susan Campbell Duncan, Changing Faces supporter, and Scottish Government Civil Servant
  • Thanos Kariatzis , Health Psychologist, Napier University, Edinburgh
  • Val Lobban, Changing Faces supporter, now retired, has background in social work and the voluntary sector
  • Una MacFadyen, Consultant Paediatrician, Stirling Royal Infirmary
  • Anna MacInnes, Changing Faces supporter and parent
  • Marion McNeill, Changing Faces supporter and works in a West Lothian school
  • Felicity Mehendale, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
  • Stephen Morley, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
  • Alex Thorburn, Changing Faces supporter and disability rights activist

Since the Changing Faces office in Scotland launched in September 2006, Gareth has been:

  • Raising awareness of disfigurement in the Scottish media e.g. television, radio newspapers and magazines.
  • Raising awareness of the Face Equality campaign.
  • Answering phone-calls, e-mails and letters from clients and professionals, providing information, advice and support, and signposting to Changing Faces specialist services and other sources of support within Scotland.
  • Organising workshops for adults and for children and young people.
  • Attending health, education and other relevant conferences and seminars with the aim of:
    - developing understanding of service provision across Scotland.
    - increasing professionals’ understanding of our services and approach.
    - building networks of contacts in the statutory, voluntary and other sectors.
  • Making presentations at health seminars and conferences.
  • Producing articles for health, educational and voluntary sector publications
  • Organising Changing Faces training events for health and social care professionals in Scotland.
  • Advocating for improved psychological and social support services within Scottish health services, e.g. working with CoBiS, the NHS clinical network for burns in Scotland.

We work with a wide range of statutory and voluntary/community organisations and individuals to ensure that local people living with disfigurements and their families know about our work, the services available and how to contact us. We also work closely with NHS, social service and education professionals to share information and learning about our work (e.g. training courses) and how they can refer people they have contact with to our services.