Board Members                                                                                                   

May Caldwell - Chairperson

I was a board member of the Cambuslang & Rutherglen Health and Food Project before the merger with the Healthy Living Initiative in 2004 when the Cambuslang & Rutherglen CHI was established where I am now the Chairperson.  Also a former councillor who is a founder member of the Fernhill Senior Citizens Club which celebrated it's 40th anniversary in March last year.

Margaret Robinson - Vice Chairperson

I have for many years been involved with a variety of organisations, doing voluntary work and fund raising etc.
I was a local Councillor and Justice of the Peace and became a director of the Cambuslang & Rutherglen Health & Food Project (CHAF) which then merged with the Healthy Living Initiative (HLI) to form the C.H.I in 2004.

Kim Jackson - Treasurer

I spend a great amount of my time in voluntary work due to early retirement as a result of ill health. This ranges from my church, to the radio station, local credit union and of course the Community Health Initiative. I have been involved since inception of what was initially the Healthy Living Project.

John Cassidy - Board Member

John Cassidy is a former Head of Service in the education department in South Lanarkshire Council.  Now retired and particularly interested in the promotion of healthy lifestyles among young people and in the ways in which young people can be directly involved in improving the quality of life in their communities. 

Jim Bolton - Board Member

Being brought up in a medical household, I have always been aware and interested in the health of people in the community and how it could be improved. I have been a member and office bearer of a number of community organisations and for fourteen years was employed as manager of a community voluntary organisation. As the current Chair of the Cambuslang & Rutherglen Public Partnership Forum, I am keen to let the community’s voice about health to be heard in the NHS.

Anne Anderson - Board Member

I have been involved in the voluntary sector, mainly housing for about 20 years. I am currently the Chairperson of West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op and also the Vice Chairperson of Whitlawburn Community Resource Centre, having been involved with the centre for 12 years. I am also on the Out Of School Care committee that operates successfully from the Resource Centre. I have now been a board member of CHI for 9 months, I am hoping to serve on the board as long as I have on the other committees.

Ian Robertson - Board Member

Ian Robertson recently retired following a 35 year career in local government, most of that time managing part of Glasgow’s Community Education and Youth Work services. Ian has been a volunteer in a variety of settings including youth work and church. Ian also delivers training in Child Protection and Internet Safety. 

Joy Anderson - Board Member

I have been volunteering with Friends of Cambuslang Park for about 4 years now. I was also a board member of Create for 2 years. It was through these organisations that I first heard of the work of CHI. I enjoy the monthly walking meditation walks run by CHI which take place in Cambuslang Park and was happy that FoCP were able to work in partnership with CHI for the 2010 summer programme in the park. I look forward to greater involvement as a board member. On a personal note: I’m married with 2 cats! I like my (wild!) garden, 60’s/70’s & classical music, city breaks, cooking and learning new stuff.

Hamish McBride - Board Member

I started volunteering after my retirement from British Steel after 35 years service in a managerial position in the production side of the business. At present I sit on the boards of Clyde Gateway URC Ltd UCAPA Ltd and I am a member or the Rutherglen Community Council representing Cathkin and Fernhill and of course CHI. In the past I was a board member of Create Ltd for 7 Years and Up For It Lifestyle for 2 years. For recreation I like to do some gardening when our weather permits and fly fish for wild brown trout in our local rivers burns thus enjoying nature at its best.

Board Advisors                                                                       

John McCafferty - Advisor 

John McCafferty has worked in local government for the past 24 years, firstly with Renfrew District Council (where he was involved in the regeneration of Ferguslie Park and other areas in Renfrewshire) and since October of 1996 with South Lanarkshire Council. John has been lead officer for the Clydesdale Area Committee, Douglas Valley Partnership, a multi-agency initiative which looked at the economic, physical and environmental regeneration of the Douglas Valley and the development of integrated youth facilities for Clydesdale, leading to the Streetlevel with Universal Connections facility in Carluke.

For the past 7 years John has been South Lanarkshire Council's voluntary sector liaison person and is formally the Council's representative on the range of voluntary sector and community health initiatives, including the CHI and Healthy Valleys.

John is currently pre-occupied with the development of the formal Compact between the Community Planning Partnership and the South Lanarkshire Voluntary Sector.John purports to be a golfer and a keen 5-a-side footballer and has more holidays per year than Alan Whicker.

Gillian Lindsay -  Advisor

Gillian is an Assistant Health Promotion Manager employed with NHS Lanarkshire and works across a range of health improvement programmes. Having worked with the NHS in Scotland for 27 years she started her journey as a student nurse then qualified and went on to study a degree in Parasitology, then a Masters Public Health.

Gillian lives with her partner Steven of 30 years, they have one girl, one boy and Gibson their dog. She enjoys spending time with the children, growing her own vegetables in the garden, outdoor activities and reading.