Meet the team in Scotland

Jamie Livingstone

Jamie was appointed Head of Oxfam Scotland in late 2013 having joined as Campaigns and Communications Manager in 2011. Jamie was previously a print and broadcast journalist, including Political Correspondent on STV News. In his current role, he oversees Oxfam’s policy, advocacy, campaigns and communications in Scotland, as well as our project activity. Jamie is also a Director of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and plays a leading role within the Disasters Emergency Committee in Scotland.

jlivingstone@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8854 Twitter: @JamiePolitics

Kenneth Watt

Kenneth joined Oxfam Scotland in March 2019 and leads the design and delivery of Oxfam’s campaigns, communications and advocacy in Scotland. Prior to starting with Oxfam, he was an adviser to an MSP and the Scottish Labour party, managing digital and media communications and a range of campaigns.

kwatt1@oxfam.org.uk | 0141 285 8871 | Twitter: @KennethWatt

Meghan O’Neill

Meghan’s role is to support an ever-growing network of campaigners across Scotland. She helps campaigners organise events, promotes the network both on and offline, speaks publicly about Oxfam’s campaigns, and helps deliver training and workshops to help develop campaigners skills. She also supports Oxfam’s student activists across the UK, empowering and mobilising youth activists to take action on the issues they care about.

moneill1@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8858

Alice McNaugher

Alice’s role is to deal with all media enquiries and to generate as much positive media coverage as possible for Oxfam Scotland’s work & campaigns. She is also responsible for Oxfam Scotland’s social media activity and for communicating with its many supporters across Scotland.

amcnaugher1@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8850 Mobile: +44 7880 785159

Rhiannon Sims

Rhiannon is Research & Policy Officer for Oxfam’s UK Poverty Programme in Scotland. Rhiannon’s work focuses on furthering Oxfam’s research on decent work and developing policy proposals for tackling poverty and inequality in Scotland. Rhiannon also works closely with colleagues at the University of West of Scotland as part of the UWS-Oxfam partnership. Prior to joining Oxfam, Rhiannon worked as a Policy Officer for Citizens Advice Scotland, specialising in social security benefits.

rsims1@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8859

Peppy Sparrow

Peppy has worked in both fundraising & programme management roles for a wide range of voluntary sector organisations including Barnardo’s, VSO & WaterAid. As Fundraising Manager, she is responsible for developing partnerships that generate income for Oxfam’s international programme work. Peppy’s role involves working with a varied portfolio of Oxfam supporters including institutional funders, high net worth individuals, charitable trusts & private sector organisations.

psparrow1@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8864

Gill Armstrong

Gill leads on business compliance & management for the UKP Scotland team within Oxfam Scotland, providing finance, logistical & systems support. She also coordinates the day-to-day running of the office, working with all Oxfam Scotland staff, liaising with head office teams & maintaining relationships with suppliers.

garmstrong@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8872

Oudai Tozan

Oudai joined Oxfam Scotland in March 2018 to support the Campaigning and Influencing team at Oxfam GB. He works on various projects to raise awareness and mobilise the public about issues Oxfam works on. He also moderates the first Oxfam online course Make Change Happen on the Future Learn platform. Oudai has seven years of experience in organisational and community development as well as educational support in the Middle East.

Adrian Doherty

Adrian’s long-term voluntary role involves publishing press releases & events to our blog; creating & editing images & video; looking after our full suite of digital assets & social networks, particularly out-of-hours; helping support staff & volunteers in all aspects of social & digital media. He also works full-time in his own day-job as an experienced IT professional.

adoherty@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 7796 918007  Twitter: @EarthyAndroid

Joe Dyer

Joe’s role is to coordinate Oxfam’s face to face fundraising in Scotland, generating financial support from the public & managing a team of public-facing fundraisers. Joe has worked for several in-house charities & agencies throughout Scotland.

jdyer@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8864

Rahim Ratansi

Rahim’s role is to deal with business support for the UKP Scotland team within Oxfam Scotland, providing finance, logistical & systems support. He also coordinates the day-to-day running of the office, working with all Oxfam Scotland staff, liaising with head office teams & maintaining relationships with suppliers.

rratansi1@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8872

Suzanne Crimin

Suzanne’s role is to lead on the set up and delivery of our exciting new UK wide project Future Skills. Working with other organisations and individuals to support women as they learn new skills, build confidence and meet new people through a combination of volunteering in Oxfam shops, training workshops and individual coaching as part of Oxfam’s wider Women United strategy. The UK Programme team works to identify and challenge the root causes of poverty in the UK. We do this through evidence based direct advocacy, by empowering people living in poverty to speak out and by connecting global and UK perspectives and solutions.

scrimin@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8883 @scrimin5

Anela Anwar

Anela’s role is to help Oxfam challenge poverty & inequality in the UK through developing & implementing innovative & ambitious programmes. She leads & supports the design, development, delivery & evaluation of programmes in the UK, which aim to identify & tackle the root causes of poverty & empower people living in poverty. Anela has fourteen years’ experience in Scotland’s third sector working with the vulnerable & disadvantaged.

aanwar1@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8861 Twitter: @AnelaAnwar

Sara Cowan

Sara works with campaign teams around the world supporting implementation of campaigns on the most urgent humanitarian crises of our times. These campaigns work to ensure people affected by conflicts & disasters have a right to live in safety & dignity, free from violence, to have clean water, shelter & food, & for people to have to be heard & to take control of their own lives.

sara.cowan@oxfaminternational.org Tel: +44 7557 205295 Twitter: @sara_cowan

Lindsey McColl

Substantive Role: Lindsay manages monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) in the Campaigns, Policy and Influencing Team (CPIT). She does work on research, publishing, the domestic UK poverty programme, global campaigning, advocacy, government relations, private sector and campaigns participation. Lindsay is also the co-chair of the Influencing MEL Working Group, a confederation-wide group of MEL colleagues who help support the MEL Governance Group in setting the direction of MEL influencing.

Current Role: Lindsay is currently the Head of Operations (Acting). She leads a team who plan and coordinate activities and resources to achieve the CPIT team’s goals. They achieve this by planning and managing finances and obtaining restricted funding for key projects.

lmccoll@oxfam.org.uk Tel: +44 141 285 8853

Sarah Watson

Sarah’s role is to lead the global campaigns team working to our food and climate justice campaign. She develops public engagement strategies for Oxfam GB and Oxfam International, particularly around key global decision making moments. Sarah’s team also works to support smaller affiliates and Southern countries to build their capacity to deliver effective campaigns.

sawatson@oxfam.org.uk  Tel: +44 (0) 141 285 8888