supporting families of children and young people with additional needs
Recent blog posts
- Kindred Spring 2012 Newsletter
- Sounds Like Saturday Glee Club - Saturdays - Broughton High School
- Scotland's First Carers Parliament Questionnaire
- Short breaks for families living with epilepsy : Fund closes 30 March 2012!
- Shaping the Future of Allergy Care in Scotland - Launch Event for Service-Users & Professionals - 7th March, Glasgow, 10am-4pm
- Monday Music Therapy at Sick Kid's Drop-In Centre
- 'One-stop-shop' for professionals working with people with learning disabilities
- New information website for people with learning disabilities and their families
- BBC launches search for new disabled presenters
- New Parent Support Group - Kirkcaldy - Starting Thursday 26th January
Sophie (Director)
Kindred Director Sophie came into post in March 2009. Sophie has two children, Adam (who is 15) and Miriam (who is 5). Adam has a genetic condition and attends special school.
Sophie has worked for twelve years in the voluntary sector in Scotland mainly for projects relating to children with disabilities. This included five years on the management committee of Contact a Family Scotland, and a close involvement in the setting up of Enquire at Children in Scotland. More recently, she worked for the Multiple Sclerosis Society as Policy and Campaigns Manager with responsibility for campaigning for a standard of care for neurological conditions. Sophie was a volunteer for ENABLE Scotland for eight years, recently stepping down from the board, and also Chair of Shakti Women’s Aid from 2008 - 2010. Further back into the past, Sophie worked on a research project about health of people from black and minority groups in Bristol, and taught sociology to medical students.
Sophie and her husband, Tom Salter, have been building their house in the Pentland Hills for the last fifteen years. Tom is lead guitar for the Skye folk band, the Peatbog Faeries.