Who’s who

Mara Menzies – Trustee
Mara Menzies is an internationally touring Kenyan/Scottish storyteller passionate about the role stories play in changing lives. She has a strong interest in young people and women’s issues in particular and leads the GCT project in Kenya.

Richard Firth – Trustee
Richard is a Workshop Coordinator at Milltown Workshop in Aberdeenshire, and is involved in collecting and refurbishing old tools. Milltown have been sending tools to Malawi through GCT since 2008. Richard has been a Trustee of GCT since 2009.

Zara Christie – Trustee
Zara is a Clinical Psychologist and works with adults with mental health difficulties. She has a strong interest in international development projects especially working with women, children and increasing access to education. She is the GCT lead for our projects in India projects and is joint treasurer. Zara became involved with GCT in 2009 and became a Trustee in 2011.

Eileen Henderson – Trustee
Eileen has retired from teaching craft in primary schools. She travelled to India and South America in the 1970s and is interested in World Cinema. She has been involved with GCT since 2007 and became a Trustee in 2011.

Emma Duncan – Trustee and Malawi Project Manager
Emma co-ordinates our ‘Tools and Training for Livelihood in Malawi since 2008, and has managed them since 2013. She is also an artist and art teacher, specialising in teaching adults with learning difficulties. Emma became a GCT Trustee in 2012.

Ian Hay – Trustee
Now retired, Ian has worked widely in Education in Scotland and England, both in secondary schools and through youth work.He worked for YouthLink Scotland, the national youth work agency managing their networks which brought together local authorities and voluntary organisations.
Ian became actively involved with GCT since 2020 and joined as a trustee in 2021.

Brinda Adige – Director, Global Concerns India
Brinda has worked in partnership with the Global Concerns Trust for many years, spearheading projects related to women and child rights, anti-trafficking, accountable governance, and training elected women representatives in village panchayats.