Jackie has over 20 years’ experience working in the industrial welfare sector – providing health and social/emotional care to employees in a variety of settings. The death of her brother and subsequent move of her elderly parents to live in North Berwick near her, prompted a change of life. At first, she worked part time locally [you may recognise her from the Westgate Gallery and the Harbour Office] but then became a full-time carer for her parents at home.
Now on her own she has joined the board of CoEL, an organisation that helped her navigate the difficulties that a caring role brings.
Jackie is also a volunteer driver for the North Berwick Volunteer Car Scheme and regularly makes soup for The Beacon lunch club in St Andrew Blackadder.
In her spare time, she loves meeting friends for gentle walks and lunch or a cuppa of course. It took her a year of mourning before Jackie felt able to enjoy getting out and about again.
Now she is looking forward to contributing in some small way to helping CoEL go from strength to strength.