Siobhan has built a varied career in education. After lecturing in languages and literature at the Universities of Glasgow and Newcastle, with music forming part of her original degree, she spent 20 years at New College Lanarkshire, where she held senior managerial roles across student engagement, learning and teaching, curriculum development and quality leadership.

She is passionate about supported learning and additional support needs and is committed to enabling learners and supporting colleagues to thrive at every stage.

A strong advocate for the transformative power of music, she has also worked as a therapeutic music specialist with Drake Music.

 Siobhan went on to co-found Anam Alba—an organisation that fosters creativity, connection and community—where she is now Creative Lead and Director. 

During lockdown Siobhan wrote a song a day for 250 days and ran online cafes to help students and colleagues with the isolation and separation from families. She was recognised by TES as one of the top ten most influential educators during covid. Siobhan then went on to create The Little Iceberg Musical which gained 4-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured as a post covid recovery resource. Since then, Siobhan has created the hit show Auld Lang Sing which celebrates the oral traditions of Celtic Scotland and brings lost poetry and heritage to life. 

Siobhan regularly hosts heritage nights, ceilidhs and concerts in an around the central belt.

She is a contributor this year for the 70^th  birthday celebrations for Cumbernauld in conjunction with The Lanternhouse; Cumbernauld Theatre.

From a young age, Fiona was drawn to art, anatomy and biology. She initially trained as a teacher and quickly found her niche in what was known then as the EBD sector. She worked in the classroom, an ASN base,  as a peripatetic teacher and then as the lead worker, training and organising a therapeutic approach across South Lanarkshire Council.

That initiative was CUSTTAD — Combined Use of Sand Trays and Talk and Draw — an innovative approach developed by Sheila K. Cameron. Fiona believes deeply in its core principle: creating an environment where a child can share emotional concerns, if they wish to do so.  This principle has value far beyond therapeutic settings; it is essential in homes, workplaces and relationships.

Alongside her work as a CUSTTAD practitioner, Fiona has trained in Craniosacral Therapy, reflexology and QEC. Her work is shaped by an enduring fascination with the way our bodies, hearts and minds continually seek to resolve and heal what troubles them.

Fiona is a passionate defender of the magic of childhood, a protector of imagination and an advocate for storytelling. These values also shaped her decision to home educate her son. She believes tenderness and touch are essential to wellbeing; that caring and homemaking contribute to happiness across generations; and that food should be shared around tables where everyone is welcome.

Her vision for Anam Alba is that we connect with one another and build community on our doorsteps, in the time and place where we find ourselves alive and breathing.Fiona enjoys visual art and like Da Vinci cannot separate Art from Biology or Body from Mind, she believes they are all part of a whole.

Frankie is a practitioner, writer and lifelong learner whose work is shaped by a deep interest in spirituality, healing and the psycho-spiritual journey from pre-conception to death. His practice draws on clinical and pastoral counselling, birth psychology, inherited family trauma, the autonomic nervous system and contemplative spiritual traditions.

Central to Frankie’s personal and professional development is the influence of St John of the Cross. Frankie’s long-standing love of the poetry, commentaries and spiritual wisdom of this 16th-century mystic has informed his own path of dedication, study and practice, particularly in relation to healing through the experience known as the Dark Night of the Soul.

Frankie’s journey has been marked by resilience and self-directed learning. Having been illiterate until the age of 33, and shaped by a working-class background, dyslexia and a difficult schooling experience, he forged his own path through determination, practical intelligence and persistence.

He taught himself the trades and skills needed to establish and run his own building business. Later, he developed his skills in hospitality, learning to cook and manage a café, where he became known for creating a different soup for every day of the year.

As a mature student, Frankie returned to formal education and graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2000 with a Bachelor of Divinity. He also completed a Diploma in Clinical and Pastoral Counselling, further developing the foundations of his therapeutic and spiritual practice.Frankie is a Certified HeartMath Coach and QEC practitioner. His recently published book, Who and I? Why Has It Taken So Long to Find Me? A Journey into Grace with the God Who Waited, reflects his continuing commitment to personal transformation, grace and the search for authentic self-understanding.