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Staff

Ricky McAddock - Chief Executive

Ricky is our Co-Founder & Chief Executive and has been leading the work of Street Connect since it began in 2013

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Ricky also ran an outreach for a church in Ilford previously and has been involved in similar activities since 2011. His personal background of facing challenging times, further equips him to empathise and understand our client group at a deeper level. His God inspired vision to see people set free from a variety of life controlling issues and the local church being empowered to reach the lost is what continues to drive and motivate him and the organisation.

Published: 1st January, 2019

Updated: 11th March, 2021

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Andrew Pont - Head of Business Development

Andrew has been with Street Connect since 2017.

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Andrew joined the organisation in 2017, originally as a Trusts and Grants Fundraiser, then as Business Manager, General Manager and now in his present role as Head of Business Development. Andrew has a wealth of experience working for a local authority and was also previously a missionary in Uruguay, supporting people in real need. He works closely with Ricky, our Chief Executive, to implement the vision of the organisation; leading, developing and maintaining control of the Business Support, Fundraising/Income Generation & Marketing functions.

Published: 2nd January, 2019

Updated: 6th April, 2022

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Alex Nicol - Service Development Manager

Alex joined Street Connect in 2018 and has been part of our management team since the beginning of 2019.

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Alex previously led an addictions charity in Inverclyde and comes with a wealth of experience in the addictions field. He is part of our strategic management and leadership teams and is responsible for overseeing the development of our project in Greenock, as well as the development and improvement of all our operational activities including systems, monitoring, evaluation and policy development. 

Published: 3rd January, 2019

Updated: 6th October, 2020

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Julie McAddock - Operations Manager

Julie is our Operations Manager & Co-Founder and has been involved in the work since its conception in 2013.

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The vision for the work began out of Julie's passion to see a work developed amongst women on the streets of Glasgow city centre. The work grew beyond just women, but her heart to see women set free from a variety of life controlling issues has seen her progress from Women's Support Worker to her current role. Julie is part of our operational management and leadership teams and leads the Operations Team of the organisation. She is also involved in the development of our new partnership projects. 

Published: 1st February, 2019

Updated: 6th October, 2020

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Iain Duncan - Business Support Manager

Iain joined Street Connect in 2017.

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Iain leads our Business Support Team and is part of our operational management and leadership teams. His role covers a variety of aspects of the business side of the organisation, including management of IT, HR, finance and data, as well as responsibility for risk, GDPR, website maintenance and development, oversight of volunteers and many other aspects around our headquarters in Glasgow city centre.

Published: 2nd February, 2019

Updated: 6th October, 2020

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Julie Ionta - Fundraising & Marketing Manager

Julie joined Street Connect in 2020.

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Julie has worked in the Charity Sector for 14 years, latterly as a Senior Community Fundraiser for Down's Syndrome Scotland where she led on community fundraising and campaigns. Julie has joined Street Connect to lead the Fundraising & Marketing Team.

Published: 3rd February, 2019

Updated: 8th October, 2020

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David Connell - Partnership Coordinator (Acting)

David joined the Street Connect staff team in June 2020.

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David works with our team in Paisley and develops our existing and new partnerships. He has worked with people with life controlling problems for 17 years, including leading a group of volunteers on the Teen Challenge bus in Paisley for a number of years, leading 'ICTHUS' support group and a drop-in cafe. 

Published: 1st March, 2019

Updated: 11th May, 2021

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Andy McDougall - Project Coordinator

Andy joined the Street Connect Operations team in July 2020.

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Andy has a wealth of experience working with the broken. He has worked as a team leader at Betel residential rehab and most recently left a management position in the Lighthouse in Rotherham to return to Scotland and join Street Connect. Andy came to faith 9 years ago and has an amazing testimony of being set free from drugs. He has a passion for outreach and a wants to share the same hope that he has been shown to others.

Published: 3rd March, 2019

Updated: 11th May, 2021

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Fiona Donaldson - Women's Support Coordinator

Fiona joined the Street Connect Operations Team in July 2021.

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Fiona brings with a wealth of experience to Street Connect from her previous roles in social work and family care, previously managing a team of Child Protection social workers supporting children and families experiencing difficulties.   

Published: 4th March, 2019

Updated: 25th August, 2021

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Anne Walker - Income Generation Development Coordinator

Anne has been part of the Street Connect staff team since 2017.

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Anne joined Street Connect in 2017, originally as a Trusts and Grants Fundraiser, then General Fundraiser and now as Income Generation Development Coordinator. Anne has significant experience gained from working for a social enterprise in fundraising & communications and was also previously a missionary in Brazil, supporting people in favelas and rural deprivation. Anne supports our fundraising strategy, coordinating the work on trusts and grants, statutory funding (including tendering opportunities) and the development of social enterprise initiatives.

Published: 2nd April, 2019

Updated: 13th June, 2022

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Eva Penaranda - Trusts & Grants Fundraiser

Eva joined the Street Connect staff team in mid-2022.

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Eva brings experience as a business development manager in a SME and has previously run her own business. As well as her role as Trusts & Grants Fundraiser, Eva also volunteers with Street Connect at our project in Greenock. Her passion is to help people break the chains of addiction and see their lives transformed by the redeeming power of Jesus Christ.

Published: 3rd April, 2019

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Chloe Makutsa - Communications Officer

Chloe joined the Street Connect team in 2021.

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With voluntary experience working with human trafficking and domestic violence organisations, Chloe has a passion for seeing people reform their lives and finding hope for their future. Chloe is part of the communications team, helping to realise our goals and vision. 

Published: 6th April, 2019

Updated: 17th November, 2021

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David Hanlon - Business Support Officer

David joined the Street Connect team in 2021.

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David is part of our Business Support Team based in our Glasgow city centre headquarters. He has years of experience as a Contracts Manager within the construction industry and latterly was self-employed for several years running his own retail business. He says, "I build Excel spreadsheets for fun"

Published: 2nd May, 2019

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Isobel Hanlon - Administrator

Isobel joined the Street Connect team in 2019.

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Isobel works as part of our Business Support team based in our Glasgow city centre headquarters and brings a wealth of experience from, among other things, 17 years working within Glasgow's higher education institutions.

Published: 3rd May, 2019

Updated: 6th October, 2020

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Craig Halkett - Senior Men's Support Worker

Craig has been with Street Connect since 2017.

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Craig originally joined the organisation as an outreach worker in 2017, becoming a Project Coordinator in 2018 for both Glasgow city centre street outreach activities and launching our project in Clydebank. His current position now allows Craig to devote more time to supporting those in need, utilising the vast experience he has from running outreach activities in Clydebank, previously with Teen Challenge, for over 10 years. 

Published: 1st June, 2019

Updated: 2nd February, 2022

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Esther O'Connor - Senior Women's Support Worker

Esther joined the Street Connect team in July 2021.

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Esther has served as a volunteer with Glasgow City Mission doing street outreach work and advocacy work at the Crimea St drop-in, for which she developed a passion during that time. As well as a working background in social care with the Church of Scotland, Esther has also spent 15 years running a small music business. Further, Esther is a worship leader at her local church and has served in various ways voluntarily in her local community.

Published: 2nd June, 2019

Updated: 14th March, 2022

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Karina MacDonald - Aftercare Development Worker

Karina joined Street Connect in June 2021.

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Karina has previously worked in Greenock in Community Development and volunteered with Teen Challenge. She went on to manage a Ladies home in Dublin, before serving in Indonesia for over nine years. Having returned to Scotland, she seeks to live out her calling to minister to the lost and broken. Karina will be developing, training and delivering One-to-One support to our participants as they seek to move forward.

Published: 3rd June, 2019

Updated: 2nd February, 2022

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Adam Inglis - Community Recovery Development Worker

Adam joined the Street Connect staff team in April 2020.

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Adam was originally on an internship with Street Connect since mid-2019 and has shown a real compassion, empathy and enthusiasm for the people we help, moving to Auxiliary Project Worker as he undertook his SVQ3 qualification before moving to his current role. Adam has experienced a profound transformation in his own life and is very passionate in his desire to help other people achieve this in their lives. As well as being involved in a number of our projects, Adam also volunteers with similarly-minded organisations such as Glasgow City Mission and Glesga Roasters.

Published: 4th June, 2019

Updated: 2nd February, 2022

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Pamela McFadden - Women's Support/Outreach Worker

Pamela re-joined Street Connect in May 2020.

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Pamela previously worked with Street Connect before returning to bible college at Glo for 1 year. After Bible College she spent another year working for Teen Challenge, at their woman's centre Hope House. Pamela will be supporting our female participants and being involved in Street Outreach work in our various hubs.

Published: 5th June, 2019

Updated: 14th March, 2022

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Lee Gow - Men's Support/Outreach Worker

Lee joined Street Connect in June 2020 as Men's Support/Outreach Worker.

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Lee, who also works at The Haven Kilmacolm, has joined Street Connect to help support our male participants and will be involved in Street Outreach. Lee has an amazing testimony of being set free from drugs and passionately shares his testimony to help others.

Published: 6th June, 2019

Updated: 2nd February, 2022

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Jamie Cremin - Men's Support/Outreach Worker

Jamie re-joined Street Connect in June 2020.

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Jamie, who also works for Bethany Christian Trust, has been with Street Connect on and off since 2018. In his current role with Street Connect, Jamie helps to support our male participants and is involved in Street Outreach in Glasgow city centre and Possilpark. Jamie has experienced an amazing transformation in his own life and uses this to passionately share his testimony to help others.

Published: 7th June, 2019

Updated: 2nd February, 2022

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Jane Abisoye - Women's Support/Outreach Worker

Jane joined the Street Connect team in August 2020.

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Jane has been serving as a Volunteer at both the Glasgow Outreeach Cafe and the Clydebank project for the last 2 years. Jane comes with a wealth of experience behind her, as she herself struggled for many years with Addiction before finding help and freedom in Jesus. Jane has also gained invaluable experience whilst working with the Scottish Drug Forum and working as a volunteer with Teen Challenge Strathclyde on the Clydebank bus.

Published: 8th June, 2019

Updated: 2nd February, 2022

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