MEET THE TEAM
Collette
CEO
Collette joined The Health and Wellness Hub in 2016 as a part-time admin assistant. At the time, she was looking for something more meaningful - a role where she could truly make a difference in people’s lives. She quickly realised that the Hub was exactly where she was meant to be.
Since then, her journey through the Hub has been shaped by hard work, passion, and a genuine belief in what we do - moving from Hub Manager to Operational Manager, then Senior Manager, and now, proudly, CEO. Along the way, she’s grown alongside the organisation and played a key role in shaping how we support our community.
The Hub is more than just “work.” It’s a place where people are heard, supported, and encouraged to thrive—and she’s passionate about making sure everyone who walks through our doors feels that. It’s a real privilege to be part of this journey and to lead such a dedicated and caring team.
Ashley
Team Leader
Ashley started volunteering in August 2017, as she has suffered from mental health issues in the past and she recognised that volunteering was an opportunity to not only help others but to help herself. In October 2017, Ashley completed a qualification in Swedish Massage.
In November 2017, Ashley was offered a 1 year placement through the Community Jobs Scotland initiative and is now employed by The Health and Wellness Hub as a “Wellness Coach” Ashley loves working with people from a variety of different backgrounds and helping them through similar situations to herself.
Since she’s been involved with the organisation, Ashley feels her confidence has increased and she feels passionately about the services the hub provides and is looking forward to her ongoing work with the organisation.
Norma
Training Facilitator
Norma started volunteering in January 2015. Being a lone parent with an autistic son, she had given up a previous office job as she had no childcare. This led to depression, being socially isolated and low confidence and self -esteem.
She joined a support agency and having an interest in holistic therapies, she found out about The Health and Wellness Hub. Since volunteering, Norma’s mood, confidence and self esteem have all improved.
Norma is really passionate about helping others and in September 2018, she became employed with the organisation as a Volunteer Coordinator.
Claire
Senior Therapist
Claire's journey with The Health & Wellness Hub starts in 2014 where she was attending a support group with One Parent Family Scotland. The Health & Wellness Hub came out to the group to talk about the work they did in the community and Claire knew she wanted to help and be part of it but it would take another year before she built up the courage and came on as a volunteer as she suffered from social anxiety amongst other mental health issues.
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After a year of being a volunteer therapist with the hub she was offered employment and is now the Senior Therapist looking after staff and volunteers to help create and provide a safe and healing environment for our service users.
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Claire is still on a personal journey with her mental health and is continuing to grow and heal but credits everyone at The Health & Wellness hub for giving her that support and being the safe place she always needed.
Maureen
Peer support Group Facilitator
Maureen started volunteering in 2017. Being a lone parent with 2 young girls, she found that when her youngest daughter started school she became really isolated and would hardly leave the house. Her mood became really low and she found she was sleeping all the time because of it.
After 6 months of this, Maureen sought help and started attending one of the Community Health Hubs as a service user. She then started volunteering which started to lift her mood and increase her self -esteem. The more she volunteered, the more confident she felt in herself, which led to her feeling happier.
In September 2018, Maureen became employed with the organisation. Maureen was passionate about support her community and in 2019 she become a Peer Support Coordinator.
Carol
Service Co-ordinator
After working in software engineering, in 2002 Carol retrained and began working in the health and fitness industry before starting her own business delivering fitness classes.
During that time, she has gained a vast amount of experience in working with every demographic imaginable in classes ranging from baby massage to rehabilitation to Zumba. Post covid, Carol saw a job advert from the Health and Wellness Hub looking for a Wellbeing Coordinator.
This role was an almost perfect match for her work and life experience – having suffered an earlier period of depression. In 2023 due to a slight shift in workload and remit, Carol became the Service Coordinator.
In her spare time Carol is also studying towards a degree in Health Science which marries very well with her roles as Service Coordinator and an actively teaching instructor.
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Nicola
Wellness Ambassador
Nicola has struggled with anxiety and depression for a long time but knew she wanted to gain more confidence in a working environment, so she became a volunteer at The Health and Wellness Hub.
Nicola was a volunteer for 4 years and in that time, Nicola has come a long way in gaining more confidence and self esteem. Nicola loves to help people and has always had a passion to be trained in Massage and Reiki to be able to provide this service to others and The Health and Wellness Hub has fulfilled this passion now and Nicola is fully qualified in Massage and Reiki.
Nicola recently had the opportunity to be trained in Chair Based Exercise and Zumba and now has started employment at The Health and Wellness Hub as an Wellness Ambassador providing therapies and fitness classes.
Rachel
Admin Assistant
Rachel joined The Health and Wellness Hub as a volunteer in August 2019 to boost her confidence and improve her self-esteem. Living with Autism and anxiety comes with its challenges, yet Rachel was passionate in helping others and using the skills she learned as a volunteer to improve her own health.
In September 2019, Rachel was offered the opportunity of employment with the organisation and now works as one of our receptionists. Since Rachel has been with the organisation, her mental health has improved a lot and she now has much more confidence in herself.
In 2021, Rachel became Administration Assistant, supporting The Hub with IT, digital marketing, web development and adminition.