Staff stories
Stories, messages and blogs from colleagues across the council.
On this page
- You're living our values
- Our Chief Executive's blog
- Meet our senior leaders
- Health & wellbeing
- Cyber security
- Inside Classrooms for Malawi
- More colleague stories and blogs
- Share your story
You're living our values
Our nominees recognised for being fair, helpful, great collaborators and learning
Values led approach to supporting young people
Living our values leads to success for Project SEARCH team and supported interns
Celebrating our colleagues
Your living our values nominees, March 2023
Values at the heart of cancer support
Louise and Charlotte recognised for their help and care
Collaboration key to our digital experience ambition
HR&OD, Procurement and DXP teams add value with combined expertise
Achieving more with kindness and understanding
Susan Allan explains how being fair at work makes all the difference
Crew talents not wasted!
Alan Connelly's quick thinking team save the day
Serving up smiles and support at The Atrium
Café team praised for their positive approach
Values recognition for Ukrainian refugee welcome team
Our housing support staff embody our values in action
Taking care of colleagues' wellbeing
Jock's inspiring work on mental health and wellbeing
Megan inspires nursery kids to love reading
Early years graduate Megan Goldie's innovating approach to improving kids' learning experience
Our Chief Executive's blog
Videos and blogs from our Chief Executive, Alan Russell
Video message from Chief Executive, Alan Russell - Thursday 09 February 2023
Alan celebrates some of your recent success and looks ahead to some exciting developments for Renfrewshire
Video message from Chief Executive, Alan Russell - Monday 16 January 2023
Alan looks ahead to what promises to be a challenging but exciting year for the council
Video message from Chief Executive, Alan Russell - Thursday 22 December 2022
Alan's festive message for colleagues
Video message from Chief Executive, Alan Russell - Friday 09 December 2022
Alan reflects on his first year in the role, and the challenges it presented. He also discusses what we are doing to address the financial challenge, the work to improve our office buildings, and how you can share and recognise examples of colleagues or teams living our values
Message from Chief Executive, Alan Russell on living our values - 24 November 2022
Nominate a colleague for living our values and share great stories of people truly making a difference
Meet our senior leaders
Greetings and introductions from our senior leader team
Meet Mark Conaghan, our Head of Corporate Governance
Getting to know our chief officers
Meet Tracy McGillivray, our Head of Schools (Inclusion and Quality Improvement)
Getting to know our chief officers
Meet Marlene Boyd, our Head of People and Organisational Development
Getting to know our chief officers
Health & wellbeing
Colleagues share their stories and advice.
Hazel's story
Hazel*, who works in our Chief Executive's service, tells us how talking about mental health at work set her on the road to recovery.
Brenda's story
Brenda Rankin, Head of Glenburn ELCC, explains how the nursery has been transformed into a supportive place that priorities mental health.
Diane's financial wellbeing advice for colleagues
Social renewal lead officer Diane Dunn shares her advice and top tips for helping you manage your income.
Kevin's story
Kevin Milliken, procurement advisor, tells us how opening up and talking helped him take control of his mental health.
Jock speaks about mental health support at the council
Supporting colleagues to open up on Mental Health Awareness Day 2022
Catherine's story
Catherine O'Regan, content designer, shares her wellbeing story
Moya's story
Moya Garner, team leader, tells us why she became a mental health first aider.
Cyber security
Learn from your colleagues and stay safe online
Three signs it's a scam
Cyber security architect Carol Peters' latest advice for colleagues
Look out for winter fuel payment scams this season
Advice from Lynsey Duncanson in our Trading Standards team
Alerting students and young people to online threats
Cyber security architect, Carol Peters, shares her insights and top takeaways from RenSafeOnline
Learning sessions to keep children and young people safe online
Digital learning manager, Pam McDowall is on a mission to help colleagues in our schools and parents learn how to protect children and young people.
Inside Classrooms for Malawi
Many colleagues have taken part in this amazing campaign over the years. Here are some of your inspiring stories.
Kimberley's story
Principal teacher of flexible learning, Kimberley Roan McVeigh, was excited to use her skills to help Classrooms for Malawi in 2019
Gwenyth's story
Assistant infrastructure and assets manager, Gwenyth Heaney visited Malawi in 2019 and was amazed at the difference the project was making
Margaret's story
Senior day service officer, Margaret Brennan learned more about herself and gained a new self-confidence during her trip to Malawi in 2015
John's story
Supervisory engineer, John Everett marked turning 50 by packing his bags for the trip of a lifetime to Malawi
Jenni's story
Recycling Officer, Jenni Nicolson tells us what she enjoyed most about her trip to Malawi in 2019
Lynne's story
Depute Head Teacher, Lynne Docherty visited Malawi in 2015 & 2017. She shares her story of making friends and great memories
Megan's story
Data quality & assurance officer, Megan Baird reveals what visiting Malawi in 2019 was like for her and why it was "life-changing"
More stories and blogs
Read more about some of the great work and achievements of your colleagues
Balancing work and caring responsibilities - Martin's story
Martin MacNiven shares his experience as a working unpaid carer and how getting the right support has made a difference
Letterbox contact - keeping in touch for birth parents and adopted children
Social work assistant, Kayleigh Wilson reflects on her role this Adoption Week Scotland
Fundraising to support veterans and their families
Colleagues raise £960.40 for the Scottish Poppy Appeal
Joyce's medal win for Scotland at Masters Hockey World Cup
Silver for our facilities manager, Joyce Robertson and her teammates in Cape Town
Kickstarting their careers at the council
Owen, Daniela and Harry reflect on their journeys as trainees with the DWP Kickstart Programme
Farewell Rosemary!
Best wishes to Rosemary Carlin from members services who is retiring after 47 years
Our climate change ambitions for Renfrewshire
This week is Scotland's Climate Week, and we caught up with our Climate Emergency Lead Officer, Roz Smith as the first phase of our Plan for Net Zero is approved by elected members
Meet this year's trainee teachers
We caught up with some of this year's teaching undergraduates
Not Far? Leave the Car - Elaine's story
Supervisory engineer, Elaine Lorimer ditches her car for local rewards
Siobhan Gray is Scotland's Youth Worker of the Year 2022
Congratulations to youth worker, Siobhan Gray, for being recognised as Scotland's Youth Worker of the Year at the National Youth Awards 2022.
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