About Birchwood Highland

Company history: Birchwood Highland was founded in 1987, and in 2008 opened the first mental health recovery centre in the Highlands.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life of people with mental health issues by promoting Recovery, Inclusion and Independence.


Our Board of Directors is made up of volunteers with backgrounds in social care and public/mental health.


Our Management Team have backgrounds in health and social care, with many years experience in their field.


Birchwood Highland is a member of the recently formed Scottish Mental Health Co-operative.

The Board of Directors

Our current Board Directors

John Palmer, Chairman

John Bruce

Ann Evans

Jimmy Ferguson

Caroline Parr

David Smith

Ranald Smith

About our Board

Birchwood Highland's Board of Directors are members of the public who have particular skills and experience that they can bring to the company in a voluntary capacity. They play a very important role in the company in terms of making key strategic decisions and monitoring the company's progress from an external perspective. They also have a very important standing with staff throughout the company. Directors posts do not receive remuneration.

The Board meets bi-monthly and an Annual General Meeting is held in the autumn. The AGM is attended by Directors and Members of the company.

Role of the Board

The role of a Director (or charity trustee) brings with it key legal and ethical responsibilities. Under the leadership of the Chairman, individual Directors will seek to ensure probity, provide good governance and work in partnership with Birchwood Highland managers to achieve the company's aims, whilst abiding by and complying with charity law and regulations. Some of the key aims of the Board are to:

For information about applying for a position on the Board of Directors please visit our volunteering pages.

Downloads

Code of Conduct for Birchwood Highland Directors

Conflict of Interest Policy

Declaration of Interest Form