A retirement and new appointment at homeless support charity which has been going since 2012
Dumfries-based homeless support charity, SHAX, has appointed Colin Callander-Bone as its new social enterprise manager following the retirement of Joyce Harkness.
Joyce spent 10 years at the helm of the charity – as part of a 25 years career working in third sector roles – and, with her team at SHAX, supported more than 3,500 local people in crisis to move on from homelessness and provided experience and qualifications to 240 volunteers and work placements.They also diverted more than 750 tonnes of waste from landfill through various reuse, recycle and repurpose initiatives.
Among Joyce’s many achievements at SHAX is being the first organisation in the region to achieve the Volunteer Friendly Award, which was awarded in 2019. More recently, SHAX achieved the prestigious Investing in Volunteers accreditation. Ian Callander, chairman of SHAX said: “Joyce has decided to retire, and while we can’t imagine life without her, we are exceptionally grateful for her dedication to the third sector over the years, and particularly thankful for her unwavering drive and commitment.
Colin joins SHAX from Tesco Extra Dumfries, where he was the home shopping manager for 12 years, after working in a variety of retailers throughout theHe started work at 16 as a part-time shelf filler at Gateways on the Isle of Wight and worked his way up to becoming a lead manager in Safeways in 2001 in their flagship store that had just been built in Kensington High Street in London.
After volunteering at a local charity, he decide that he wanted to do more to help the local community and believes his new leading role at SHAX is the ideal chance to fulfil that ambition.
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