Olivia Hanley (continued)

Olivia joined SCDC as part of the Meeting the Shared Challenge programme in 2008 and since then has maintained an interest in capacity building and networks in community-led health. Olivia's role within the CHEX team has included the production of a film to demonstrate community-led health practice and its impact on communities, and production of CHEX-Point newsletter.

Current interests include: co-production and assets based approaches, the use of social media in community engagement, and the Commonwealth Games legacy for communities.

Olivia graduated with an honours degree in geography from the University of Edinburgh in 2003 and has 9 years experience in the community, voluntary and public sectors. She previously worked as a Community Health Development Worker for a Glasgow based community health project and has also been a Project Coordinator of European projects for a Barcelona based ‘Federation of Participants in Adult and Cultural Organisations'. On returning to Scotland Olivia took up a temporary role with the Scottish Government where she carried out and collated research interviews before joining the SCDC team in 2008.