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Thursday 26th March 2026
9.30am – 1pm
Merkinch Community Centre
Coronation Park,
Inverness
IV3 8AD
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Our Speakers
Amy Woodhouse
Parenting Across Scotland
About
Amy Woodhouse is Chief Executive of Parenting Across Scotland, a role she has held for two and a half years. As part her work there she leads the Open Kindergarten project, a partnership project with Midlothian Sure Start, Children in Scotland and The Open University delivering whole families support to families with babies and very young children.
Prior to her time at PAS, Amy was Head of Policy, Projects and Participation for Children in Scotland for eight years, and before that was a social researcher for various mental health charities. She is currently a board member of Scottish Ensemble. Amy is also a Churchill Fellow, with her fellowship focusing on increasing children and young people’s access to hobbies, taking learning from Finland and Iceland. Basically, she likes to talk about families, mental health and the arts – sometimes all at once.
Debbie Stewart
Public Health, NHS Highland
About
Debbie Stewart took up post as Child Health Commissioner for NHS Highland in 2024. The role involves advocating for children’s rights and working in partnership to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children and their families or caregivers.
Previously, Debbie was Coordinator for Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership for many years and collaborated with others to develop the Highland Substance Aware Toolkit and Highland Planet Youth
Debbie has also worked for the University of Glasgow delivering drug and alcohol training to professionals, and prior to that worked for the Poverty Alliance supporting communities across Scotland to tackle poverty. She also worked in social work in the central belt supporting children and families impacted by a broad range of issues. Debbie is committed to achieving greater equality for children and advocates for child-rights based practice.
Dan Jenkins
NHS Highland
About
Dan Jenkins is a Senior Health Improvement Specialist with NHS Highland. His experience is in strategic planning and delivery of health improvement work-streams, including: Type 2 Diabetes, Adult and Child Health and Weight, Physical Activity, Active Travel, Greenspace and access to nature for wellbeing. Committed to reducing inequalities and embedding social justice in service development, Dan puts people and communities at the heart of programming whilst achieving greatest impact for those in most need.
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How to find us
Public Transport
Buses
- From Inverness Bus Station in the centre of the town, walk for 2 minutes to Academy Street
- Take the number 3 bus heading towards Craig Dunain
- Stay on the bus and dismount on the 4th stop at Coronation Park
- Walk for a futher 2 minutes on Coronation Road – the centre will be on your right
Taxi
Inverness Taxis
01463 222222
Capital Taxis Inverness
01463 808080
A2B Taxis Inverness
01463 807060
By Road
A9 from the south/north
Follow A9 the Kessock Bridge Roundabout and follow signs for A82 Fort William
At the SHORE STREET Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Waterloo Place/Grant Street
After about 1 mile at the T Junction, follow the road onto Lower Kessock Street
Turn Left onto Coronation Road
The Merkinch Centre is on your right.
FURTHER INFORMATION
We will provide a delegate contact list on the day for networking purposes. There will be photography and recording of some aspects of the event for social media – please call our office on 01463 222569 if you wish to opt out of this.