Zoe Clelland

I’ve been an active Edinburgh Green member for years because I know our journey to a more sustainable and equitable world must start locally, as well as nationally. I don't intend to stand for election myself but want to use my skills and energy to help the Branch run well, grow its supporter base and ultimately elect more Greens.

I’ve enjoyed my time as co-convenor but would now like to take a different role on committee. I'm enthusiastic about planning a programme of events that gets our key messages across to voters, highlights the work of our elected representatives and encourages a greater diversity of people to be active and enthusiastic about Green politics. I'd love the chance to continue the work we've started to achieve this.

Having been part of the branch committee for several years I know how the branch functions, what's involved in running events and have learned from experience about what has worked well and been less successful.

I’m very organised, good at planning and taking a strategic view and would like to bring those skills to developing a well thought through programme of events for the year ahead. I feel confident I can communicate well with others to make sure our events run well, involve the right people and are a success.

Experience from my work means I am very used to fundraising, the practicalities of safeguarding and GDPR, producing event plans and risk assessments and evaluating events so that we continue to improve and build our appeal.