About us

Our team

get2gether is powered by our Ambassadors, Peer Mentors, our Steering Group, the office team and our Board.

Our Ambassadors

Our Ambassadors are people with lived experience of disability who work alongside the office team, peer mentors and members in a range of ways.

Natalie Kernaghan McCaughey
they/them
Natalie hosts and facilitates events online and in person for adults with disabilities.

Their passion for disability justice, neurodiversity awareness and LGBTQ+ rights has given them a powerful social awareness in the community.

In their words, “I want to prove to myself that I can do these things and to prove to other people that I am capable.”
Philip Penstone
he/him
Philip started as a member and hosted his first summer hang and events in 2022.

Philip loves to welcome members at our events and create a great atmosphere! He loves swimming, playing pool and being outside in nature.

He is creative and friendly, loves to be around people and is challenging himself by taking on this role at get2gether.
Michael Connolly
he/him
Michael is passionate about creating positive change and believes everyone has the right to live life on their own terms.

As an Ambassador, he’s committed to building safe, welcoming spaces where people feel respected, included and heard.

Outside of get2gether, Michael enjoys rugby and travelling.

Peer Mentors

Peer mentoring has been evidenced as having a positive impact on the emotional health and wellbeing of our course participants. Our peer mentors use their lived experience to support and encourage course participants to make positive changes in their lives. They are friendly, approachable and non-judgmental members of our community who help to support the delivery of our courses, aimed at building healthier relationships.

Kaz
she/her
Kaz volunteers at the drugs and sexual health charity Crew 2000 and works as a Peer Mentor for get2gether’s ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’ and ‘Live Your Life’ courses. She’s passionate about giving vulnerable people a platform to spread their voices. She believes that love, connection and laughter are essential for a fulfilling life and loves to discuss all things philosophical.

Member voice

Our Steering Group

When get2gether started in 2013, the first get2gether’s Launch party was planned and organised by our member Steering Group!

The Steering Group meets every 6–8 weeks and is hybrid — so members can attend both at Thistle Foundation and online on Zoom.

Steering Group is an important place where members discuss what matters to them. Members are organising, attending, volunteering, and advocating for what they wish to see at get2gether, which has resulted in over a decade of love and friendship.

Will we see you there?

Email office@get2gether.org.uk to find out when the next meeting is!

get2gether members at a Steering Group meeting — Steering Group at Thistle

Our Office Team

Mojca Becaj
she/her
Director

I am someone passionate about social justice and the fundamental importance of get2gether’s transformative adult-to-adult approach.

I enjoy working with people to realize their potential and live fulfilling lives.
mojca@get2gether.org.uk
Alison Hyde
she/her
Administrator

Keeping the wheels turning and the plates spinning!

My passion projects: family, friends, my garden and a fairer, kinder world.
admin@get2gether.org.uk
Rosy Glen
they/them
Events Coordinator and Community Organiser

I work with our members and our communities and manage partnerships. I also coordinate the Let’s Talk about Sex program.

Got an idea? Let’s make it happen!
rosy@get2gether.org.uk
Clare Miller
she/her
Courses — development and facilitation

I am someone who is really interested in people. The Live Your Life Course has been my passion project, collecting together and making accessible tools for wellbeing and personal development so that adults with disabilities can become more self-determined and live life the way they want.
clare@get2gether.org.uk
Mairi McNiven
she/her
Events and Communications Coordinator

I create our monthly Community Magazine, write regular blog posts to share members’ stories, and look after all our communications.

I’m especially excited about the Bucket List Challenge, a member-led project focused on peer support.
mairi@get2gether.org.uk

Our Board

Alasdair McLean
he/him
Chair of the trustee board

I make sure that the staff have everything they need to make get2gether as successful as they can be.

I’m a huge fan of inclusive design and digital accessibility — designing services that work for everyone. This extends to get2gether, where I want to see everyone able to experience and enjoy the great stuff life has to offer.
Mike Casey
he/him
Treasurer and named Safeguarding lead

I am the former CEO of Garvald Edinburgh and have extensive experience and knowledge in safeguarding vulnerable adults and managing a charity.
Naomi Louise Rahman Shaw
she/her
Board member

I’m an ordinary board member with lived experience of being disabled.

I’m a lifelong learner — having completed Partners in Policymaking, Champion and Peer supporter training with LCIL, I’m 2/3 of the way through a distance learning course on working with people with learning disabilities.
Natasha Spassiani
she/her
Board member

I am a lecturer and researcher at Edinburgh Napier University.

My passion is helping people with disabilities become active members in the research process so that they are key players in creating knowledge that directly affects them.
Mark Cameron
he/him
Board member

I have been involved with get2gether for nearly 10 years. I have always held events for the community in all the venues I have managed.

I’m proud and honoured to be involved in such an amazing organisation which has managed to bring so many people back together once again to become friends for life through meeting up at get2gether events.
Mark Hoolahan

Board Member
Ken Dale-Risk