Meet the dementia team
Adam Huntley
Dementia & Unpaid Carers Programme Manager
Adam works to deliver our dementia funding programmes, provide support to our grant-holders and applicants, and gather learning from funded activities. He works with our funding development group of people with lived experience of dementia to co-design the way we work as a funder and ensure their voices inform all our grant-making decisions.
Rachel McLauchlan
Influencing and Engagement Officer
Rachel's role within the team focuses on supporting the engagement of our Dementia Lived Experience Forum to influence key issues and areas that are chosen by our members with lived experience. Our Dementia Lived Experience Forum includes our new Community Conversations where we travel to local areas across Scotland to meet with local groups and communities. Rachel is also actively involved with the engagement activities for CONSOLIDATE, Age Scotland's partnership network with Heriot-Watt University and the University of Strathclyde.
Zita Surjan
Grants & Dementia Friendly Communities Officer
Zita works alongside Adam and Rona to deliver our various funding programmes. Along with the rest of the grants team, she works closely with the lived-experience panel, builds relationships with applicants and grant holders, and supports them to get the best out of the grant funding.
Rona Forbes
Grants & Dementia Friendly Communities Officer
Rona works alongside Adam and Zita to deliver our various funding programmes. Along with the rest of the grants team, she works closely with the lived-experience panel, builds relationships with applicants and grant holders, and supports them to get the best out of the grant funding.