Staff Team
Associate Artists
Board Members
Fiona Rich (Interim Chair), Trustee
Cinzia Ciaramicoli, Trustee
June Couper, Trustee
Vikki Doig, Trustee
Gladys Dumashie, Trustee
Elizabeth McMeekin, Trustee
Alan Milson, Trustee
Elizabeth Morrison, Trustee
Phil Philpott (Treasurer), Trustee
Dina Sidhva, Trustee
Trinidad Cabezon, Community Storyteller
Hello! My name is Trinidad and I am from Chile.
I am storyteller and community worker and I have experience working in different projects promoting reading, writing and stories.
My passion is words and their possibility to connect with ourselves and with others, as well as to make our world a fairer and kinder one.
Daiva Ivanauskaitė, Storyteller
Daniel Serridge, Storyteller: Artform Development Lead
Daniel Serridge is a storyteller, community artist and facilitator who creates vibrant and exciting community projects for all ages and abilities. He tells stories and helps people to tell theirs, supporting everyone to see their experiences as pieces of artwork waiting to be told. Through a combination of the personal and folkloric Dan explores the power of metaphor and meaning that sharing stories can hold.
Colin White, Storyteller: Community Stories Lead & Young Storytellers
Having worked regularly with The Village on a freelance basis, Colin joined the team as a Storyteller in January 2021 and is now the lead Storyteller for our Community Stories programme, as well as running our Young Storytellers programme.
Alison White, Operations Manager
Alison joined The Village Storytelling Centre as Office Manager in June 2018 with a background in arts administration from various organisations including NYOS, Tron Theatre and YDance. Alison is currently our Operations Manager working closely alongside the full team and partner organisations, contributing to the smooth running of the organisation.
Helen Mill, Executive Director
Helen worked as a freelance Drama Artist & Facilitator for many years before her work as a Senior Arts Manager in PEEK where she developed the award winning Create and Thrive programmes. She joined The Village as Executive Director in February 2018 and brings with her a firm belief in the power of the arts as a tool for social change, positive well-being and bringing people & communities together.
Shona Cowie, Associate Storyteller
An experienced storyteller, facilitator and director with a broad international career. After training with the Central School of Speech and Drama and L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq, she worked as a children’s docent at the Musée Du Louvre, founded story-education company Fósforo, in São Paulo, Brazil and travelled with her collective Senza across Europe and Tunisia to research and platform stories of Mediterranean migration.
Since 2018 she has worked closely with The Village Storytelling Centre, with whom her work was awarded by the Scottish Civic Trust as ‘exceptional work with young people’. She ran pioneering storytelling projects in the care and recovery sectors and in 2019 became one of Glasgow Life’s Artists in Residents. Recently, Shona joined the Executive Committee of the Federation of European Storytellers as their Young Storytellers Representative and has taken leading roles on several Creative Europe commissions, relating to the role of storytelling in Heritage Communities, Youth Activism, and Social Care. She is dedicated to living heritage and bringing front and center those who have been pushed aside in our stories.
Lauren Bianchi, Storyteller
Lauren Joined the Village Storytelling Centre in the Summer of 2012
Sarah Rankin, Associate Storyteller
Sarah has been involved with the Village Storytelling Centre since early 2018 and became a member of the staff team in Summer 2019. Originally from Moffat, Sarah came to Glasgow to study Theatre and has stayed to enjoy the city and develop her drama and storytelling practice. She has a passion for storytelling, particularly stories about nature and the environment. She is also committed to supporting groups and individuals to tell their own story and use their own voice through drama, art and writing.
Sarah left the staff team in November 2023 to embark on a new adventure but remains a key member of our Associate Storyteller team!
Naomi O Kelly, Storyteller
Currently on leave
Stephanie Morris, Associate Storyteller
Babs Morrison, Cleaner
Lababa Naqvi, Associate Artist
Hi, I am Lababa Naqvi. I’m a Community artist, facilitator and a Storyteller originally from Pakistan, raised in Dubai and based in Glasgow. Empathy and spreading kindness is what I strongly believe in. I love helping people in whatever way I can and I find it very rewarding. Art and Storytelling is my passion and I believe that these two things enhance the wellbeing of people, our society and the environment. I have been involved with the Village Storytelling Centre since 2018 and the experience has been nothing but amazing!
Greer Pester, Associate Artist
Miriam Doren, Early Years Storyteller
Miriam’s background is in Drama Facilitation and she has worked for many companies across Glasgow and Central Scotland including, Tron Theatre, Citizens Theatre and Toonspeak. Miriam has worked with all ages and stages but is delighted to be joining us on our Early Years Programme.
Miriam is interested in the intertwining of story, song and art for the education and enrichment of the early years age group.
(Portrait of Miriam by G, age 4)
