Meet The Team

John

Founder

John worked as a clinical academic professionally for 35 years. His research interests were in facial pain, hypersensitivity reactions of the head and neck, and mouth cancer. He is a trained mediator and mentor.

John is currently Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine in the University of Aberdeen, Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine to the UK Army, and a member of the Lived Experience Panel of the Scottish Government’s National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group. The death of John’s youngest child, Cameron, to suicide in 2019 changed him and his life journey forever.

Isobel

Founder

Isobel helped set up The Canmore Trust along with John, her husband, following the devastating loss of Cameron, their son, to suicide in 2019.

Their desire was to see suicide challenged and try to understand it, seeing if there was any way to help prevent it, as well as to help those affected by it, like ourselves.

Isobel was brought up near Lockerbie where her father was a local vet and she then went on to study medicine at the University of Glasgow, later working in Glasgow and Stirling hospitals and doing her GP training in Shetland.

Isobel is now a retired GP having worked in practice for over 30 years. She practiced in Callander near Stirling where they live and brought up their 3 children here for over 20 years.

Anne

Chief Operating Officer

Anne is a valued member of the Canmore Trust team and is our Chief Operating Officer. Anne comes to us with a wealth of experience in the charitable sector as well as suicide experience and we are delighted to have her on board.

Frankie

Support Coordinator

Frankie coordinates the delivery of The Canmore Trust’s unique Experienced Friends Peer Support Model. With a background in the third sector, especially in mental health and substance use, Frankie is passionate about creating safe spaces where people feel heard and supported.
Away from work, Frankie enjoys spending time outdoors, often going for long walks in nature to unwind. Frankie also loves animals and is happiest when horse riding, pictured with Megan the horse!  

Eddie

Eddie is one of our trustees at The Canmore Trust and is committed to seeing its vision realised in Scotland as it seeks to create safe spaces for lives impacted by suicide as well as proactively raising suicide awareness and so enabling increased prevention.

Eddie works in the business sphere where he promotes self-awareness and relational trust as crucial components of healthy organisational culture. In addition Eddie brings experience in values based and purpose driven organisational planning

Angus

Angus is a dedicated Trustee at The Canmore Trust. Over the past six years, he has owned and operated a thriving security business in Edinburgh, alongside working on other exciting ventures.

Having forged a deep bond with Cameron in their youth, Angus cherishes the memories they made throughout their friendship and is now committed to promoting The Canmore Trust both within Scotland and beyond.

Joanne

Joanne is one of our trustees. She is a retired Modern Languages teacher who lives in Callander. Joanne wants to bring her knowledge and experiences to The Canmore Trust with a desire to help those in need of support.

Audrey

Audrey is another of our Trustees and also has the role of Safeguarding Lead within the Trust. She has been involved in safeguarding for over 30 years as a teacher, headteacher and
safeguarding trainer. Audrey has a passion for working with others to promote improved outcomes and positive mental wellbeing. Recently retired, Audrey is enjoying this new chapter with increased opportunities for family and friendship time, personal interest training and of course, supporting the work of TCT.