Firstport

Margaret Layden (Playbusters - Parkhead)

Role: Agent

Region Covered: Glasgow - Parkhead

Margaret has a strong work background in both the housing and voluntary sector having worked across both for the past 20 years.  She is currently Project Manager of Playbusters, a highly successful charity based in the East End of Glasgow.  Margaret’s main role when first employed by Playbusters six years ago was to facilitate a change of governance within the organisation, which was originally a working group of public agencies and limited community representation, to become a totally community led organisation. The Board is now comprised of parents from six distinct areas within the East End.  With the support of the Board she has developed a number of interventions and educational opportunities to the benefit of local people, accessed substantial funding and developed a wide range of partners.  Over the past two years the organisation has been developing their route into social enterprise, mainly through their multi award winning, Easy Spanish programme. She is highly committed to social justice values, development of local people and has a commitment to support social enterprise initiatives.