Karen McGregor

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Role: Interim Director

Phone: 0141 221 2322

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Karen joined Firstport in May 2009 as Fund Manager. She is responsible for the delivery and implementation of the awards programme which includes the distribution of funds from the Scottish Government’s £1m Social Entrepreneurs Fund.  Having started her career in the private sector, Karen moved to the public sector where she joined the Community Fund, now Big Lottery Fund, and built up her particular expertise in grant funding policy. Seven years at the Lottery has given Karen an extensive background in developing new  funding programmes and designing and implementing customer focussed pre-application  support and outreach services.