The Craighead Institute

Founded in 1987 with a focus on furthering social justice in the world

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  • Dr John Carswell - Director

    Reverend Dr John Carswell is the Director of  The Craighead Institute.

    He's the former minister of Cadzow Parish Church of Scotland in Hamilton. He is also an experienced preacher and theologian with a good knowledge of Catholic Social Teaching and the Ignatian tradition and brings great skills in gathering people together for the common good from…

    Dr John Carswell - Director


  • Duncan MacLaren - Chair of the Board

    Duncan MacLaren has served on the Board of the Craighead Institute since 2014 and is an Associate of Faith and Praxis, an offshoot created by the foundress of the Institute. He was the first Executive Director of SCIAF/Caritas Scotland (Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund) and, after 13 years in the post, joined the staff of the General Secret…

    Duncan MacLaren -  Chair of the Board


  • Dr Lisa Curtice – Professional Associate

    Lisa has responsibility for the running of the Craighead Institute.  She is an accredited pastoral supervisor and is currently in her final year of training for ordained ministry at the Scottish Episcopal Institute. Lisa’s background is as a social scientist with over 30 years’ experience in qualitative research and evaluation, much of it with comm…

    Dr Lisa Curtice – Professional Associate


  • Anne Macdonald - Professional Associate

    Her involvement with the Craighead Institute began in 1993 as a course participant on the Institute’s Certificate in Social and Pastoral Ministry. Subsequently, having undertaken several other courses offered by the Institute, she became a Professional Associate. Since then, she has worked for the Institute in the UK and in several Eastern European…

    Anne Macdonald - Professional Associate