Our Story
East Renfrewshire Carers Centre was formed in 2001 by a group of local volunteers who wanted to improve information, advice and support to carers and young carers.
Since this date we have continued to work with East Renfrewshire Council and have established the Carers’ Centre as the main voluntary sector service specialising solely in supporting carers and young carers.
The Centre is governed by a Board of volunteers who oversee all governance of the charity and have the responsibility for managing and supporting the staff and volunteers of the Centre.
Our dedicated staff team provide a high quality service providing a range of emotional and practical supports to carers as they face the many challenges and difficulties that often come with caring responsibilities
Our Team
We’re a small team of eleven based in our two offices in Barrhead and Giffnock as well as throughout East Renfrewshire in the community.
The Centre consists of the manager, the Adult Carers team, the Young Carers team as well as support staff.
If you’re interested in joining us at the Centre click below to check for any current vacancies on GoodMoves.
Mark Mulhern
Centre Manager
- 07763010897
- mark@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Coming soon
Claire Caird
Service Coordinator
- 07561683049
- claire@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Coming soon
Karen Guthrie
Information and Development Worker
- 07561683082
- karen@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
I provide information & advice to unpaid carers, as well as practical assistance and specialise in health and wellbeing. The best thing about working at the Carers Centre is helping others. In my spare time I swim, do yoga and paint. I love to travel and like meeting friends for lunch and a glass of wine.
Christine McKenzie
Information and Development Worker
- 07759911677
- christine@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Coming soon
Lorraine Nelson
Information and Development Worker
- 07561683094
- lorraine@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Coming soon
Adele Brown
Young Carers Information and Development Worker
- 07964858179
- adele@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Part time: Monday - Wednesday
At the moment I am working with young carers and parent carers to provide information and advice around their caring role. I love the variety of people I get to work with at ERCC. I enjoy travelling to visit different countries and hope to do that again soon.
Sarah Bentley
Young Carers Information and Development Worker
- 07964859932
- sarah@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Part time: Tuesday & Thursday
Kevin Dailly
Young Carers
Education Worker
- 07752833756
- kevin@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Anna Houston
Young Carers
Support Worker
- 07902643686
- anna@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Coming soon
Bushra Sharif
BAME Carers Information and Development Worker
- 07548490344
- bushra@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Part time: Monday - Thursday PM
Coming soon
Allison McWhirter
Administration and Finance Coordinator
- 07599622011
- allison@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Coming soon
Ryan Coelho
Digital Information, Advice and Communications Worker
- 0141 638 4888
- ryan@eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Coming soon
Our Awards and Funders
The Centre Board, staff and service users are all very grateful for the financial and practical assistance provided by our funders and supporters below.
The majority of the funding we receive is from East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership, which is itself a partnership with the local authority, East Renfrewshire Council, and the area health board, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
BBC Children in Need, Shared Care Scotland and The Robertson Trust also significantly contribute to our operations.
Carer Positive
Carer Positive Award
Scottish Charity Regulator
Registered Charity
