Trustees
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Roy CraigRoy Craig currently heads up the UK Business Transformation Programme for State Street Company. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, qualifying in 1993. He has worked in the Financial Services Sector in both Senior Operational & Change Program Roles for various companies throughout his career including: Murray Johnstone, Standard Life Investments & Citigroup.
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Alastair DuncanAlastair Duncan QC called to the Bar in 1999. He was a standing junior counsel to the Scottish Government from 2006 until becoming a QC in 2012. The areas in which he practises include commercial contracts and public law. He has undertaken a number of cases in which care of children (in the present day and historically) has been the key issue.
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Russell BradleyRussell Bradley trained as a solicitor in Paisley, qualified in 1988 and moved to a firm in the centre of Glasgow. He became a partner in the firm in 1998 when he moved to its Edinburgh office. In June 2012, he became an advocate specialising in employment law. Russell has been on the Board of Stepping Stones since 2012.
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Pat HaikneyPat worked as an under 5s development officer in Cardiff in the 1980s. From 1990 until 2006 she worked in North Edinburgh in a variety of roles including managing the Stepping Stones Young Parents Project. She joined the City of Edinburgh Council in 2006 as Early Years Principal Officer, retired in 2013 and became Board member in 2016.
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Sandra CummingSandra has spent her career delivering front line services in social housing and welfare rights. Currently she is working with those who find themselves homeless in West Lothian. Sandra lives locally and is aware of the issues around being a young parents and just how difficult things can be. She has volunteered and latterly supervised evening volunteers with Parentline providing telephone counselling service for parents. She is an Elder in Granton Parish Church and convenor of the social committee there. She is also privileged to have been appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh.
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Ailene PrestonI have lived and worked in North Edinburgh for most of my life. I trained as a nurse in Edinburgh, Luton and Aberdeen before returning to Edinburgh to work in the area as a Health Visitor. I was involved with Stepping Stones Young Parents Project at its’ conception and have remained supportive of the work it achieves throughout my changing roles whilst working in NHS Lothian. I know look forward to supporting the project in my new capacity as a Trustee.
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Emma DavidsonEmma is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked as a social researcher for over two decades, and has a particular interest in methods that help to reveal and tackle social inequalities. AT the University, she is Co-Director at the Binks Hub, a network championing co-produced and co-creative research, and Co-Director at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR). She is also a member of Craigmillar Literacy Trust.
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Linda HarperLinda Harper currently works as Head of PR for Nucleus Financial, and prior to that was Director of Financial Media and Digital Communications at NatWest Group. She has spent her career working in communications and reputation management roles and recently felt she wanted to look at how she could blend her professional career with voluntary roles that would allow her to help improve the lives of children and young people living in Edinburgh. In 2024 she became a panel member with Children’s Hearing’s Scotland and joined the Board of Stepping Stones at the end of 2025. She has a strong belief in the importance of early intervention and support and the difference it can make for young families helping them to reach their potential.