LOCATIONS COVERED BY SEIN
As the South East Integration Network, we cover the Glasgow City Council wards of Linn, Pollokshields, Langside & Southside Central.
SEIN OFFICE LOCATION
The SEIN Office is based at 539 Victoria Road / Langside Lane in Govanhill (G42 8BH), we are in the same building as Bike for Good Glasgow South.
You are welcome to visit us to pick up local information or borrow from our library. Please just get in touch beforehand to check that someone will be in.
WHO ARE WE?
The South East Integration Network is made up of its members which our board and staff work to support, connect & represent.
STAFF TEAM
Lottie (she/her)
Communications & Admin Officer
Hester (they/them)
Development Manager
Jess (she/they)
Engagement Manager
Karen Krawczyk
Karen worked in the NHS for many years, in her last job managing a team who helped to settle refugees.
“I am enjoying learning new skills and meeting new people from different walks of life. I’m a good listener, I am curious about people, and like to find that which unites us. My husband grew up in the Govanhill area as a child of an immigrant and this heritage is very important to my family.”
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Angie Mwafulirwa
Angie is a community development worker working with refugees and asylum seekers. She has also established Sharpen Her: the African Women’s Network (SHAWN).
“I have lived in Glasgow for 10 years. Originally from Malawi, my personal experience of moving to a new country and pursuing integration is the main reason why I feel so passionately about the work that SEIN is doing.”
Paddy McKenna (chair)
Paddy is a Community Development Manager at Cassiltoun Housing Association, where they manage an amazing team of people working alongside community members to deliver a range of projects, tackle local issues, and celebrate people and place.
Sohini Petrie
Sohini is a leadership coach and culture change facilitator. She founded Harikoa – a consultancy that serves with individuals and teams to create spaces of belonging and cultures of purpose.
“Belonging is something I strive for personally (since moving from Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 years ago), and what I work towards professionally. I am passionate about supporting dignity, justice, and compassion for members of our human family who have been displaced and have to build a life and home elsewhere. This is what attracted me to the work of SEIN and why serving on the SEIN board is close to my heart.”
Mahdi Saki
Mehdi joined South East Integration Network in January 2022. A native Iranian (Persian), Mehdi has pursued human rights and justice while he lived in Iran and advocating for refugees and asylum seekers since came to the UK in 2008, where himself claimed asylum and granted as a refugee in November 2012.
He is very much interested in integration, community development, project management, participation and working with people.
Christine Cooper (treasurer)
Christine has coordinated national and international arts projects, bringing her insight and energy to project fundraising, marketing, and logistics.
She has produced contemporary music, theatre and community-based projects across Scotland, and collaborated on projects in Austria, Italy, The Netherlands, and Mexico.
Her work centres on social, educational, or environmental themes, and she has extensive experience raising funds, running communications and audience development campaigns, and developing business plans.
RALPH hartley (secretary)
Ralph has spent his career working in the voluntary sector, most recently managing the development and delivery of funding programmes for BBC Children in Need.
"I am passionate about the power that comes from organisations working together and excited by the role SEIN plays in creating the space for organisations to share knowledge and skills, and come together around the shared aim of a more integrated and better connected community. It’s the responsibility of every place to build the capacity and skills to welcome people and make the most of their talents, and I'm delighted to get the opportunity to contribute to this in South East Glasgow, through my role on the board."