About us
In this section you can find information about who we are, our staff and partners, any vacancies or opportunities, our commitment to human rights and equality, and our commitment to the environment.
Who are we?
McIlwhan Consulting is the consultancy service set up by Rosemarie McIlwhan in 2006. The consultancy provides a range of services related to human rights, including equality.
Rosemarie McIlwhan Biography
Rosemarie McIlwhan is a human rights, equality and diversity consultant.
Since establishing McIlwhan Consulting, Rosemarie has worked with a range of clients including the Scottish, Welsh and UK Governments, the European Commission and a range of public and voluntary sector bodies including the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, and Citizens' Advice Scotland.
Rosemarie and her associates are currently engaged in a range of projects particularly looking at organisational development, leadership and equality issues from a human rights perspective.
Prior to setting up McIlwhan Consulting, Rosemarie was the Director of the Scottish Human Rights Centre, the national voluntary organisation which existed to promote and protect human rights in Scotland. Here she was responsible for a wide range of campaigns such as for the establishment of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, NO to ID cards, challenging anti-terrorism measures and poor treatment of asylum seekers. Rosemarie was the regular spokesperson for the Human Rights Centre which provided her with excellent media skills and contacts.
Rosemarie’s human rights expertise gives her a unique insight into the interplay between human rights and equality and how the two can be utilised to maximise benefit to society. She has written and published extensively both on equality and human rights issues and on the interplay between the two and well as on asylum, children’s rights and mental health.
Rosemarie is committed to working at the grassroots level therefore volunteers with a number of projects in her spare time. This helps her to keep focussed on the real issues in society and has given her considerable experience of working with stakeholders across the equalities spectrum. Rosemarie has particular experience in working with young people from age 6-25, both in formal education and in a community youth work setting providing personal development programmes and sports coaching.
Partnership working and consortia
We often work with a range of partner organisations and individuals, and participate in collaborative projects. Current partners include staff from the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland, Simon Bridge Associates and Sheila Rogers Ltd. We are always keen to discuss potential new partnerships or consortia, if you would like to discuss this please contact us.
Vacancies
We regret we are currently unable to provide voluntary or work experience placements, and are not currently recruiting. All recruitment (paid or voluntary) will be conducted under equality best practice guidelines, including being advertised publicly so please do not send speculative applications or CVs.
Our commitment to human rights, including equality
In all elements of our work we aim to demonstrate best practice in human rights, including equality practice. We aim to ensure that all written documents are fully accessible, and that all events are accessible both in terms of venue but also in terms of event design and delivery. All training is designed to fit the needs of the client; however accessibility of presentations and techniques is standard for all trainings. We are happy to provide further information or examples about our commitment to equality and human rights or to discuss specific needs of clients or partners.
Our commitment to the environment
We are committed to trying to prevent further damage to our environment and to taking measures to repair the environment where possible. We aim to reduce, reuse and recycle wherever possible, including using electronic rather than paper communications where appropriate, not printing information unless absolutely necessary, printing on both sides of paper, reusing scrap paper and recycling paper, print cartridges, mobile phones and other materials. We aim to minimise the number of journeys we make other than by foot or by bike, and where possible utilise public transport (subject to accessibility for us). We welcome any suggestions on how to improve our environmental practices.
