Breakouts

In conversation with Hailey Duff MBE

Host Kaye Adams interviews Olympic Gold Medallist Hailey Duff MBE on her life and all that went to being part of the Scottish Women’s Curling Team that won gold at the 2022 Olympic Games.

Hailey Duff MBE

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Hailey moved to Scotland at the age of 8. This was when she started curling at her local rink in Forfar.

Hailey joined and formed junior teams throughout her teens with the highlight becoming a Scottish Junior Champion in 2018. Progressing through the Scottish and British Curling system, she began playing for Team Muirhead, skipped by Eve Muirhead OBE.

That team went on to become the 2021 European Champions in Lillehammer, Norway, and ultimately the Olympic Champions at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022 – not only the highlight of her career but a life dream completed.

At the end of the 2021/2022 season the team were ranked No 1 women’s team in the world. Due to retirements in the team she joined a new team and won Bronze at the 2022 European Championships in Osterund, Sweden.

SWDF Photography Project

SWDF Photography Project

Celebrate successes: Women in Policing showcase.

The project incorporates visual, written and spoken accounts of Women in Policing and those who support gender equality and is accompanied by a stunning visual biography available in hardback.

Photographer and project creator Jenni Stuart is a serving officer within Police Scotland and is the Deputy Chair of the SWDF. Over the course of three years, she has travelled nearly four thousand miles, meeting with each participant and listening to their story – all in her own time.

Jenni travelled as far north as Orkney, to the Island of Islay, to Celtic Park capturing preparations at the Old Firm game, to the parade square at Police Scotland’s Headquarters where the next generation of officers marched on their passing out parade and onto Dublin, Ireland to take part in the International Association of Women Police Conference and to many other places. This project is about visibility and diversity, it features participants from Police Scotland, Scottish Police Authority, British Transport Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary and An Garda Siochana.

Clare Hussain – Chair SWDF

Clare Hussain joined the police service in 2008 as Criminal Justice Manager for the Scottish Police Services Authority and transferred to Police Scotland in 2014. Clare is currently Head of Data Governance, in the Chief Data Office. Her role includes the strategic governance of vital data sets across Police Scotland including Criminal Justice, Crime, Intelligence, Biometrics and Risk and Harm.

Following many years of involvement with the Scottish Women’s Development Forum (SWDF) in various capacities Clare was elected as Chair in April 2018. The SWDF was initially established in 2003 to increase the representation of women officers in Scotland. The SWDF now strives to educate, enable and empower all officers and staff by supporting their progression, retention and overall experience in policing. Prior to working for Police Scotland Clare was a Civil Servant in the Home Office. Her career started in the Criminal Injuries Appeals Panel and progressed to the Immigration Service. Clare operated as a Chief Immigration Officer and latterly Her Majesty’s Inspector responsible for Immigration Enforcement across Scotland. Married to a serving police officer, Clare is also a busy Mum of four.

SWDF Photography Project

Jenni Stuart – Deputy Chair SWDF/Photographer

Jenni Stuart is an award-winning temporary Inspector within Police Scotland and the Deputy Chair of the Scottish Women’s Development Forum. She has served in a variety of roles developing a broad breadth of experience across policing, including nearly a decade in Counter Terrorism Policing.

She is a passionate advocate for gender equality and is the photographer and curator of the stories behind the Women in Policing photography project. Jenni believes in creating opportunities for change and is recognised as an innovator responsible for the introduction of ‘Inclusion Moments’ to policing; a platform designed to help facilitate conversations around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion topics.

Before joining policing, Jenni attended the University of Edinburgh where she obtained her MA (hons) and MSc and developed her love for lifelong learning. She is an advocate for equity and inclusion, a proud member of the Scottish LGBTI Police Association.

Mo Boyle – Comms and Events Chair SWDF/Editor

All great changes are preceded by chaos! Mo Boyle has time to contemplate this now that she has retired after 32 exciting, fulfilling and sometimes chaotic years as a police officer.

Mo initially embarked on a career in medicine before detouring into policing, a career change she never regretted. She retired as an inspector having spent most of her service in frontline policing and community or partnership roles, in 7 different local authority areas in the West of Scotland. In her spare time when her daughters were toddlers and whilst working shifts, Mo completed a Bachelor of Laws degree and briefly contemplated leaving policing for law but her love of policing didn’t wane. She developed a passion for community and partnership working and over the years won a variety of awards, particularly in the fields of partnerships, innovation and change.

Mo loves a new challenge, especially if it combines her love of innovation and tech, with her passion for equality, diversity and inclusion and she now enjoys a very busy volunteering role doing all of this and more with the Scottish Women’s Development Forum (SWDF).

The Scottish Police and Community Choir

Formerly Tayside Police Choir (founded 2010) and Strathclyde Police Choir (founded 2012), with changes to the national police force, they became the Scottish Police & Community Choir in 2013 and have gone from strength to strength.

The choir performs at fundraisers, charity functions, memorial events, weddings and celebrations of all kinds, both local and national. In the past they have supported CHAS at Rachel House, Kinross, Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance, Playlist For Life, RNLI, SAMH, Guide Dogs for The Blind, Yorkhill Hospital, British Heart Foundation, Maggies Dundee, Mindspace and Perth Autism Support.

The choir rehearse in Perth under Musical Director for the Perth region Dougie Flower and Glasgow under Musical Director for the Strathclyde region under Musical Director Stephanie Strachan and both sections meet up on a regular basis for a joint rehearsal.