John Downie, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Mairi is a specialist trainer in SCVO’s annual training programme for the third sector and has also provided training for SCVO’s own staff. Mairi’s bright and bubbly approach to coaxing and encouraging people to improve their writing has been incredibly successful. Following ‘How to write right’ training with Mairi, there’s been a distinct improvement in staff writing of blogs, newsletters, articles, reports and papers. With her encouragement, our writing style has a focus on being concise, clear, accessible and engaging.