SDS: Supporting you in your return to Sport and Physical Activity  

We understand just how much sport and physical activity means to everyone, and with restrictions beginning to ease across the country, we want you to know about all the exciting opportunities you can get involved with in your area.   

SDS is here to help and to connect you with your local branch, clubs and sessions that ensure inclusive and welcoming support across venues to guide you through the return to sport process. 

Meet Our Team  

Our regional team is available across Scotland to support you and your individual needs in returning to sport and physical activity.  

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. Contact details for your regional manager are listed below. 


Cheryl Lappin
Regional Manager – Central
(Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire)
Email
T: 07577 830 360


Neal Herbert
Regional Manager – East
(City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders, West Lothian)
Email
T: 07709 393 514


Richard Brickley OBE MBE
Regional Manager – Fife
Email
T: 03451 555555 ext. 444989


Alison Shaw
Regional Manager – Grampian
(Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen, Moray, Shetland Islands)
Email
T: 07828 744 848


Kirsty Ewen
Regional Manager – Highlands & Islands
(Highland, Orkney Islands)
Email
T: 07792 057 153


Graeme Doig
Regional Manager – Tayside
(Angus, City of Dundee, Perth & Kinross)
Email
T: 07999 544 549


Lynn Allison
Regional Manager – West
(Dumfries & Galloway, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire)
Email
T: 07974 448 580


Jamie Arthur
Regional Manager – West
(North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire)
Email
T: 07825 685 649


Andrew MacKenzie
Regional Manager – West
(Argyll & Bute, City of Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire)
Email
T: 07496 306 249


Lynne Glen
Pathways Manager
Regional Manager – Western Isles
Email
T: 07800 523 740