Our Amazing Team.

During his time leading Alexander Decorators, John spent time up-skilling further with First Aid, Scaffold Platform (Plasma), Health and Safety, Fit the Fitter NEBOSH. He then moved on to a role as Lecturer at Dundee and Angus College. This is where John really found his passion for helping others. This lead him to complete his Train the Trainer and CanI Coaching qualifications.

John’s vision for a training centre, came to fruition in 2019 and started Alexander Community Development. Supporting over 100 young people so far and building up a large staff team with A.D., John will be at the helm of delivering training. John’s is a father of 3, Josh, Ellie and Lewis and is building his legacy, not only for them but for the city of Dundee.

Aled graduated with a degree in Audio Engineering and it was during his degree he found his passion for working to create opportunities with young people. He has built up a portfolio of volunteering work within organisations such as Hot Chocolate Trust and local high schools.

After spending 6 months volunteering for ACD, along side his day job with Dundee City Council, John made the leap into a full time position in August 2020. Taking the lead in coordinating and delivering over £10k worth of food each week, John has become an anchor to the 25 food projects that ACD support.

Often followed closely by his beloved dog, ‘Bear’, when he isn’t supporting all our amazing volunteers, you will often find John out on his scooter!

When Kyle isn’t running the show at ACD on a Friday morning, you will find him keeping the team at Dundee Bairns in line, where he volunteers daily. He also helps to keep ‘Rosie’s Garden’ neat and tidy and growing, through in Perth. Recently, he achieved ‘Highly Commended’ for High Street Heroes and was a finalise at DVVA Volunteer Awards 2020. You will often see Kyle out and about helping people in Dundee.

When Tommy isn’t supporting the 27 food banks in Dundee, he enjoys spending time with his friends or playing football. He is looking forward to the gym opening back up, where you can usually find him there 4 days a week!

During his time leading Alexander Decorators, John spent time up-skilling further with First Aid, Scaffold Platform (Plasma), Health and Safety, Fit the Fitter NEBOSH. He then moved on to a role as Lecturer at Dundee and Angus College. This is where John really found his passion for helping others. This lead him to complete his Train the Trainer and CanI Coaching qualifications.

John’s vision for a training centre, came to fruition in 2019 and started Alexander Community Development. Supporting over 100 young people so far and building up a large staff team with A.D., John will be at the helm of delivering training. John’s is a father of 3, Josh, Ellie and Lewis and is building his legacy, not only for them but for the city of Dundee.

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His final role before retiring was as Head of Service for the Environment Department at Dundee City Council. He was responsible for the financial management, performance reporting, staff training, communications, facilities management, stock control and strategy development.

In monetary terms, the gross expenditure for the department wa some £67 million, which offset the trading income from with the direct labour division. This included construction of some £42 million including profits of some £2 million.

In addition I acted in a voluntary capacity as a financial advisor to APSE, a not for profit unincorporated organisation working with over 300 councils throughout the UK.